Quote Originally Posted by mugofbeer View Post
I would think OKC would support an NFL team before a MLB team.
That's a different animal.

An NFL stadium in OKC (preferably with a retractable roof) would cost $1.5 - $2 billion on city owned land--bare bone minimum. Could OKC support Division I Collegiate Football and an NFL franchise--fan support risky with an already established NBA franchise; however, we don't have the corporate entities to support NFL in OKC, unless the Tribes like Winstar (Thackerville, OK) and Choctaw Casinos & Resorts (Durant, OK) offered a ton of support.

Major League baseball would be very risky. You're talking about a future $600-$700 million minimum ballpark investment. You would have the rivals (Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals & Colorado Rockies). OKC would be the smallest MLB market in the U.S., we're a long way for being ready for MLB or NFL.