narkj OP t1_itprrzf wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:41 PM

Saw a post about an arena being rehabbed in the city and it got me thinking. Do the people of people of Baltimore want or need an NBA team? I know you had one, many years ago.

jabbadarth t1_itq9rfq wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:53 PM

Aside from the arena size I don't think the NBA is particularly interested in the area. They have philly and dc which already cover a majority of the viewership they would get from a baltimore team. With a baltimore team they would get more viewership but I imagine it wouldn't be massive as any basketball fans south of Glen Burnie are likely already wizards fans and any north of bel air can easily watch 76ers games. So baltimore would really have to push to get the NBAs attention and they would have to either move a team or add expansion teams and I don't think either of those are likely to happen in the near future.

D0NNIENARCO t1_itrcbmh wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Yeah, this is exactly why the former Redskins/Commanders owner pushed so hard against Baltimore getting an NFL team back.

None of the current owners want to lose market share, and they're the ones voting on expansion.

baltimoresports t1_itqexkv wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:28 PM

Baltimore would support a winning team (maybe more hockey than basketball) for sure. We have a decent market size actually compared to some cities.

Where we would possibly have issues is selling the boxes and big season ticket packages to corporations. Those company bucks are what’s split already between DC and Philly more than the fans.