20 cities that could get an MLB expansion team in the future

Puerto Rico is one hour ahead of NYC, that isn't a Hawaii situation. The problem for Puerto Rico is that they have too low of income and not enough people to support pro sports

Salt lake city would be awesome. That spot isn't great but it is land that is ready if they want it.

What about Jacksonville? There is a rich baseball culture here…..

Louisville is bigger than cities with professional teams. Louisville is bigger than New Orleans, Buffalo and Salt Lake City.

New Orleans is very small; New Orleans metro population is half of Las Vegas.
Las Vegas 2.3 million people
New Orleans 1.2 million people

The Carolina Panthers stadium is not a dump. It being renovated to two times something is wrong with you

Or maybe Indianapolis, Louisville, Birmingham, Quebec, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Jacksonville, Orlando, Oklahoma city, San Antonio, Charlotte, providence, Hartford, Portland OR, Roanoke VA, New Orleans, Jackson MS, Boise ID, Milwaukee, Omaha NE, Des Moines IA, Calgary, Edmonton or Chattanooga TN as the new MLB franchise team.

For decades insiders wanted to reduce the number of teams. They always seemed willing to eliminate Seattle and Cleveland.

If Montreal can build a new baseball stadium, the Expos may return.

New Orleans is a long shot at best... the aging Superdome has hosted exhibition baseball before with success, but the area had problems with even supporting a Triple-A level team. Geographically, its a great fit, but that's about the only thing going for it ATM.

Index Info Portland, OR Las Vegas, NV
Crime Index: 55.99 55.90
Safety Scale: 44.01 44.10
😄Look past trendy head lines DG. Portland has similar crime numbers to most all cities on your list. Using that as a reason PDX won't get baseball is a bit nutty.

People are leaving the hell hole of Portland in droves. Salt Lake City is the best choice in the West.

Charlotte & Montreal Should have expansion teams !
Montreal hasn't had a MLB team ,since The Expos moved to Washington DC & became the Nationals
Memphis would be a better city for a expansion team
Tennessee already has the Smokies
( Chicago Cubs double A Team)

im in portland, we deserve a mlb team

7 MLB cities have higher crime rates than Portland. Also, it's almost entirely property crime, the violent crime rate is less than the home cities of all but 4 teams. Portland has issues but they are greatly overstated and for a very nefarious reason.

On San Juan, I think your a bit off, it’s far closer than Hawaii is. It’s a little over 1000 mi away from Miami. That would make it the most isolated team by 200 miles over Seattle, but being on the east coast it would also be way closer to a lot of other teams being on the east coast. The flight from Boston would be an hour plus shorter than to the West Coast and the time zone is the same as the east coast during the season. I think the biggest concerns with San Juan would be financial considerations.

Omaha would be great they could call them the cornholers.

The A’s are not going to Vegas

No teams outside North America.

Pretty Honorable For Most American Midwest Cities!

All these have milb in all these cities. except Portland.

Orlando should get a team, Orlando is a big enough city to support a mlb team

Baseball teams includes New Orleans, Beijing, Tokyo, Nashville, Indianapolis & much more all around the world!⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾

What About Salt Lake? There are NO professional sports teams there, other than the Utah Jazz! Which I think, should move to Kansas City. I hear the T-Mobile center, is ready and waiting for a NBA and/or a NHL team to call it home.

The idea of Portland being too dangerous for a team is right wing hysteria. There’s no legitimate basis for it.

New Orleans is more dangerous yet you don’t mention that at all. Interesting.

Portland and Nashville will be the next MLB expansion teams. Las Vegas if they A's happen to stay in Oakland.

With the so called distance travel issue with putting a team in Puerto Rico, it’s a little more than 1,000 miles to Miami. In the NFL, the travel distance between Dallas and the rest of the division is crazy. The flight distance to New York is over 1500 miles.

Bro You're so wrong on Sacramento. The fans there would fill a stadium night after night.

It will be Nashville and Salt Lake City

I personally think MLB should expand to 36 teams instead of 32. If they only add two new teams they'd have to go to eight four-team divisions, and that could potentially break up some of the historic rivalries. If they expand to 36 teams they could keep the current 6-division setup (with six teams in each division) or go back to the old four-division setup with nine teams per division. Of course, with 32 teams they could also go back to four divisions with eight teams each, but I doubt they'd actually do that.

I'd also propose Brooklyn as a possible site for an NL expansion team. Yes, there are potential issues with the Yankees and Mets' territorial rights, but NYC is a big enough market (about 24 million people in the CSA at the 2020 census) that they can easily support a third team. They were able to do it well until the 50s when the Giants began losing money (and that relocation was probably a necessity), and let's be real: the Mets will still be the most popular team on most of Long Island, and the Yankees will still be the most popular team in Manhattan, on Staten Island, and in most of Greater New York (not to mention most of upstate New York, barring a Buffalo expansion team). Plus, the success of the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA and the presence of three NHL teams in NYC (the Islanders, Rangers, and NJ Devils) proves it can work, and the population of the region has only grown since the last time they had three MLB teams. A new team in Brooklyn would excite Brooklynites who are still bitter about losing the Dodgers all these years later (whether they're old enough to remember having the Dodgers there or not), and considering that Brooklyn is the largest NYC borough with about 2.5 million people, it's not like they'd have much trouble attracting fans, especially since it isn't a huge part of either the Yankees' or Mets' fanbase. They could name the team the Robins, both after Jackie Robinson and a former nickname of the Dodgers from 1914-1931, and they could name the home field after Jackie Robinson as well.

Nashville and Portland. Lock it.

Longshots: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Memphis, Indianapolis, Sacramento, Virginia Beach/Norfolk, Mexico City, Seoul, Tokyo, and San Juan. Contenders: Salt Lake City, Raleigh, Montreal, Portland, Austin/San Antonio, and Vancouver. Favorites: Nashville, Oakland (if A's leave), and Charlotte. Nashville is a favorite due to its growth. Oakland is a favorite if the A's leave. Charlotte is a favorite as it compares favorably as a market with St. Louis, and Raleigh/Durham would be a higher income alternative to Charlotte. I will add an unmentioned contender, Northern New Jersey, if they can find a site that would overcome territorial restrictions imposed by the Yankees and Mets.

How about Albuquerque and Birmingham getting an MLB expansion team in the future, like 15 years from now?

I'm in favor or Montreal. All the arguments used against them are identical to those used against DC.

Indianapolis will never have another mlb team again. They tried twice. Once in late 1890's and then again before 1910. And that is because people already have teams they cheer for and all are within 6 hours. Some cheer cardinals, tigers, reds, white Sox, cubs and guardians. Not many will support the Indy team because of that.

I really hope Oklahoma gets a MLB team. We are known for having great football and baseball. I really think they should slightly construct the OKC dodger stadium to be bigger for an mlb team and turn the paycom center into a football feild for a nfl team. I think this would be a great idea and make the leagues a lot of money

Indianapolis would be great

Austin is too close to Dallas.

Cities: Corporate sponsorships & thriving upper middle class for season tickets. Then there is: Safe walking district, strong city relationship w/ police (crime), low taxes, and clean appearance. We all know what cities are cooked. No to Memphis & Portland, South Chicago etc.

If anything goes south of the border, perhaps a resort area near the coast. Kind of a Vegas feel to the location. Agree that it is doubtful.

Of the top 20 cities with the highest violent crime rate, at least 10 mlb teams call them home. With 3 more being on your list (none of which are portland)
But nice try

The best players are in the Caribbean islands, so why not give Puerto Rico a team.

Bro is complaining about elevation while Denver is mile high and has a team and salt lake city is lower than Denver

Portland would suck. I’m from there and that city is an absolute dump hole.

Cool to see my city on the list. Would definitely frequent games if we got a team

Portland is such a great city to live in I would love a MLB team

Hell no to Nashville! I live in Tennessee and Nashville sucks!!!

Raleigh is on the map!!!

San Antonio with a population of more then 1.6Million, and 3Million in Metropolitan Area do need a second professional sport, besides the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. Yes, of course, San Antonio is growing fairly fast. I knew that San Antonio wanted the NFL team for about 20 years.

I like to see Nashville Tennessee to get the MLB team, since Tennessee is my favorite state, and most of the state (about 75% is in Central Time Zone).