re: I think this statistic shows how sad Atlanta is as a sports town

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Pettifogger seems to think it's some renowned sports destination

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Missed this earlier. I never said Atlanta was a good sports town. We have issues. But, we have competitive franchises in MLB, NFL and the NBA. We're getting a fairly hyped MLS team. We're obviously a very strong CFB town.

Yes, our attendance is not as good as more traditional sports towns or larger cities or cities better in-town residency. But, it's typically not awful compared to similar cities.

As to my initial objection, Atlanta and NOLA are not comparable for sports purposes. Even assuming NOLA was significantly more accomplished in sports or sports support, which it obviously is not, the town without the big 3 franchise is obviously not going to trump the town with the relatively successful MLB franchise. At best NOLA is very modestly better at supporting its franchises and has a Super Bowl win.

The most reasonable thing to say about Atlanta is that it should have better attendance, especially for the Braves. No Atlantan will dispute that. We'd also like to have better success, but we're not the Browns or the Indians like some would like to portray. Further, despite the attendance problems, all of our sports teams are pretty fervently supported when playing well, which is pretty much the same everywhere.