The Baltimore Hamsterdams?
So I wake up to this story from the Baltimore Sun:
Representatives of the WNBA have met with Mayor Sheila Dixon to discuss the possibility of moving a franchise to Baltimore once a new downtown arena is built, Dixon said today.
The mayor also said she’d like to see the new facility built on the same downtown site where the 14,000-seat 1st Mariner Arena stands.
Dixon mentioned the possibility of attracting a women’s basketball franchise after being asked if a new arena should be large enough for an NBA team.
“I think we need a larger arena,” she said. “But I don’t think we should rely on attracting the NBA.”
When asked about the city’s prospects for attracting a women’s team, she said, “We’re going to see where things go.”
Now the video’s subtext talks about a team moving to B-more rather than an expansion, so it really could go either way, but you have to wonder A) could another team in that region survive and B) if there’s a team possibly moving, which team is it? Currently, there are only 2 WNBA teams without a brother-NBA team (Connecticut, Seattle). Could a third in Baltimore pull it off? What do you think? Which team do you think would move or is this the expansion talk we heard moving around during the off-season?
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