I think the majority of people would rather go to warm-weather games. Our attendance tends to bare that out; we have our worst-attended games in March and April.
I am a firm, firm believer that moving to a winter sport would do major damage to attendance for all the northern teams. They'd have to rebuild their stadiums to have domes. Minnesota, Chicago, New York, New England, Philly, DC, Toronto, Columbus, Cincy, Seattle, Portland, Colorado, Salt Lake, St. Louis, Sporting KC are all teams where the weather is just going to be too cold and miserable for too long. That's not counting Vancouver and Montreal who play in domes. It's half the league.
If it's a playoff game or a big game, obviously people will go. But a regular-season game against Vancouver in March would not do well. And at least until we get our new stadium, we can't bulk up our schedule in the warmer months due to the baseball schedule, unless you want more games at Red Bull Arena.
Lots of leagues around the world play the calendar year schedule we do. It works better for this country. We're never going to be the Premier League. Embracing this league as a developmental league gives you the freedom to do more things like the unnatural schedule.
