That's fair enough; they're what helped make Orlando one of the most-visited cities in the world, drawing tens of millions of tourists every year.And that's just one of the reasons the Orlando Dreamers think the Central Florida city is the perfect place for a Major League Baseball team.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEWith the MLB looking to expand, the Orlando Dreamers are hoping the fast-growing tourist destination can become home to a team.(Credit: Orlando Dreamers)While cities like Nashville and Charlotte are often at the top of people's lists when they talk about MLB expansion, Dreamers co-founder and COO Jim Schnorf believes there's a multitude of reasons why Orlando will land a team."We have no Major League Baseball here.
We don't have minor league, and we don't have spring training," Schnorf said."Every other competing city except one has Triple-A, and the one that doesn't have Triple-A has Double-A.
So there's an anomalous absence of professional baseball from the Orlando market."Orlando also happens to be the biggest media market in the country without an MLB presence.And then, of course, there's the tourism."We're the most visited destination in the Western Hemisphere, with over 80 million tourists this year," Schnorf said."Tourism matters a lot.
Anyone who doesn't believe that merely needs to look at the Las Vegas model."PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY APOLLO AGREES TO FINANCE DEAL WITH NEW YORK YANKEES ORGANIZATION FOR $2.6 BILLIONThe Orlando Dreamers hope that the city's massive tourism industry and large media market will help land an MLB franchise.(Credit: Orlando Dreamers)Schnorf — who got the Dreamers ball rolling with the late Pat Williams, the long-time NBA executive who helped bring the Orlando Magic to town — was referring to how Las Vegas went from no teams in the Big 4 professional leagues to being on the cusp of having all of them within about a decade.Schnorf pointed to the success of the Vegas Golden Knights and the relocation of ...