2007-08-24 21:27:52 · 10 answers · asked by nysportsfan08 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I'm not sure why the Giants moved to California, but if I'm not mistaken the Dodgers moved because there where to many teams in New York and the fan base was only so big. California offered an open market.
2007-08-24 21:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by redskin1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
real answer and I am from NY area.
Neither team could get the city to finance a new stadium.
The Dodgers made the first move. Also LA offered a pay TV market that never materinalized until the 1980s. It was all motivated by money.
When the Dodgers made the move, the conviced Horace Stonam the owner of the Ginats to move west as well.
But the only reason for this relocation was money and new statdiums.
2007-08-25 00:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off at the time there were three teams in the state of new york and only so many people to root for them. The Yankees took fans away from the Giants and the Dodgers and the Yankees also shared a stadium with one of the other teams(polo grounds). The owner of the team got sick of his team not drawing any crowds and the Yankees having a packed house every time they played. Therefore he packed up his stuff and moved the team to California where he could draw from a much larger undivided fan base.
2007-08-24 21:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the 50's there were no big league teams west of St Louis, primarily because teams traveled by train. Once teams started using airplanes to travel MLB saw the huge financial opportunity on the west coast. The Dodgers and the Giants claimed they were having financial troubles. MLB then gave the green light to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. That's the short version of the story.
2007-08-24 22:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by dj 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 22:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by simpkins 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the large numbers of people moving to California. Population as it is now was migrating from the industrialized northeast to the sunbelt states. There was a ready market for sports franchises, the Rams came over from Cleveland as well during the 50's.
2007-08-24 21:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both teams wanted new stadiums. The city wouldn't build two new ballparks, they wanted to build one for the two of them to share, which was unacceptable. So, their owners got better deals form LA and SF, and they're gone!!!
It was all about 2 businessmen wanting more $$$$$.
2007-08-25 01:49:04 · answer #7 · answered by samdugan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because NY is a filthy, stinky, rat-infested, place and why anyone would want to be there is beyond me.
2007-08-25 03:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Buster 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
$$$$$$$$$$$$
2007-08-28 06:33:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is simple - money
2007-08-25 00:42:08 · answer #10 · answered by vegasrob89118 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋