Why not West Palm Beach?

Discussion in 'Inter Miami CF' started by Laramie4OKC, Sep 15, 2002.

  1. Laramie4OKC

    Laramie4OKC New Member

    Jul 25, 2002
    Oklahoma City, OK
    When MLS decides to return to Florida, why not go to West Palm Beach instead of Miami?

    Surely with all the millionaires who live in nearby Boca Raton you shouldn't have any trouble finding an ownership group and possibly support for a privately and publically funded stadium especially, if they ever get those chads straightened out in Palm Beach County.

    Here is a profile on West Palm Beach, Florida:

    MARKET: (Population)

    45th West Palm Beach 1,131,184



    MARKET: (TV rankings by Nielsen)

    39th West Palm Beach 700,850


    West Palm Beach is 67 miles from Miami.

    The advantages of going to West Palm Beach:

    1. City looking for its own identity and not living
    in Miami's shadow.

    2. The fan base already established in Miami could
    also help support a West Palm Beach franchise.

    3. This is more of a bedroom type community and
    personal income exceeds $40,000.

    (Analysis: If you lived in Dallas, Texas
    and you made $33,289 which is Dallas'
    MSA average per capita income per year, you
    would need to make $35,099 to maintain the
    same buying power if you moved from
    Dallas to West Palm Beach whose per
    capita income is $41,007 which means that
    this city has a $6,000 per capita base over
    one of Americas largest and most prosperous
    Cities.)

    Dallas does have a lot more corporate support!

    Source: Per Capita Income

    http://www.iowaworkforce.org/trends/metro.html

    Source: CNN Money--Cost of Living Calculator power.)*

    http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html?step=form

    *I did talk with a person at CNN Money and they said that this is NOT the intended use of this calculator; however, I used it anyway.

    Why not look at West Palm Beach if and when MLS decides to move back into Florida?
     
  2. FootyMundo

    FootyMundo New Member

    Mar 1, 2001
    Minneapolis
    The fan base in Miami which had trouble going to FtL. is going to drive to WPB for games? A big stretch.
     
  3. Sober Tom

    Sober Tom Member

    Sep 10, 2001
    Glassboro, South Jer
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    West Palm Beach? Maybe I'm a little ignorant to florida culture/geography, but don't you have to focus on where there are soccer fans?
     
  4. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    There aren't any soccer fans in Florida. That's our problem.
     
  5. fusionmansteve

    fusionmansteve New Member

    Jun 9, 2000
    Waiting in Lockhart parking lot.....
    Club:
    Miami FC
    WPB!? How 'bout Yeehaw Junction or Wewahitchka?
     
  6. the cup

    the cup Member

    Jul 10, 2002
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    I work in the travel industry and the only people that go to West Palm Beach are senior citizens from New York and New Jersey. Ain't no soccer fans in West Palm Beach. Bring back the Fusion in a few years when MLS gets bigger.
     
  7. SABuffalo786

    SABuffalo786 New Member

    May 18, 2002
    Buffalo, New York
    West Palm is so superficial it isn't even funny. Everything there is so fake.
     
  8. Laramie4OKC

    Laramie4OKC New Member

    Jul 25, 2002
    Oklahoma City, OK
    That's a familiar tune!

    ...Then West Palm Beach
    [​IMG]


    should do find;
    they should have a fan base capable of averaging 35,000. I can't think of any city that is as superficial as this one:

    [​IMG]

    "Tulsa is a tall magnificantly groom hostess! You will not be there long before she casts her spell upon you. The area she encircles is called the "Magic Empire."--Readers' Digest!

    Can we get in on?...
     
  9. USRufnex

    USRufnex Red Card

    Tulsa Athletic / Sheffield United
    United States
    Jul 15, 2000
    Tulsa, OK
    Club:
    --other--
    Re: That's a familiar tune!

    Originally posted by Laramie4OKC

    should do fine; they should have a fan base capable of averaging 35,000.


    Only if games are played before dusk... I could see 35,000 for Buck-a-Fruitcup night, eh?!?... followed by a "Matlock" watch party on the Jumbotron...

    "Tulsa is a tall magnificantly groom hostess! You will not be there long before she casts her spell upon you. The area she encircles is called the "Magic Empire."--Readers' Digest!

    Can we get in on?... [/B]

    "Magnificently groom hostess?" "Magic Empire?"--- there's a couple of nick-at-night moments... "umm... Ward, I think you're being a little too hard on the Beaver." Sounds like a 1966 back-issue ya got there...

    And with a team in West Palm Beach... MLS could finally get the coverage it deserves... in READERS' DIGEST!

    Go West Palm Beach Geriatrics United!
     
  10. eric515

    eric515 Member

    May 8, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Duh...any WPB team would be called Hanging Chads FC. Isn't it obvious?? Chad Deering would be their mascot/coach/star player. :)
     
  11. wellington

    wellington Member

    Jun 4, 1999
    Charlotte, NC
    Club:
    Charlotte
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    They could have Hang Chad Deering Day...
     
  12. Noah Dahl

    Noah Dahl New Member

    Nov 1, 2001
    Pottersville
    WPB is a great area, but maybe not for MLS.

    If there were a lot of potential fans there, wouldn't they have shown up at some Fusion games? What is it, a 30 minute drive, tops?

    Pro sports just don't do well in Florida, and looking at the photo above you can see one of the reasons. Go to the game? Or grab some beers and a pole, head down to the intercoastal...
     
  13. Laramie4OKC

    Laramie4OKC New Member

    Jul 25, 2002
    Oklahoma City, OK
    Re: Re: That's a familiar tune!

    U.S.Rufnex:

    Great reply:

    "Ward, I think you're being a little too hard on the Beaver..."

    ...And with that statement U.S.Rufnex, you could get even greater coverage in PLAYBOY!

    Got me again, I see you didn't fall for that one!

    Good Luck my friend!
     
  14. DavidP

    DavidP Member

    Mar 21, 1999
    Powder Springs, GA
    Would they be called the WPB SuperGeezers (or maybe GeezerStars)? They could use Crankshaft (from the comic strip) as their mascot, and have him run over footballs in his schoolbus. Well, I thought it was funny.
     
  15. Ted Cikowski

    Ted Cikowski Red Card

    May 31, 2000
    ok then how do you explain all those South Americans playing soccer all day long in Dade?

    How do you explain the fact that International matches routinely draw 35,000 or more at the Orange Bowl?

    How do you explai the fact that 96 bars showed the Argentina-Brazil qualifier....all at standing room only?



    South Florida probably has more soccer fans than anywhere in the US....it's just that most of them thumbed thier nose at MLS.
     
  16. roccocek

    roccocek New Member

    Jul 16, 1999
    where Louie is buried.
    MMM.

    <<South Florida probably has more soccer fans than anywhere in the US....it's just that most of them thumbed thier nose at MLS.>>
    good statement.

    N.Y.FUSION F.C. <<---next mls team!
     
  17. seahawkdad

    seahawkdad Spoon!!!

    Jun 2, 2000
    Lincoln, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Other than college football and jai lai, are there fans of any other sports in Florida?
     
  18. VonMorrisky

    VonMorrisky New Member

    Well, I could tell it was going to be a stupid and ill-concieved idea just looking at the title, but I think this one sentence explifies exactly how magnificently stupid and ill-concieved this idea really is.
     
  19. Retto

    Retto New Member

    Dec 14, 1998
    No, they didn't thumb their noses at the MLS, it was the other way around. The first year, Fusion management was very arrogant, and that's being polite.
     

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