Summary
North Carolina; Piedmont Triad
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The Triad home-team advantage.
What's the name going to be for North Carolina's first Major League Baseball team? The Tar Heels? No, some school's already snagged that one. The Barbecue Barons? No. Wouldn't make a fierce-enough logo. The Carolina Kudzu?
The Carolina Kudzu might just work. Where to locate the franchise? Charlotte? After all, Charlotte is the biggest city in the state. It's the headquarters of two of the nation's largest banks, and it has the NFL Panthers and the NBA Hornets drawing good crowds. Charlotte's a natural, right? Think again, banker boys. The business leaders of the Piedmont Triad think it's high time their region got some recognition. And they've got the stats to prove it. The 1.3 million population of the Piedmont Triad's 12-county region is close to the 14-county Charlotte area's 1.8 million population. Because it is closer to Raleigh and Roanoke, Va., a Triad-based team could expect to draw fans from a pool of 6.5 million people within a 100-mile radius. That would rank it No. 2 among baseball's small markets...See the full content of this document
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