《The Athletic》的一项调查显示，棒球球迷压倒性地希望纳什维尔获得新的大联盟球队。在西部竞争者中，波特兰略胜盐湖城一筹，而将球队扩充至32支的整体支持率仍显低迷。该民调突显了盐湖城等城市吸引球队的持续努力。
《The Athletic》进行了年度MLB球迷调查，向12,901名受访者询问从六个有积极扩军竞标的城市的两个首选城市：Austin、Nashville、Orlando、Portland、Raleigh和Salt Lake City。Nashville成为明显的最受欢迎选择，获得73%的选票，并被广泛视为MLB计划在专员Rob Manfred 2029年退休前建立的两支新球队之一的潜在获得者。Manfred已表示希望东部一支、西部一支球队。
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver dismissed suggestions to move the Memphis Grizzlies to Nashville, despite LeBron James's recent push. Silver affirmed the team's future in Memphis while expressing interest in playing a few games in Nashville to represent Tennessee more broadly. Grizzlies owner Robert Pera has no plans to relocate the franchise.
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LeBron James said he might have refused to join the Memphis Grizzlies if they had won the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery, likening it to Eli Manning's draft stance. On the 'Bob Does Sports' podcast released Thursday, James criticized travel and accommodations in Memphis and urged the team to relocate to Nashville. He emphasized that the only way he would have played there was in 2003.