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- Select a city that you believe would make a good location for your new major league team. Atlantic City
- Describe the weather patterns during the baseball (April – October) or football (September – January) season. Weather is nice, cloudy low temp around 59-67
- Describe the following demographic and economic factors of the city, state:
(2) Average income $26,936
(3) Average age 30
(4) Primary professions/industries
(5) Chamber of Commerce mailing address and email address
The Garage at Gordons Alley 12 South Virginia Avenue, Atlantic City Phone 609.345.4524
(6) Local Media – list the names and forms of local media
The Star Ledger-local news(sports), The Press of Atlantic City-News source, The Daily Record(Buisness and Politics)
(7) Crime statistics rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon.
- List all sports teams (professional and amateur) located in the state. If there is currently a professional football team in the city you selected, explain why you think the city can support more than one team. Explain if and why a professional sports/football team has ever failed or been located in that city.
- Provide a 1 page map of the city/area. Include major highways or routes that customers will take to get to your location.
- Describe other forms of entertainment/attractions in the area, including historical sites, amusement parks, arenas, annual events, etc. List some of the major hotels and restaurants in the area. For the adults there are casinos to make some money, great restaurants like Margartiaville. The ShowBoat Atlantic City is a great hotel near the arena.
- List at least 5 corporations located in the city or region that could be integral to the support of a professional sports team. List corporate sponsors already involved with other teams in the region. Knights Inn(Hotel near boardwalk) sponsors the stadium, Bass pro could support us, it has a lot of equipment and clothes, Tanger Outlets again clothes, Steel Pier carnival, finally Park Place Parking the parking for the arena.
- In summary, explain why you selected the city for your sports franchise.
I believe it is a good choice because there are no other team so people dont want to drive to different cities to watch a team we are bringing the arena near the boardwalk so if people can go there they can go to the Outlaws game.
(2) Describe the types of revenue that the franchise could bring to the area. The prices could possibly go up because since there is finally a sports team there it could go up.
(3) Describe any costs associated with the locating the franchise in your selected city. The cost for parking would only be around 20$ and the tickets would be 65$.
(4) If you select a city/state that currently has a major league team, you must be prepared to explain and justify having another team located in the same city/state. There is no other team.