CruzDude
Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
Orange county is big both population- and money-wise but this market (Orange teams + LA teams) is overcrowded. And LA/Orange fans want a football team.
Yeah, right! When the Rams moved to Anaheim in 1980 the Big-A was a disaster for football as it was a baseball stadium. I know. I was a Ram's season ticket holder then and had been in the Coliseum for 14 years previous. Then when Rosenblum died and his ex-showgirl wife took over she destroyed the team and fans stayed away by the 1,000s. Then she sold the Rams to St. Louis in 1994 and the subject of football in Orange County seems to have all but disappeared. And a lot of folks from down there lost interest in football ever since.
Over the 1980's and 90's however, the idea of an NBA team kept coming up for "The Pond" where the mighty ducks play. They got the Clippers to play pre-season and a few regular games there for several years. But Donald Sterling kills any idea that can make money or be considered progress for the Clips. That demographic is ripe for an NBA team and realistically it should be the Clippers but since that won't happen and the greater LA area is some 17 million people plus the draw from San Diego area another 3-4 million it can easily support a team there. Besides the Clips are poor step children of the Lakers in Staples Arena anyway.
The Angles play up to and into October then basketball season starts until April-May when baseball starts all over again. hmmm, seems attractive to me. At some point who knows?
