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Where the football fanatics live
San Diego is near the top (and other surprises)
Where are the wildest, craziest football fans in the United States? If you guessed Green Bay, Wisconsin, you would be correct. But you wouldn't guess the least football-crazed city. It's Las Vegas, Nevada, where the citizenry and tourists apparently prefer other games, like blackjack.
These are findings by WalletHub, the organization that keeps statistics on cities, metropolitan areas, and states. It used these criteria to judge how football-obsessed various cities are: number of National Football League and college teams; performance of those teams; average ticket prices for games; city population divided by stadium capacity; number of championships and division championships; number of sports bars per capita; number of fans following football on Twitter and Facebook; the value of pro franchises; average attendance;and TV game viewership.
Following Green Bay are East Lansing, Michigan (home of Michigan State University); Pittsburgh; Denver; and Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama). In the bottom four with Vegas are Tulsa; Mobile, Alabama; and Akron, Ohio — although Oklahoma, Alabama, and Ohio are considered football-crazed states.
San Diego comes in 18th out of 142 metro areas. This is a bit of a surprise, because many sports economists blame the Chargers' often-weak attendance on all the other activities people can engage in out of doors. San Diego even tops Kansas City; Auburn, Alabama; Chicago; and Gainesville, Florida, home of the University of Florida.
Generally, Texas is considered the most football-mad state. But of the top 50 cities, there are only three from Texas: Dallas 7th, College Station (home of Texas A&M) 49th, and Houston 50th.
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Where the football fanatics live
San Diego is near the top (and other surprises)
Where the football fanatics live
San Diego is near the top (and other surprises)
Where are the wildest, craziest football fans in the United States? If you guessed Green Bay, Wisconsin, you would be correct. But you wouldn't guess the least football-crazed city. It's Las Vegas, Nevada, where the citizenry and tourists apparently prefer other games, like blackjack.
These are findings by WalletHub, the organization that keeps statistics on cities, metropolitan areas, and states. It used these criteria to judge how football-obsessed various cities are: number of National Football League and college teams; performance of those teams; average ticket prices for games; city population divided by stadium capacity; number of championships and division championships; number of sports bars per capita; number of fans following football on Twitter and Facebook; the value of pro franchises; average attendance;and TV game viewership.
Following Green Bay are East Lansing, Michigan (home of Michigan State University); Pittsburgh; Denver; and Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama). In the bottom four with Vegas are Tulsa; Mobile, Alabama; and Akron, Ohio — although Oklahoma, Alabama, and Ohio are considered football-crazed states.
San Diego comes in 18th out of 142 metro areas. This is a bit of a surprise, because many sports economists blame the Chargers' often-weak attendance on all the other activities people can engage in out of doors. San Diego even tops Kansas City; Auburn, Alabama; Chicago; and Gainesville, Florida, home of the University of Florida.
Generally, Texas is considered the most football-mad state. But of the top 50 cities, there are only three from Texas: Dallas 7th, College Station (home of Texas A&M) 49th, and Houston 50th.
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