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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
nope.
the sabres were founded in 1970.
the bills were founded in 1960 as an AFL team, and then joined the NFL in 1970 with the big AFL/NFL merger.
so buffalo became a major league city in both leagues in the same year.
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Sorry, I meant Buffalo has been in the NHL far longer than Ottawa.
Though actually that's not entirely correct, as there was an earlier incarnation of the Ottawa Senators around the 1920s that pre-dates the Sabres by something like 50 years. But the current Senators franchise only came back in 1992 I think. (Unsure if there was a short-lived Buffalo team in the early days of the NHL though...)
BTW I think you're right about sports playing a big role. Green Bay is the second city most people would name in Wisconsin, but it's metro is smaller than Madison and Appleton. (I actually had to look up Appleton, and I am a geography geek. I knew that Madison was second biggest though.)