Study by investors seeking baseball’s return to Montreal finds project is viable
MONTREAL — A group of investors trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal released a market study Thursday concluding the project would be viable and would generate strong interest among fans and the city’s business community.
“Montreal has the market characteristics to support an MLB team effectively over the long term,” the group led by Stephen Bronfman, executive chairman of Claridge Inc., said in a statement.
Its television market would be in the top half of existing MLB TV markets, ranking 12th out of 27.
The study also places Montreal as the strongest among cities considered potential expansion sites, with the largest population, TV market and corporate base and the second-largest median household income. It does not name the other cities, but in the past Charlotte, N.C., Portland, Ore., Las Vegas, San Antonio and Monterrey, Mexico have been identified as contenders.