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put it on a similar wavelength to Portland, Oregon, which in their case, they've been quite far advanced.
I mean, I do think looking big picture, there are markets that have already done a lot more work, outwardly at least,
than what Vancouver has done.
Nashville, you would say, top of the list.
They seem to be everyone's popular choice.
You wonder about Charlotte, North Carolina, again, if they end up going with one more east.
But I think that the general premise, Jeff, and you alluded to this, if the idea is one that is east of the Mississippi, I think that we would probably say Nashville is the strongest candidate there.
And then west, it's not as obvious.
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with all the enthusiasm around the Utah mammoth, if it ends up being this, the same ownership there with the Smith family, obviously they are well known in sports.
They have already proven that they can successfully operate a franchise in salt Lake city.
So there's a lot of proof of concept there.
But when you look at,
The ability to market and the geography of it all.
And also, the Jays have proven this extraordinarily well.
The success in having an entire country, multiple provinces, obviously, being a home market is incredibly beneficial from a business standpoint.
Now, certainly the Jays will have, I'm sure, their own thoughts about marketing-wise what that all looks like.
But you look at the map and you see where all the teams are.
Vancouver especially, there's no more NBA there.
There seems to be a lane and a spot to Vancouver being a major league city in a way that hasn't always been obvious in the past.