Havana MLB Epansion

[crobro]

If international investors came forward would Havana Cuba not make sense as a expansion city?

location
Bridge building political gesture
Fanatic fan base
Promote Cuban tourism towards America
MLB access to young Cuban talent and prospects

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[Albatros]

Not doable with the current sanctions.

 

[SoupNazi]

The sanctions in place with the US would probably prevent this.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Would be great. Half of the country would rather shoot themselves than admit Cuba isn't outright evil, though.

 

[Bondurant]

What is there to invest in?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Pass. Want nothing to do with baseball in Cuba, or them in general.

 

[HisIceness]

Good luck getting players to want to live there, especially those who have families

 

[RyCanadian]

Nope. MLB is staying in North America.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Don't most Cuban citizens make like 15 bucks a month? I would place Havana a few spots behind the Moon as a legit expansion site

 

[Unholy Diver]

Don't most Cuban citizens make like 15 bucks a month? I would place Havana a few spots behind the Moon as a legit expansion site

Upon review it looks like the average monthly income is about 900$ a month, much higher than my initial guess but still not going to cut it

 

[Canes]

Much smaller San Juan is more likely than Havana, and by more likely I mean slightly more than 0%

 

[Bjorn Le]

Havana is a possibility, but in the second half of the 21st Century. Not anytime soon. Think like 2050 at the earliest. After the embargo is over and after Cuba's economy gets a chance to recover and open up.

Mexico is a much likelier possibility to occur sometime soon, although probably not in the next round of expansion. Monterrey would be my choice then, as it is one of the safest cities in Mexico and comparable in wealth to many American cities. In fact, it's wealthier than some American cities with Big 4 franchises, like Jacksonville and New Orleans. It's quite close to other major cities like Nashville and St. Louis based on income (PPP).

Nope. MLB is staying in North America.

You do realize Cuba is in North America.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

How about we try to establish a more positive diplomatic relation first, before being so ambitious and giving them a MLB team?

 

[Voight]

Why reward a country that could care less about human rights? One which treats its citizens like absolute crap and has 0 respect for democracy or the rule of law.

This will NEVER happen.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Why reward a country that could care less about human rights? One which treats its citizens like absolute crap and has 0 respect for democracy or the rule of law.

This will NEVER happen.

We already do businesses with countries like that.

That ain't why Cuba never getting a team.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

We already do businesses with countries like that.

That ain't why Cuba never getting a team.

Was gonna say, sounds like the US WH from Jan 2017-21.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Don't most Cuban citizens make like 15 bucks a month? I would place Havana a few spots behind the Moon as a legit expansion site

They need to improve on their own quality of living since they finally aren’t allowed to beat the coast guard to the shore and get asylum, aka free citizenship.

Most of the rest of the world that has to immigrate to the US properly don’t care for Cubanos much because of that.

 

[Albatros]

Why reward a country that could care less about human rights? One which treats its citizens like absolute crap and has 0 respect for democracy or the rule of law.

They could circumvent that problem by placing the franchise in Guantanamo Bay.

 

[Otto]

Don't most Cuban citizens make like 15 bucks a month? I would place Havana a few spots behind the Moon as a legit expansion site

Interesting....