The Triad area is more than a little north of Charlotte. Charlotte is also way bigger than the Triad. There are about 175,000 people in Greensboro and about 100,000 in both Winston Salem and High Point. That adds up to about 375,000 people (the size of Raleigh alone). Cary, Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill (Research Triangle Park) is also bigger than the Triad. Those four cities have about 765,000 people in it. There are more than enough people in Charlotte to support a baseball team. Charlotte alone is bigger than Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston, Denver, Washington DC, Vegas, Portland, Atlanta, Cleveland, Kansas City, Miami, Minneapolis, Arlington, Tampa, Anaheim, Cincinatti and Pittsburgh. Charlotte is has a higher population than 17 cities with MLB teams. Charlotte and Raleigh would both support MLB teams. Greensboro would not