Friday Rockpile: Salt Lake City, the Next Great Rockies City?

Marketing there seems like a natural idea to me..but I’m in Denver. It kinda strikes me a little like Seattle marketing in Portland, and Dallas/Texas Rangers marketing in Oklahoma City, though Both those markets are far closer. SLC already gets Fox Sports Rocky Mountain I believe but not sure about the Rockies games on it.

I would love to see other’s takes on this one myself..and I’ll throw out a couple other discussion ideas:
1) is Salt Lake too far to be a Regional market for the Colorado Rockies?
2) Would it be beneficial over all…to have the Rockies AAA affiliate in Salt Lake City? (and would we get 5 bees for quarter if we did…ok off the wall reference)

Talk amongst yourselves….I’m feeling a little Verklempt

And his three reasons are:

1. New bullpen
2. David Eckstein
3. New hitting coach

Gee none of those things are meaningless or anything.

I’d just break it down to

1. Sample Size
2. Sample Size
3. Sample Size

“Being back home should help get us going,” Tulowitzki said.

Do the Rockies play home games? It’s been so long since I’ve seen them play in a home series, not sure I would recognize their home uni’s.

1 – Salt Lake City needs Rockies games on the radio. We get every game on FSNRM which is good, but I think more people would become fans of the team if they were able to listen on the radio as well.

2 – If Boston were Denver and the Rockies were the Red Sox, there would already be a ton of Rockies fans in SLC.

3 – I make the trip several times a year, and it isn’t that bad. That said, I agree with whoever came up with the airline package idea. I would go 10 times a year, at least, if they came up with a good enough price.

4 – Get the Rockies’ AAA team out of Colorado Springs and bring them to Salt Lake!

I’ll be in section 332.

You have the Orem Owlz (the Z on the end makes them extreme), and the Ogden Raptors (S on the end – not as extreme) of the Pioneer League. I would love it if the team went after one of those markets, in lieu of Casper.

My son and I try to get out for at least three or four weekends a year. We went out for Game Four of the World Series a couple years ago. Denver is the most natural professional sports city for SLC to follow, with the exception of the NBA.

The Broncos have the largest portion of NFL fans here, IMO. The 49ers (I guess, because of Steve Young) are probably second. But the reason the Broncos are semi-popular is that they’re on TV almost every Sunday here. Does anyone in SLC know what portion of SLC households have FSRM? I have always had DirecTv (because of NFL Sunday Ticket), so I just watch it on that. But I grew up a Yankees fan (until 1993) – the main reason for that was their games on Channel 2.

But I grew up a Yankees fan (until 1993) – the main reason for that was their games on Channel 2.

This type of thing is extremely common. I have a cousin who grew up in Rock Spring, WY, and is a Braves fan because of TBS. I’m glad most Rockies games are on FSRM, but others’ points above about a radio affiliate are excellent, too, as is the idea of flight/hotel packages (which from that article it sounds like the Monforts are efforting).