Sacramento is far enough away from the bay area it is in no danger of quakes. We are lucky to feel them, if at all, and that is only the rare huge ones like in '89. What we don't have which Texas does is humidity. It gets hot during the summer, but it's a dry heat. Mild temperatures the rest of the year, never snows, yet enough rain to keep the City of Trees green. The real only concern other than the heat would be the air quality. It's usually fine, but under the right circumstances like forest fires in northern CA or prolonged systems with little wind, can be pretty bad. Though seeing as LA and Houston are comparable, is at least not a unique problem.
Let's put it this way, I've been around the world and back, and I wouldn't trade the Bay Area weather for any other on earth. Sacramento has a Mediterranean climate and can get a little hotter in the summer but its a dry heat and not too humid and night games even though still a little warm would still be ok for playing a soccer game. Anyway, nothing like Dallas, Houston or anywhere in the North East. I'll put Norcal's weather (winter or summer) up against anyone across the USA....
When I go to Sacramento in the summer and it's 105 in the shade, it's still fry my brain damned hot. Best to play at night in the summer, just in case there's a heatwave.
I don't know much about Houston's heat and humidity, but I do know plenty about Philly and DC's heat and humidity. And they were way too much for me. So I don't disagree. But I'd still prefer to attend games in Sacramento after 7:00 PM in the summer.
The more time passes, the more it looks like NY, ORL, SA, and perhaps MIN and MIA are ahead of SAC. Kevin Johnson is a fool if he is not working back doors and his contacts very hard to try to get an ownership group for SAC and the railyards as team 23 or 24. Kings are gone. Little doubt. Soccer is the future, not basketball . He needs that railyard project completed, otherwise his legacy is tarnished and memorable only for bad things. If SAC does not get in by team 24, D1 soccer won't happen in SAC for another generation., which is a shame because it's a sure thing type market given half-way decent ownership.
Someone already posted the "days above 100" stat, but Sac is smokin hot - I've lived in Mississippi and I'd put Sac there w/ the heat/misery index. It was 117 degrees one 4th of July that I lived in Sac. And, the winters suck too. Cold, foggy, drizzly. It doesn't snow, but your pipes will freeze. Comparing Sac's climate to the Bay Area is like comparing Palm Springs to Laguna Beach. And, if you wouldn't trade the Bay Area's weather w/ anywhere, then you haven't lived in Coastal OC. As far as air quality, do they still burn the rice fields up there? All that said, I like Sac and hope they get an MLS team.
After thinking about it more, you may have a point in comparing Sac's climate to the Bay Area. This reinforces my earlier comment thought the SF Bay area's weather is the best on earth or at least the best in the USA!
Sadly Vergera has no interest in doing so and has said as much. And that name in particular is already taken by an indoor team in the PASL who have 0 interest in giving it up
Not likely. The owners are quite content with their team, and its name. Which frankly has 5x the indoor history than it does outdoor.
You are right about the indoor vs outdoor history. Of course there is always the San Diego Jawz & Nomads to revert back to!
Sacramento could be a great MLS city in the future. I think close rivalries only will build on the success MLS has experienced of late. Any city with a loaded owner that CARES should succeed regardless of city size or proximity to other MLS markets. The issue that will come up in the future will be who controls what homegrown-player areas.