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HORNETSFAN · 07-18-2002, 08:43 AM

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Originally posted by Marcus13
seriously. Charlotte is getting the next expansion team...why didnt they just wait and give it to New Orleans?

Mainly because Charlotte continually refused to build an NBA acceptable facility. Once the threat of leaving became real to Charlotte, they reacted too late in promising to build an arena. The team would have lost too much money in the years waiting for the arena to be built. This way, Charlotte can build the arena while waiting for the red tape to clear in the expansion process. The arena should be built, or near completion, by the time the team is ready to play.

HORNETSFAN · 07-18-2002, 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by nang1980
New Orleans demographics would not rate an expansion team. The Hornets moved there because the city gave them all that money and they had an arena already built. When the NBA expands, they want cities that are growing and have a good sized TV market, neither of which applies to New Orleans. In the last 30 years, New Orleans has lost people. Their TV market is like 44th. Also, if George Shinn had stayed in Charlotte, the city would not support the team. With Larry Bird coming in, they will. The league did the right thing in this instance.

Must be a Charlottean. Sounds like the same stuff we heard during the relocation process when the Charlotteans tried to convince us that there was no way the NBA would approve a move to N.O. I do not know what you mean by "gave them all that money," but whatever they get here is alot less than it will cost to bring an expansion team to Charlotte.

nang1980 · 07-19-2002, 07:20 PM

Charlotte? That hick town? I'm from Atlanta, the biggest city in the south (except for Dallas and Houston).

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