Move the Marlins to Cape Coral

BMW · 04-18-2007, 05:56 PM

A city that is growing tremendously in population, and land-wise is one of the largest cities in the state....the people here have been die hards for the local semi-pro Hockey team and the Twins A affiliate the Miracle. The support this area puts towards a team is unbelievable for the types of teams that are here. They would get a lot more support here where there is less to do than on the East coast. And I could go the games every day.

JoseA · 04-18-2007, 06:01 PM

Sounds good to me...The attendance at the Marlins games have been horrible for the past few years, unless they are winning....lol

To me you can't have a situation where you only support a winning team....it makes the franchise and city look foolish. A move would look good for the Marlins, but do they have a stadium ready for them yet in Cape Coral?

BMW · 04-18-2007, 06:44 PM

No they don't, but I bet it would pass very quickly. There are a lot of young families here with a lot of money and nothing to do. The area would explode around the ballpark, especially since they are a pretty darn good young team.

The area can certainly fit a stadium as there have been rumors for years of a Six Flags coming to the NW Cape...I wonder if they would be too worried about putting another franchise this close to the Devil Rays who already don't draw any fans. I went to the Marlins game last week and watched half of the 10,000 people that came through the gate LEAVE after the 4TH INNING(!!!!!!!!!) of a 3-0 game. Absurd.

Captain Fear · 05-02-2007, 06:07 PM

It doesn't matter where they go, if they don't win no one is going to want anything to due with them...

04-18-2007, 05:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
BMW Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cape Coral Florida Posts: 830	Move the Marlins to Cape Coral A city that is growing tremendously in population, and land-wise is one of the largest cities in the state....the people here have been die hards for the local semi-pro Hockey team and the Twins A affiliate the Miracle. The support this area puts towards a team is unbelievable for the types of teams that are here. They would get a lot more support here where there is less to do than on the East coast. And I could go the games every day. __________________ BMW Green Bay Packers 14-4

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JoseA Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,097	Sounds good to me...The attendance at the Marlins games have been horrible for the past few years, unless they are winning....lol To me you can't have a situation where you only support a winning team....it makes the franchise and city look foolish. A move would look good for the Marlins, but do they have a stadium ready for them yet in Cape Coral? __________________ Register here and join the discussion

04-18-2007, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
BMW Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cape Coral Florida Posts: 830	No they don't, but I bet it would pass very quickly. There are a lot of young families here with a lot of money and nothing to do. The area would explode around the ballpark, especially since they are a pretty darn good young team. The area can certainly fit a stadium as there have been rumors for years of a Six Flags coming to the NW Cape...I wonder if they would be too worried about putting another franchise this close to the Devil Rays who already don't draw any fans. I went to the Marlins game last week and watched half of the 10,000 people that came through the gate LEAVE after the 4TH INNING(!!!!!!!!!) of a 3-0 game. Absurd. __________________ BMW Green Bay Packers 14-4

05-02-2007, 06:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Captain Fear Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 66	It doesn't matter where they go, if they don't win no one is going to want anything to due with them... __________________ "Winning is Everything, It's the Only thing." - 1930's Vanderbilt and UCLA football coach Henry "Red" Saunders