I think this is the most realistic path (maybe even to a pro team). We should get a Caps/Wiz minor league team and host a few pro home games during the regular and preseason. We tried to do this pre-renovation and the arena conditions were terrible.

If a team did decide to move here, I would assume the current arena would only be temporary and contingent on building a 17500+ arena. That’s relatively common when teams jump cities or during an expansion.

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.