Salt Lake City: A Baseball Frontier
Utah sports fans may want to start brushing up on their baseball!
According to a new report from ESPN, Salt Lake City has emerged as the favorite to land Major League Baseball’s eventual Western expansion franchise.
Building a Strong Case for MLB
This isn’t just another “Salt Lake would be a great city for baseball” conversation. Utah has already checked some of the biggest boxes that the MLB will be looking for.
The Big League Utah effort has the Larry H. Miller Company behind it, a stadium site already identified in Salt Lake City’s Power District, and significant funding lined up. ESPN describes Salt Lake’s potential bid as the most advanced among the cities currently in contention and essentially the closest thing MLB has to a turnkey expansion option.
A Proven Sports Market
Then there’s something Utah sports fans already know: this state shows up for its teams…