Originally Posted by electricron
Population and TV market sizes matters some, but what matters most is economic power - how much that city is washed in money. Money counts.....
Gross Domestic Product:
1 New York City 1,423,173,000,000 > 2 Football, 2 Baseball, 2 Basketball, 2 Hockey
2 Los Angeles 797,697,000,000 > 2 Baseball, 2 Basketball, 2 Hockey
3 Chicago 557,745,000,000 > Football, 2 Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
4 Dallas-Ft.Worth > 460,154,000,000 Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
5 Houston 454,944,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball
6 Washington D.C. 435,583,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
7 San Francisco-Oakland 370,478,000,000 > Football, 2 Baseball, Basketball
8 Philadelphia 358,469,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
9 Boston 353,710,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
10 Atlanta 324,881,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball
11 Seattle 300,827,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball
12 Miami 299,161,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
13 Detroit 236,500,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
14 Minneapolis-St.Paul 235,733,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
15 Phoenix 215,214,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
16 San Jose 213,819,000,000 > Football, Hockey
17 San Diego 206,817,000,000 > Football, Baseball
18 Denver 187,111,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey
19 Baltimore 173,516,000,000 > Football, Baseball
20 Portland 159,328,000,000 > Basketball
21 St.Louis 149,951,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Hockey
22 Charolette 143,628,000,000 > Football, Basketball
23 Pittsburgh 135,662,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Hockey
24 Riverside-San Bernardino 133,983,000,000 > No Pro Teams
25 Tampa-St.Petersburg 128,201,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Hockey
26 Indianapolis 125,864,000,000 >Football, Baskeball
27 Cleveland 124,609,000,000 > Football, Baseball, Basketball
28 Kansas City 121,638,000,000 Football, Baseball
29 Cincinnati 121,407,000,000 > Football, Baseball
30 Columbus 117,824,000,000 > Hockey
31 Orlando 115,927,000,000 > Basketball
32 Austin 115,262,000,000 >No Pro Teams
33 Sacramento 112,703,000,000 > Basketball
34 Nashville 106,695,000,000 > Hockey
35 San Antonio 104,787,000,000 > Basketball
36 Milwaukee 97,307,000,000 > Baseball
37 Bridgeport 97,225,000,000 > No Pro Teams
38 Las Vegas 94,521,000,000 > No Pro Teams
39 Norfolk-Virginia Beach 90,772,000,000 > No Pro Teams
40 Hartford 85,558,000,000 > No Pro Teams
41 New Orleans 80,278,000,000 > Football, Basketball
42 Providence 75,940,000,000 > No Pro Teams
43 Salt Lake City 75,672,000,000 > Basketball
44 Oklahoma City 72,629,000,000 > Basketball
45 Raleigh 71,574,000,000 > Hockey
46 Richmond 70,491,000,000 > No Pro Teams
47 Memphis 69,882,000,000 > Baskeball
48 Louisville 67,329,000,000 > No Pro Teams
49 Jacksonville 65,085,000,000 > Football
50 Birmingham 62,187,000 > No Pro Teams
The cities in bold type lack a major league sports team, including a MLS team.
The only city below Austin on this list with two pro teams is New Orleans.
I would like to point out that both Houston and DFW GDPs are almost 4 times larger than Austin or San Antonio- which is why they are washed with multiple pro sports teams. But I believe this list shows that Austin could support one major league team now. What's needed is a pro sports facility and a willing owner to attract one.
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