I came across this post from a google group. It seems like I am not the only one that thinks Milwaukee would work.
Look at his thoughts of US expansion.
Regulations or Key Points of Expansion:
- All proposed franchises would be located in cities of border states to
Canada, with the exception of Portland, Oregon located on Washington state's
southern border. - CFL-American teams must not have more than ONE current NFL team in the
proposed state, which excludes Ohio (Cleveland & Cincinnati), Pennsylvania
(Pittsburg & Philidelphia) and New York (Buffalo, NY Jets & NY Giants). - In regards to Michigan and Minnesota, The border city of Windsor, ON
(320,000) to Detroit, MI would be considered a future Canadian site of a
possible expansion franchise over any of those state's cities. - This would then include the states of (1) Washington (2) Oregon (3)
Idaho (4) Montana (5) North & South Dakota (6) Wisconsin and (7) Vermont-New
Hampshire-Maine. - All teams must preferably be based in cities of at least 100,000
population or have a state and/or region market area population of near or
at least 1 million. The team must be statewide run from the largest, most
northerly and/or capital city and must be without an esisting NFL team in
that city. - CFL-American teams must have a minimum 25,000 seat stadium guaranteed or
in place before a team is granted. - All CFL rules & regulations must be adhered to, which includes the
Non-Import Player Quota with the exception that Non-Imports for CFL-American
teams are defined as players from the franchise City, State or Region. No
other exceptions or changes will be made to the Canadian game, unless
authorized by the League in whole!
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- State Capital
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(estimate population 2004)
CFL - AMERICAN DIVISION
- WASHINGTON (5.8 M) - * Olympia (43,000) - Current State NFL team:
Seattle Seahawks
Proposed City: SPOKANE (196,000) - Largest city in northeast of state with
an International airport and highways traveling northwards to the province
of B.C. Possible name for State team: Washington State Wildcats
- OREGON (3.4 M) - * Salem (137,000) - Current State NFL team: NONE
Proposed City: PORTLAND, OR (530,000) - Largest Oregon city situated on the
Oregon-Washington border. The city has an International airport and
highways traveling northwards to the province of B.C. Possible name for
State team: Oregon Trail Panthers
- IDAHO (1.3 M) - * Boise (186,000) - Current State NFL team: NONE
Proposed City: BOISE (186,000) - This is the largest city in Idaho and the
capital. The city has a Municipal airport and highways traveling northwards
to the provinces of B.C. and Alberta. Possible name for State team: Idaho
Raider-Gridders
- MONTANA (1 M) - * Helena (26,000) - Current State NFL team: NONE
Proposed City: BILLINGS (100,000) - This is the largest city in Montana.
The city has a Municipal airport and highways traveling northwards to the
provinces of B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Possible name for State team:
Montana Rams
- NORTH DAKOTA (0.7 M) - * Bismarck (56,000) and SOUTH DAKOTA (0.8 M) - *
Pierre (8,100)- Current State NFL team: NONE
Proposed City: FARGO-MOORHEAD, ND-MN (100,000) - This is the largest city in
North Dakota, which has an International airport and is situated on the
ND-MN border. Highways can reach the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
to the north. Market area for the team would be statewide in both North and
South Dakota and Western Minnesota. Possible name for Tri-State Regional
team: Dakota Ramblers
- WISCONSIN (5.3 M) - * Madison (209,000) - Current State NFL team: Green
Bay Packers
Proposed City: MILWAUKEE (597,000) - This city is the largest in Wisconsin
and located east of the capital Madison and south of Green Bay on the coast
of Lake Michigan. The city is approximately of the same latitute as
Hamilton and Toronto, ON. It also has an International airport and highways
leading northwards to Minnesota, Michigan and onwards to Ontario. Possible
name for State team: Wisconsin Warriors
- VERMONT (0.6 M) - * Montpellier (8,100), NEW HAMPSHIRE (1.3 M) - *
Concord (41,000) and MAINE (1.3 M) - * Augusta (19,000) - Nearest NFL
team: New England Patriots - Boston, MA
Proposed City: MANCHESTER, NH (107,000) - New Hampshire's largest city has a
Municipal airport and is located in the southern part of the state near the
Atlantic ocean. Possible name for the Tri-State Regional team: New England
Americans