The Portland Expos

First, the Northwestern States of Oregon and Washington already own a Major League Baseball team, the Seattle Mariners. They have become very successful recently and have been rapidly gaining fan interest. Also, the Mariners just built a new stadium that is barely over 5 years old. This stadium took a lot of

Second, the baseball team Portland would receive what happens to be one of the worst teams in baseball. The Expos will be losing their best player this off-season due to free agency and do not have enough firepower to become competitive this season. They are a very young team and in a few years could only be a better than average team. However, to win fans over in Portland, they will need to win immediately. One of the advantages of a new location is that the new town is full of excitement for a new team. This excitement leads to high attendance for the first year. If the Expos don’t have a successful season the first year, then the city of Portland will lose this enthusiasm for the team and fail to produce the attendance needed to make a profit.

Portland would not be a good fit for the Montreal Expos. The Pacific Northwest is not a heavily pop

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