re: smallest cities with pro sports teams...

Posted by bigjuice56

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:24 am to JJ27

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Nevermind, Green Bay is TINY. No wonder they're so loyal. They know if they didn't sell out every game they would lose the franchise.

The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.
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Posted by msutiger

Houston

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:46 am to StraightCashHomey21

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Posted by SprintFun

Columbus, OH

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 6:57 am to msutiger

Proper city size is irrelevant - much better to look at the MSA.

Posted by SouljaBreauxTellEm

Mizz

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 7:20 am to Pedro

are we talking size of people or size of actual land? wouldn't new orleans be one of the smallest in terms of land?

Posted by fightingsaint3

Houston

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 7:25 am to SouljaBreauxTellEm

San Antonio

Posted by VOR

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 7:36 am to fightingsaint3

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San Antonio

Huh? Bigger city than you think.

Posted by bayou2003

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 7:47 am to VOR

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San Antonio

Huh? Bigger city than you think.

True. San Antonio is the 3rd biggest city in Texas. City limits alone have 1.3 mil. That's just as big as a lot of cities Metro Areas.lol.

Posted by tiggah1981

Winterfell

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:01 am to bayou2003

Orlando, took me less than 10 minutes to drive through the city this past weekend.

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Posted by UFownstSECsince1950

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:08 am to tiggah1981

Depends on what exactly you consider Orlando

eta: I'm guessing you're only talking about downtown Orlando

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Posted by TexasTiger08

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:15 am to JJ27

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Also surprised to see San Antonio so low. I thought they were top 10 for population in the US?

They are...you must be looking at the wrong numbers. They have over a mil.

Posted by tiggah1981

Winterfell

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:15 am to UFownstSECsince1950

I'm not talking about the surrounding suburbs or theme parks. I was just talking about the city itself. I didn't think it'd be that small.

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Posted by TexasTiger08

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:16 am to lob1284

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memphis, OKC and sacramento

Memphis is like in the top 15-20 pop.-wise. OKC is moving on up, and Sacto has 100K on NOLA.

Posted by UFownstSECsince1950

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:17 am to tiggah1981

Well it takes at least 15-20 minutes just to get to downtown from the ucf area, and that's with absolutely no traffic at 3am using epass

Posted by TexasTiger08

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:26 am to tiggah1981

Orlando city proper isn't even in the top 100 for population.

Here are the answers for city proper, which I disagree with. I think MSA is better, but yeah:

NBA-
Jazz - 181,698 in Salt Lake City
Magic - 230,519 in Orlando

NFL-
Packers - 101,025
Bills - 270,919

MLB-
Pirates - 316,718

The Nets present an interesting situation. Because they aren't tied to any major city given that their name is NJ.

And teams that play way off base, like the Coyotes and Cardinals should be omitted.

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Posted by SprintFun

Columbus, OH

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:26 am to TexasTiger08

US Cities by Land Size

Posted by UFownstSECsince1950

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:30 am to TexasTiger08

Well then what about the Florida marlins?

Posted by rondo

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:30 am to JJ27

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They know if they didn't sell out every game they would lose the franchise.

Its more like there is nothing else to fricking do.

Posted by TexasTiger08

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Posted on 5/10/10 at 9:35 am to UFownstSECsince1950

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Well then what about the Florida marlins?

They are in Miami.

I meant that the Nets don't even have any major city in NEW JERSEY. Their base is all in a city that isn't even in their home state. You could argue Newark...but they are based in East Rutherford, which is a tiny community sandwiched in all these gigantic metro areas.