Salt Lake City: Potential Expansion Destination for MLB
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00:00 Sports Professor Rick Harrow, Daily Numbers game. Spotlighting the city that may replace Vegas as the hottest
00:07 expansion city or relocation city there is. It's Salt Lake City.
00:12 By the way, we talked about a new NHL franchise, a relocated one, to share the arena space
00:20 with the current Jazz ownership.
00:22 How about across town near Utah Fair Park, a baseball stadium potentially going up, expandable, not just AAA,
00:29 but a major league stadium. Larry Miller, who basically has been the iconic
00:35 athlete ownership leader in Salt Lake, has generated an idea about a $3.5 billion economic impact
00:43 near the center of
00:45 downtown and urban development. Arena one side, baseball stadium other. A significant combination
00:53 may be the top franchise expansion candidate because of the Rocky Mountain time zone and also because it is Salt Lake.