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RE: Why not New Mexico for a western team?
(03-19-2012 02:16 PM)KnightLight Wrote:  
(03-19-2012 11:59 AM)attackfrog Wrote:  Yeah, the entire state of New Mexico has 2.1 million people. The entire state of Nevda has 2.7 million people. The people that keep mentioning New Mexico and UNLV dont understand that there is ZERO upside to those markets. A California school like Fresno St has 2.6 million people living in the surrounding valley area (more than the entire state of New Mexico and nearly equal to the entire state of Nevada) PLUS they have a secondary market of 37 million million Californians that might have a more casual interest in watching Fresno games on TV. Thats a huge potential upside that Nevada and New Mexico cant provide. There is just no reason to take UNLV and New Mexico. Both have bad football and limited markets.

Sounds like YOU are the one that doesn't understand TV markets.

Las Vegas is a Top 50 TV Market (#42), while Fresno is not (#55).

Las Vegas is almost the #1 or #2 tourist destination in the USA, with approx 40 Million visitors per year.

Next time...why not do your own research into the matter vs throwing out dumb and non-factual statements like "zero upside to (UNLV's) TV market".

So just to provide you some numbers.

The UNLV Market is is 4oth at 737,300

As you point at the Fresno/Visalia Market is 55th at 574,800

But what you are missing is you are trying to sell your cable package. So if you really want to understand the potential of Fresno you have to realize the geographically it is one of the smallest DMA's in the country. Those of us who live in the valley recognize to properly value Fresno you have to look beyond the DMA.

So Fresno really is (all within 90 minutes of the stadium):
Fresno/Visalia 547,800
Bakersfield 221,920
and a portion of the
Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto 1,388,570 *.2 = 277,714

So really Fresno is about 1,047,434 which puts them just below San Diego on the DMA list. In addition, I have another 1M plus in Stockton/Sacramento that has no BCS or Pro football team and isn't really owned by any team.

As to no bowl game, have you ever been to Fresno in late December/January?
03-19-2012 06:41 PM
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