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Originally Posted by ericmacm
Hard to say - there was a pretty serious push from Bronfman and Devimco in 2019 for the Tampa Bay/Montreal split cities plan. There were designs produced for a stadium in Bassin Peel, but the MLB killed the plan a few years later and there has been no publicly known activity on the file since. Expansion remains up in the air as the Rays and A’s (moreso the Rays) are still being sorted out. I’d imagine that they are likely just sitting on the plans now and trying to slowly garner corporate interest/support.
Worth noting that Stade Olympique, after the renovations, will be in a fixed rectangular configuration moving forward that will not allow baseball anymore. Sending a team back there was a non-starter to begin with, but it is impossible now. It would have to be a brand new purpose-built stadium.
My dream for Montreal is that we see Bell utilize its sports assets (owning TSN and a portion of the Canadiens) and start a similar model to MLSE in Montreal with the Bronfmans and Molsons. All three could pool resources to secure the MLB and NBA. However, I don’t consider this likely to happen at all.
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MLB likes it when things are done quietly. So far, Nashville has the most "buzz" but that doesn't mean they have the ingredients.
I don't want to bring up Brodie Brazil again but he doesn't think Nashville has the ingredients:
https://youtu.be/07_BA52oShM?si=bXLhmFayEKmFnpAI
They spent too much on the Titans and Predators recently.
My biggest concern with Montréal is, where do you build a stadium? Is Peel Basin still available, given that most of it hasn't been developed and seems to be stalling. Would the Molson Brewery site or Royalmount site work?
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