RE: Fourth pro football league at risk of folding in the last year
Let's put this into perspective, North American Metros
19,216,180 = New York
13,214,800 = Los Angeles
9,458,540 = Chicago
7,573,140 = Dallas - Ft. Worth
7,066,140 = Houston
6,722,460 = SF Bay Area (includes San Jose)
6,471,850 = Toronto
6,280,490 = Washington DC
6,166,490 = Miami
6,102,430 = Philadelphia
6,020,360 = Atlanta
4,948,200 = Phoenix
4,873,020 = Boston
4,650,630 = Riverside-Ontario-San Bernadino (should this count as LA?)
4,319,530 = Detroit
4,318,510 = Montreal
3,979,850 = Seattle (no NBA)
3,640,040 = Minneapolis
3,338,330 = San Diego (no NBA)
3,194,830 = Tampa Bay
2,967,240 = Denver
2,803,230 = St. Louis (no NBA)
2,800,050 = Baltimore
2,636,880 = Charlotte (no MLB)
2,691,350 = Vancouver
2,608,150 = Orlando (NBA team, no MLB)
2,550,960 = San Antonio (NBA team, no MLB)
2,492,410 = Portland (NBA team, no MLB)
2,363,730 = Sacramento (NBA team, no MLB)
2,317,600 = Pittsburgh (no NBA)
2,266,720 = Las Vegas (no NBA, no MLB)
2,227,080 = Austin (no NBA, no MLB) Texas Longhorns
2,221,210 = Cincinnati (no NBA)
2,157,990 = Kansas City (no NBA)
2,122,270 = Columbus (no NBA, no MLB) Ohio State Buckeyes
2,074,540 = Indianapolis (no NBA)
2,048,250 = Cleveland
2,023,230 = San Juan, PR (hum)
1,934,320 = Nashville (no MLB)
// others
1,575,180 = Milwaukee (Packers)
1,270,530 = New Orleans (no MLB)
1,127,980 = Buffalo (no MLB, no NBA)
794,720 = Hamilton, Ontario (some of this is Bills)
// other Canadian Metros
1,514,720 = Alberta
1,447,140 = Edmonton
1,441,120 = Ottawa - Gatineau
844,570 = Winnipeg
824,410 = Quebec
Toronto would be a top 10 city for the NFL. In Theory Montreal should be a mid pack metro, but support there is weaker than the size of the city would suggest; but still NFL sized. Vancouver is borderline, and much of the population is immigrant and not sports focused. You have to figure Canada will respond proportionately less well per capita to NFL than the US, say maybe 0.7 would be a fair ball park estimate.
One observable thing, the NBA expanded last and chose cities on the rise. Especially in the West. NFL has a lot of smaller cities that would be passed over in a redo. San Diego, St. Louis, Orlando, Portland stand out for being passed over -- the first two stadiums decided it.
Milwaukee under counts for all sports, as it's really the entire state of Wisconsin, much like Carolina teams, but it's an even bigger state, although a good chunk of the population are Chicago attached.
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