ESPN recently said the San Antonio area could be in line for an MLB team, but experts say economic realities may get in the way.
Garcia also said San Antonio remains a low-income city, adding that a MLB expansion team is far more likely to end up in Austin than here. Although metro areas are usually seen as a more accurate representation when it comes to measuring the size of an urban area, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro is still larger than the metro areas of Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Nashville — all of which boast more than one professional sports team.In 2022, 18.7% of San Antonio's 1.4 million residents lived in poverty, according to the latest American Community Survey.
Miller also said San Antonio's lackluster airport with few direct non-stop flights, especially when compared to DFW International or Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, poses another hindrance.