Monday, April 05, 2004
Here's the Real Score in the Expos Game: 33,533-11,823
In a refreshing change from the usual civic boosterism, columnist Warner Hessler of the Hampton Roads Daily Press explains why his home region should not get a major league baseball team. Instead he says Washington/northern Virginia is the only logical destination.
As Hessler notes, Washington, DC not only has almost three times the population of Norfolk/Hampton Roads, but those residents have a per capita income 50% higher. (The numbers in the headline refer to projected daily attendance in Washington vs. Norfolk.) Hessler also cites a George Washington University study which claims that notwithstanding Peter Angelos' hysterics over the prospect of a major league team in Washington, such a club would reduce the Orioles' attendance by only about 7%. He doesn't, however, discuss the effect of a Washington club on the Orioles' media contracts, which would likely be much greater.
Thanks to Ballpark Watch for this cite.
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In a refreshing change from the usual civic boosterism, columnist Warner Hessler of the Hampton Roads Daily Press explains why his home region should not get a major league baseball team. Instead he says Washington/northern Virginia is the only logical destination.
As Hessler notes, Washington, DC not only has almost three times the population of Norfolk/Hampton Roads, but those residents have a per capita income 50% higher. (The numbers in the headline refer to projected daily attendance in Washington vs. Norfolk.) Hessler also cites a George Washington University study which claims that notwithstanding Peter Angelos' hysterics over the prospect of a major league team in Washington, such a club would reduce the Orioles' attendance by only about 7%. He doesn't, however, discuss the effect of a Washington club on the Orioles' media contracts, which would likely be much greater.
Thanks to Ballpark Watch for this cite.
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