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🚨 𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐍'𝐒 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐋𝐁 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 With MLB set to expand to two more cities, Jeff Passan, ESPN's senior MLB insider, listed Raleigh as one of six serious candidates to land one of those franchises. Here is that 10-min conversation, with an abbreviated recap below👇 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞? - No market on either coast that has what Raleigh does. - Larger population than all expansion contenders - 22nd largest media market in the US, - 2nd fastest-growing metro - Soon to be 7th most populous state in the US (largest without MLB). -The current Stanley Cup champion owner Tom Dundon involved, with interest from former Bucks owner Marc Lasry. - Approved entertainment district being built and rights to 80+ acres of land. -Bi-partisian political support is ready for future talks. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬? -It's a full go. -Tom was the first to step up and is popular here because of the work he's done with the Canes. The fact that other billionaires want in and want to work together, shows that Raleigh is the place to be. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐋𝐁 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮? -Our research said Raleigh was the best path for NC's MLB -Wake County (Raleigh) is larger than Mecklenberg Count (Charlotte) - Charlotte has NFL, NBA, MLS, NASCAR...Raleigh only has NHL. State government wants more balance. Charlotte has entertainment spend overlaps that Raleigh wouldn't. -Raleigh does not have a downtown AAA ballpark it'd have to move. Charlotte does. Durham Bulls, 26 miles from Raleigh, fits with MiLB/MLB structure of farm teams within driving distance of parent teams. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐌𝐋𝐁 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦? -All the heavy lifting has been done. -This started with the community carrying the torch. It's organically grown to the point where there is an ownership group and politicians ready to make it happen. This is authentically a market that is SHOWING that it wants baseball. -We've been under the radar, and that was by design. - We have all the pieces needed to get MLB in Raleigh. 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨, 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲? Watch the full podcast here ⬇️
MLB2NC37,839 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
"𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭." Brodie Brazil, who has been at the forefront of expansion coverage and runs one of YouTube's largest channels covering it, just went national with something we've been talking about for years... The Braves CEO, when asked of he liked the idea of expansion in Nashville.... "NO." He then added... "Tennessee is part of our territory. We're going to be protective of the territory that we have." Remember, the MLB owners are the ones who vote on which markets get expansion, and the Braves are the power player in the Southeast. #MLB2NC #RaleighOnDeck
MLB2NC19,176 görüntüleme • 29 gün önce
𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧: "𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧" 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐋𝐁 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 Governor Josh Stein was in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium when he made it clear that the state is ready to work to bring MLB to Raleigh. "Clearly, the Triangle is a lucrative and potential market for MLB, and we're gonna be working to do all we can. And I think that the region really showed out. The viewership on this NHL playoffs were the highest in seven or eight years. People care about what happens here. One of the fastest growing metro areas in the country, 22nd largest media market, which places them in a bigger than any other potential expansion site in the country. So we're eager for this opportunity to be considered, and we'll do all we can to support it." (video from WCNC's Danielle Stein)
MLB2NC40,367 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
The Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup run has done more to elevate the City of Raleigh’s national perception and our MLB bid efforts than anybody will ever fully realize. To every player, coach, staff and Caniac; Enjoy the parade, hug a buddy, have a cold one. #SoundTheSiren #RaleighOnDeck
MLB2NC22,323 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
"𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭." Triangle Business Journal is reporting what everyone here in North Carolina and the rest of the baseball world is starting to realize... Nashville may not be the 'front-runner' for MLB expansion in the East after all. And that's not just opinion anymore... - 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 $𝟏.𝟐𝐁 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 to building a brand new NFL stadium for the Tennessee Titans. A stadium which will likely not have hosted a single game by the time MLB Expansion kicks off. - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. Nashville just approved the East Bend redevelopment rezoning, which prohibits stadium or arena use on the property. - In an interview on WKRN radio in Nashville, Mayor Freddie O'Connell said in response to landing an MLB expansion team, "𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐋𝐁 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞." - 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, and they've publicly stated they are hoping MLB provides them with one. So if Nashville is not the front-runner, then who is? 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 for East Coast MLB expansion. And here's why 👇 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. - A billionaire owner who just won a Stanley Cup in our market + another with pro sports ownership experience that has publicly stated interest - Multiple land options (w/ districts) ready to go - Bipartisan support in the government which has put forth the initial framework for a stadium funding plan 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭... - 5M MORE people in our state (largest in the US without MLB) - 1.2M MORE people within 60 miles of our city center - #22 media market in the country; they are #27 - 3 Top-50 media markets in our state; they have 1 It's only a matter of time before people start digging and begin to realize that the past 8 years haven't just been a fun social media campaign... It's been a strategic, non-stop statewide collaboration to bring every single piece of the puzzle together, at the right time, to make it nearly impossible for MLB to say no to expansion in North Carolina. Great reporting from Dane Huffman and the tbj, and we're pretty sure in the coming months you'll hear a WHOLE lot more of the same from outlets all over the country. #RaleighOnDeck #MLB2NC
MLB2NC12,645 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
What are Raleigh's chances of landing an MLB expansion team, according to MLB insiders? Stephen Nesbitt of The Athletic discusses why he thinks it will come down to Raleigh vs. Nashville in the East, and why Raleigh is a much more realistic option than many believe. #RaleighOnDeck
MLB2NC22,468 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗠𝗟𝗕 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺. Taking a quick shot at Nashville (yes, Raleigh has a larger TV market and more populous at every mile marker), Stein reiterated the hope for MLB in the 919. Both sides of NC government have stated their interest in this, just not right timing with the heavily delayed budget. MLB is still VERY top of mind with current, ongoing conversations. As Stein said, “We are a hockey town and we can also be a baseball town.” Without a doubt, North Carolina is primed for MLB and Raleigh will support a team to the fullest. #RaleighOnDeck #MLB2NC Interview from Bryan Anderson
MLB2NC11,822 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
🚨MLB update from Tom Dundon🚨 Carolina Hurricanes owner and leader of the ownership group looking to bring MLB to Raleigh, Tom Dundon, sat down with NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS NETWORK to talk about timing, patience, and getting ducks in a row for MLB's eventual expansion. 📽️:
MLB2NC17,426 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
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