MLB Expansion Watch: Vancouver and Sacramento in the Mix as Tampa Plan Advances
MLB is exploring adding two teams (potentially to 32) with Vancouver and Sacramento leading unsolicited bids, while Tampa’s $2.3 billion domed-stadium plan remains nonbinding and in limbo; Vancouver hopes for a False Creek site, backed by investors and notable figures, and with Blue Jays support and cross-border market considerations, whereas Sacramento’s West Sacramento bid touts hundreds of millions in private land funding and up to $1 billion in potential public money near Sutter Health Park; any expansion hinges on long-term MLB stadium/market viability and negotiations around the next collective bargaining agreement, with MLB likely preferring one western and one eastern location if expansion proceeds.
