I'm not a sports fan by no means but who else finds it ironic that NC has a hockey team and not a baseball team? Why is that?
2007-11-02 02:02:57 · 13 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Some of you seem to think I'm complaining...sheesh. I could care less, I just find it funny is all. Lighten up guys...
2007-11-02 04:17:11 · update #1
Wow, (some of) you guys really know your sports stuff! I didn't expect some of the detailed answers I'm getting. : )
2007-11-02 07:42:17 · update #2
I don't think it is unusual, and I do not think the Hurricanes will be there much longer. The market there just isn't financially sound. Is that because of poor attendance? Partially. Is that because of waning interest? Partially.
Baseball should be there. The weather alone is better than where some of this years Series was played! They actually feared snow for some of he game in Denver!
2007-11-02 05:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by Siggy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Simple, hockey has 41 home dates in an arena that seats about 19,000. Baseball has 81 home dates in a stadium that seats anywhere between 35,000 and 65,000. Both of the major metro areas in NC have a population of about 1.4 million. To small for baseball. Plus most of the population boom in NC the last 30 years has come from relocated Yankees. The Canes do well with attendance. I have been to many games at the RBC Center and usually the crowd is near or at capacity and pretty energetic. Even the southerns that don't really understand the game get into it, though listening to them scream is kind of comical. Hockey is going to be in Raleigh for a long time people, stop crying about it and live with it.
Plus, what is so bad about enjoying a nice tailgate in November before a game? Something I couldn't do back when I was a little puke watching AHL games in Binghamton and Syracuse. Tommorow will be in the high 60's with a grill, some burgers and dogs, a couple of Sam Adams Boston Ales and two tickets to the game. Not only is it great socializing time, it saves you from buying $8 beers in the arena.
2007-11-02 09:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There's no ballpark big enough. The current Charlotte team has a 10,000-seat park across the State Line in Fort Mill, South Carolina. They've talked about expanding it as a "stopgap facility" while they build a new ballpark, but that's all they have.
Where else would they play? Could they go to Raleigh and retrofit N.C. State's Carter-Finley Stadium? It wouldn't be any more ridiculous than Denver using Mile High Stadium for two years or Miami using Joe Robbie Stadium for... at least a 16th year next year, beyond that, who knows.
2007-11-02 14:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually North Carolina is the home to many minor league baseball teams including the famous Durham Bulls, who play in the Triple-A International League (during the time the movie was filmed, the Bulls were a Single-A team playing in the Carolina League). The Charlotte Knights also play in the International League but they play in a suburb of Charlotte that is located in South Carolina. There are also 6 Single-A teams (4 in the South Atlantic League & 2 in the Carolina League) and one Double-A team playing in the Southern League in North Carolina as well.
2007-11-02 14:21:51 · answer #4 · answered by JCam 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carolina is a model NHL franchise
They are in the top half in profitability
They are in the top 10 in corporate sponsorship
They are in the top 10 in local television ratings
Peter Karmanos loves the area, and as long as he's owner (and he plans to die owning the team), Raleigh will have an NHL hockey team.
The team does well and that's the bottom line. Besides, they introduced tailgating to hockey. (and to all Buffalo fans who claim otherwise...Meehan and Regier couldn't recall any tailgating at the Aud - and that represents the first 30 years of the team)
As one poster said, annual attendance for hockey only needs 19,000 a game 40x a year. Not the 30,000 people a baseball team needs
2007-11-02 12:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They will eventually. I think the Pirates or Giants mentioned Charlotte as a possible destination while they were in negotiations for new ballparks. What with the D-Backs, Marlins and Devil Rays rumored to be in financial trouble, perhaps one of those teams would be the first MLB team in the Carolina's.
On a side note, I'd be happy as a pig in ( ) if the Phillies were moved there. Any takers?
2007-11-02 11:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They have minor league baseball, and up until a few years ago thats all they had for hockey. It's up to major league baseball, the commissioner and owners to see if NC could support a major league team, then you have to find a big enough ballpark, ownership, etc.....it's not as easy as it sounds.
2007-11-02 09:10:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Reason no. 1) NC State
Reason no. 2) Duke
Reason no. 3) NASCAR
Reason no. 4) USC
Reason no. 5) Panthers (Carolina version)
Little white round balls just don't seem to fit into the scheme of things here, but dammit, they love their football.
2007-11-02 12:26:51 · answer #8 · answered by cme 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If they put a baseball team in NC will you be happy or will your next complaint be there are too many immigrants on the team?
2007-11-02 10:56:49 · answer #9 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
due to the ill advised over expansion of the league into non-hockey markets.
2007-11-02 09:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by cody s 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋