Unfortunately these are some harsh times for NBA fans, but for those Canadian readers, and readers in cities looking for an NBA team here is the link to an interesting read by a writer who has certainly found a way to make it through the lockout blues!
This is just a quick piece about an article I came across by Arturo Galetti titled “Could Your City Give a Sports Team a Good Home?”
As mentioned in the article, Arturo Galetti is the co-editor and director of analytics for the Wages of Wins Network and he offers an undeniably in-depth look at the topic. From these two facts, I deduct one thing, when it comes to the business of deciding whether or not a particular city/metropolitan area can successfully support an NBA team, this guy seems to know what he is talking about and his article is certainly worth the read!
According to Galetti’s findings, Montreal would in fact be able to support an NBA team, but how did he decide this? Well, the main factor that goes in to the decision is the “available personal income” for each metropolitan area. That being said, Montreal ranked second in available personal income among metropolitan areas that do not currently have an NBA team and seventh when you include metropolitan areas that already have an NBA team.
Anyway, the point of my article was not for me to simply recap everything Galetti said, but rather to get you to read the piece for yourself, so you can have a better understanding of what he is saying. So here is the link once again: http://wagesofwins.net/2011/10/31/could-your-city-give-a-sports-team-a-good-home/
Enjoy and props to Arturo Galetti for such an insightful article.
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