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Originally Posted by kccrow
There's other factors at play that help the packers.
They draw about 100k from the Upper Peninsula of MI and another 100k from Northern WI, all within a 1.5-3 hr drive of GB. They draw about 3/4 of the city of Milwaukee and the surrounding metro area. If the team wasn't in GB it would be in Milwaukee, no doubt about it.
That said, you look at Milwaukee, it only has a metro pop of about 1.6 million. Salt lake is about 1.3. The comparison isn't all that invalid.
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There is a big difference between locating in a city of about 100,000 with a metro of 1.6 million a couple hours away, and locating in a city of 1.3 million with some smaller metros surrounding. My original point stands that the NFL would never locate a franchise in a city as small as Green Bay in this era if it wasn't there already. However, if you want to dispute me, feel free. I'll let you have the last word if you want it.