which NFL team will move to Los Angeles?

[zinfamous]

California has too many f'ing teams already. Raiders should move to somewhere new and unexpected... like New Mexico, Utah or even Nevada.

Look at this shit:
http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-fan-map-2014-9

There's so much dead space where nobody has anybody else to root for they have to go with somebody several states away. Would any city pony up the dough for a new stadium? Maybe Las Vegas should build a stadium with attached hotel/casino. That'd be sweet. They could have package deals that include tickets to the game if you're staying at the hotel anyway, then you just walk out to your seats.

weird--how that map doesn't account for any Oakland fans...in Oakland, when you look at the blow up.

:hmm:
Also seems like way too much Panthers presence. That was Redskins territory long before the Panthers, and I don't really know anyone in my generation that prefers the Panthers over the Skins.

 

[gorcorps]

weird--how that map doesn't account for any Oakland fans...in Oakland, when you look at the blow up.

:hmm:
Also seems like way too much Panthers presence. That was Redskins territory long before the Panthers, and I don't really know anyone in my generation that prefers the Panthers over the Skins.

Well the list will most likely be skewed towards the youth, given that the data is based on team "likes" via facebook... so I doubt it's going to be completely accurate. On a general basis it's a decent heatmap though. Just shows how empty the west is... it's so sparsely populated Denver's influence goes all the way to the Canadian border.

 

[zinfamous]

Well the list will most likely be skewed towards the youth, given that the data is based on team "likes" via facebook... so I doubt it's going to be completely accurate. On a general basis it's a decent heatmap though. Just shows how empty the west is... it's so sparsely populated Denver's influence goes all the way to the Canadian border.

yeah, I just realized that and was about to update my comment. :thumbsup:

I don't have a facebook, and I don't know anyone that uses it for anything beyond posting baby photos.


I also noticed the same thing about Denver: first shocked at the spread, then unconcerned when you realize the density for much of that area is something like 1 person/10 sq miles.

 

[MetalMat]

It's probably going to be the Rams. It has been a long time since a team has been in L.A. and the NFL has grown in leaps & bounds, whatever team ends up there will have a large draw.

Personally I would prefer the Raiders to move back to L.A. since I'm sure there are still many fans and there is already a team in the Bay Area.

San Antonio has always come up in the news as a city owners were interested in relocating to ever since the Saints got close to moving there back in 2006. However I just don't see that working out. It's not really in an ideal location, they have the Spurs and the Cowboys are have a strong foothold there.

 

[glenn1]

Well the list will most likely be skewed towards the youth, given that the data is based on team "likes" via facebook... so I doubt it's going to be completely accurate. On a general basis it's a decent heatmap though. Just shows how empty the west is... it's so sparsely populated Denver's influence goes all the way to the Canadian border.

* The New York Jets do not have a plurality of fans in any U.S. county.

How appropriate and fitting. They probably don't even have a plurality of fans in their own stadium any given week.

 

[DesiPower]

California has too many f'ing teams already. Raiders should move to somewhere new and unexpected... like New Mexico, Utah or even Nevada.

Look at this shit:
http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-fan-map-2014-9

There's so much dead space where nobody has anybody else to root for they have to go with somebody several states away. Would any city pony up the dough for a new stadium? Maybe Las Vegas should build a stadium with attached hotel/casino. That'd be sweet. They could have package deals that include tickets to the game if you're staying at the hotel anyway, then you just walk out to your seats.

I thought there were moving to San Antonio ese

 

[OutHouse]

California has too many f'ing teams already. Raiders should move to somewhere new and unexpected... like New Mexico, Utah or even Nevada.

Look at this shit:
http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-fan-map-2014-9

that map is very interesting.

 

[WelshBloke]

Do regional teams in America move regions as standard practice?

That seems really wierd to me. How do you get and local loyalty or tradition going?

If your local team, that you support, goes to a rival area do you suddenly stop supporting them?

I know of one team in the UK (Wimbledon FC) that did this and it nearly killed them.

Imagine Liverpool FC moving to Manchester. Or Porto moving to Lisbon.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Do regional teams in America move regions as standard practice?

It isn't common, but it does happen. The last NFL franchise to move was the Houston Oilers IIRC (to Tennessee), and that was in 1996 or 97.

Sometimes, markets are misjudged. Take Jacksonville, for example -- they have a hard time selling out and are regularly ranked as the least popular team in the NFL. That's why they're always rumored to be moving to LA or London.

 

[pete6032]

Do regional teams in America move regions as standard practice?

That seems really wierd to me. How do you get and local loyalty or tradition going?

If your local team, that you support, goes to a rival area do you suddenly stop supporting them?

I know of one team in the UK (Wimbledon FC) that did this and it nearly killed them.

Imagine Liverpool FC moving to Manchester. Or Porto moving to Lisbon.

It's not common, and all 32 team owners have to vote yes to approve a move. Also when it happens you wouldn't get a team moving from Liverpool to Manchester, In general (outside of New York and Los Angeles, which are large enough to support multiple teams), you get a team moving to a market where there is no other professional team. Remember we have 50 states but only 32 NFL teams.

So when the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee and became the Tennessee Titans in the 1990s, there was no team in Tennessee before them.

 

[lupi]

Yep, they have to have approval of the other owners, need to pay a relocation fee to the other owners, and if you're moving into an area that has another team (or is considered part of another teams main market area) you need specific permission from that owner which usually involves additional monetary and other concessions.