Some good news for my new home town of L'ville that it may, potentially, possibly, could be, rumoured will get an NBA team most likely, if anything by the 2018-19 season.
Other finalist include: Seattle, Mexico City, Las Vegas and Vancouver. My personal thoughts? Seattle and Vancouver both already had teams and for whatever the reasons couldn't keep 'em. If the con on Louisville is that it's a college town then what is Las Vegas? Sure the Raiders are rumoured to be moving there but I wouldn't consider it a sports town outside if one considers either betting or betting on sports a sport. As for Mexico City? That is an intriguing one. It would be the first US originated sport to set-up outside of the US/Canada and would certainly fit into the NBA's goal for expansion and growth internationally. Also, if you factor in the population size (i.e: loosely translating the size of an area's population to even sustain a professional sports franchise) then Mexico City (app. pop = 8,918,653) would win hands down versus Louisville (app. pop. = 760,026).
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2017/01/17/louisville-reportedly-a-finalist-for-nba-expansion.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2017-01-17&u=sAmE2YeVGI6C34B70ph%2FuJp4Bee&t=1484662792&j=77095211
Not one to doubt the business instincts of someone like a Carlos Slim. Still a curious move to launch a network targeting the Mexican American audience. While all census projections show the US Hispanic population continuing to grow almost all also reflect a change in the sub-demographic showing that the percent of US Hispanics that speak Spanish is in decline due to a variety of reasons (e.g: acculturation, slowing number of immigration). That being said the network could potentially follow the route of having more cultural nuances or lead points that would be relevant for US Hispanic audiences while blending the languages between English and Spanish to make it more relevant especially for Millennials. https://www.portada-online.com/2017/01/20/billionaire-carlos-slim-to-launch-tv-channel-exclusively-targeting-mexican-americans/
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