Ok if you think the Expos will work answer these questions for me to help me understand.
1. Where does the 500 million dollars come from to pay for the stadium?
2. Can Quebec afford both a new stadium for the new Expos plus a 400M dollar arena for the Nordiques?
3.If not is it worth sacrificing the Nordiques in favor of the Expos?
4. Who is the team that is coming? 28 of the 30 are locked in and happy. Tampa has a lease until 2027 they can't get out of. Lew Wolf the Oakland A's owner says he's not moving. The commissioner has said many times no expansion since baseball is out of markets. So which team is moving to Montreal?
5.Do you really think there will ever be a salary cap in baseball given the powerful players union?
6. Is it morally right to spend half a billion in tax payer money for a team only a few Canadian nationalist want?
1. I am not saying it will happen or that it is likely to happen but it could happen and I think it is Go Jets Go for people to rain on the parade especially when so many people would say it could never happen for Winnipeg. The money would have to come the same way the MTS Centre was built, part private and part public. Not saying it is likely but you never know (perhaps Quebecor wants something to put on an all sports French channel in the summer and baseball would be good).
2. Perhaps the arena in QC gets built in the next few years and the baseball park gets built in 10 years. The population base in Quebec is quite large, you never know.
3. See #2 above. (personally I would rather see Quebec get back a MLB team as they already have an NHL team).
4. Owners say they are not moving all the time. Altanta's owner didn't say there was a threat of moving until less than a year prior to moving. Regarding the lease, the Coyotes had a long term lease but it was voided in bankruptcy. Do you not think that could happen in baseball? Of course it could.
5. I wish there would be a salary cap but like you I don't think it will happen. Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't this site created before the NHL had a salary cap? In any event a site like this would be great for those who wish the Expos would come back. Further to the economics though I do think that revenue sharing in MLB will increase further or alternatively I think in 10 to 20 years there will be way more playoff teams than there is now (to give hope to low payroll teams).
6. Whether it is morally right or not doesn't really matter. If the government decides to help fund a building then vote them out.
Again I doubt it will happen but before the government helped TNSE build the MTSC and before the NHL adopted a salary cap it didn't look like the NHL would come back here either.