Experts believe the stadium could be expanded to 40,000 seats for a couple of years until a permanent ballpark could be built in the Triad. The cash would come from a 1 percent tax on prepared food and a 50-cent tax on baseball tickets. If the referendum fails, then the group's plan is to locate the baseball team in Charlotte. There seems little doubt that the multimillionaire Beaver and the 60 or so investors he has lined up could write a check for the Twins. Cooking the figures to fit On paper, the Triad is much smaller than the Twin Cities.
Population translates to potential fan base.
And there is the question of how many of those fans can afford to go to the games. As for media market size, the Triad ranks 46th, well behind the Twin Cities' rank of 14th. The larger the market, the larger the sum the team can sell its media rights for, although depending upon the kind of stadium lease a team gets, that consideration isn't as important as it once was, some experts say. But unflattering statistics matter little when an area wants a pro team and is willing to do anything to get one. Not surprisingly, the answer was yes.