MLB Expansion Looms; Salt Lake City Enters Race for New Team

A committee in Salt Lake City, led by former Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller, plans to lobby MLB for an expansion team.
The group must convince MLB to expand from its current 30 teams, which MLB will not consider until the futures of the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays are resolved.
Miller's consortium includes local business leaders and former MLB players and has targeted a location for a new stadium.
Salt Lake City joins Nashville and Portland, which have also expressed interest in an MLB expansion team.
MLB has long mulled expanding but has set no timeline for potentially adding new franchises.