ORLANDO, Fla. — The man who helped bring an NBA team to Orlando now wants to bring a Major League Baseball team to the theme park mecca.
Pat Williams, a former executive with the NBA’s Orlando Magic, said Wednesday that Orlando was more deserving than a half-dozen other cities that have been mentioned as homes to potential MLB expansion teams in the future.
Whether Williams succeeds is a tough call.
Florida already has two MLB teams with anemic attendance. The Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays had the worst and second-to-worst attendance, respectively, of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams this season.
Williams say he’s dipping his toe in the water to gauge interest in Orlando before making concrete plans.
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