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Originally Posted by Captain Walrus
I'm thinking about using real life team financial data as well as U.S. / Canada metropolitan census data and attendance records (taking into account stadium capacity and team performance records) to make a table of historical to modern market sizes and fan loyalty data, as well as possible expansion locations for the future.
I wanted to gauge community interest in such a table. (Or to find out if such a table already exists)
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This is a good idea. I've done research like this a lot over the past few years. The bottom line is, there isn't a "good" way to measure this. I'd suggest not trying to make it a "historical to modern" measure, but more like a modern one, as that data is a lot easier to find.
Historical data could be derived largely on population and such alike. Because moving teams in the old days dealt a lot with population, etc., and in the current era it's almost ALL about how much you can get from your team's TV sphere.