That list is ridiculous, especially when you throw baseball into the mix.
As someone who was born, raised, and currently lives in Phoenix, AZ, I can honestly say I’m surprised it’s not #2. 😭
Atlanta is a great sports city, especially the Braves and SEC championship game
BGB is an engagement farmer.
So our 3 division opponents are the worst sports town. Noice!
Some are ok, most are ridiculous. Off the top of my head:
San Diego: accurate. Terrible sports town. Too much to do, and too much sunshine and beaches to take advantage of. It’s why Chargers games often felt like away games if they played a team that traveled well.
Los Angeles: hard to admit, but it’s a great sports town. That said, not hard to do when you’re in a metro of 20 million people, but credit where it’s due.
DC: for all the city’s problems, great sports town. This last basketball season, I went to a random Wizards game on a Tuesday and they almost filled the place up. DC has solid sports teams with good fan support. Even the Commanders have a lot of historical success.
Most of the others just need to work on getting their stadiums downtown and not in a suburb or otherwise like 10 miles from the city center. That’s one of the big problems with, for instance, Phoenix’s efforts to keep the Coyotes there.
Atlanta at 1 seems legit
The only thing Atlanta is #1 at
Except for Baltimore those all seem like very transient cities- lots of people moving there who did not grow up there
If it was just professional football and least engaged fans, then I’d say it’s dead on. Georgia got college sports. And other sports create some big fanbases
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That list is ridiculous, especially when you throw baseball into the mix.
As someone who was born, raised, and currently lives in Phoenix, AZ, I can honestly say I’m surprised it’s not #2. 😭
Atlanta is a great sports city, especially the Braves and SEC championship game
BGB is an engagement farmer.
So our 3 division opponents are the worst sports town. Noice!
Some are ok, most are ridiculous. Off the top of my head:
San Diego: accurate. Terrible sports town. Too much to do, and too much sunshine and beaches to take advantage of. It’s why Chargers games often felt like away games if they played a team that traveled well.
Los Angeles: hard to admit, but it’s a great sports town. That said, not hard to do when you’re in a metro of 20 million people, but credit where it’s due.
DC: for all the city’s problems, great sports town. This last basketball season, I went to a random Wizards game on a Tuesday and they almost filled the place up. DC has solid sports teams with good fan support. Even the Commanders have a lot of historical success.
Most of the others just need to work on getting their stadiums downtown and not in a suburb or otherwise like 10 miles from the city center. That’s one of the big problems with, for instance, Phoenix’s efforts to keep the Coyotes there.
Atlanta at 1 seems legit
The only thing Atlanta is #1 at
Except for Baltimore those all seem like very transient cities- lots of people moving there who did not grow up there
If it was just professional football and least engaged fans, then I’d say it’s dead on. Georgia got college sports. And other sports create some big fanbases