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Originally Posted by Djeffery
I think it's silly to build in a location that's easier for the 200,000 people 2 hours away and harder for the 500,000 right there. I think the airport location would cost them more Halifax support than it will gain them "rest of the Maritimes" support. It will be a Halifax team no matter what name they slap on it but I do think it's funny that the Moncton people would take offense to a team being called Atlantic, as if Halifax isn't, you know, right on the Atlantic. I suppose the Lions should be required to change their name to the Vancouver Lions.
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While there’s always some regional rivalry in the Maritimes, people here are also protective of the Maritime identity and quick to point out when others misunderstand it or automatically lump Newfoundland in. There’s banter, sure, but regional teams do not erase local pride. In many cases, they strengthen it.
New England is a good example. People in Boston, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island all have their own identities and rivalries, but they still rally around the New England Patriots as a regional brand. Support for the Patriots, Bruins, Celtics and particularly the Red Sox extends deep into the Maritimes due to the strong historical ties that go back before confederation.
Maritimers know the rest of Canada often misunderstands the region, and there is actually a certain pride in that shared identity. So the idea that Atlantic or a regional brand would somehow offend people simply because the team is physically in Halifax seems overstated. Halifax can still function as the region’s largest city while representing something bigger than itself.
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