Pittsburgh = Best Sports City
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This according to the Sporting News. I completely agree!
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The Pirates have a 50% attendance, averaging 19,479 per game. Only Florida and Okland have lower totals.
Do they even have a semi-pro basketball team?
The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh doesn't count.
ohh wait you already have a baseball team, that no one cares about.
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Only the Bruins at 97% attendance don't sellout.
Yes, Boston fans may be obnoxious but that doesn't make it any less than Pittsburgh.
It's easy to say but if they left it up to me I'd say Chicago and Boston are up there.
Both have teams with long histories, die-hard fans, and more than two teams....
I would put Philly, Boston, NY, & Chicago above pittsburgh. heck, I'd might even put Detroit above them.
Don't discount BC football, the many boston college hockey & basketball teams.
Talking colleges Boston could be the top college city in the country.
if you are taking college into account Philly would get a huge jump as we have 6 Division 1 basketball teams - put their average attendances together and it over 20,000 per night for college hoops. Phillies sold out all but 3 games, Eagles selll out all. Flyers pretty much sell out every game. Only the Sixers don't have great attandance.
wait, what? You got Pitt. and what else ... Duquesne? Am I missing something? If you said Philly, I might have bought in because of the number of colleges there, but Pittsburgh?
No doubt Pitt has produced some great football players, but, so has BC ...
Then, there's hockey .... Boston is probably the best city for college hockey, as witnessed by the last two national champions ...
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
I would put Detroit ahead of them, all 4 of their teams draw well and the Michigan Wolverines football sells out.
I would think you have to have all 4 major sports to be considered.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Michigan has also won the most college hockey championships ... 9!
but, you're gonna catch a ton of shit for the Lions.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
What is the criteria for the "BEST" Sports City ?
Sell-Outs ? Championships ? Winning Pct of teams ?
It's all subjective and stupid IMO
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Football - Top 5
Hockey - Top 5
Baseball - BASEMENT
Basketball - NONE
College - POOR, when Pitt loses look in the stands... is anyone at the games?
Boston:
Football - Top 3 (#1?)
Hockey - Top 5
Baseball - Top 3 (#2?)
Basketball - Top 3
College - Top 3 (I'd say #1, when you think "college town" it is Boston)
Chicago and New York are also cleary better sports town than Pittsburgh. Probably Philly.
It is a subjective debate. The real debate should be, is "X" a sports town. Because you have places like Chicago and Boston. Then you have Jacksonville or Phoenix.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
I'm from Pittsburgh and I wouldn't consider it the best sports city. It's smaller than most, so take that into consideration when looking at attendance numbers.
Steelers are about as good as you can get in football
Penguins have a good base of hardcore fans (they averaged 11,000+ the year before the lockout when they had a defensemen that no one ever heard of leading the team in points (Dick Tarnstrom) and only won 23 games...
The Pirates are a whole 'nother story... It's sad, because when I was in High School, they were good, and the city supported them... 17 losing season later, and they are as irrelevant as any pro team could be. I can't blame any fans for giving up on that team, every ownership group that they had during that time has given up on it.
In my opinion any fan who still follows a team after that long isn't die-hard, but instead just stupid, and doesn't have a problem throwing money away.
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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A perfectly brilliant comment right there.
I would have to go with Beantown as a all around top sports city, that could change next year though.
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Penguins…
Steelers…
Pirates…
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of a sunny day
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+1
There isn't shit to root for in Utah, and frankly...I am not foolish enough to place my faith in the Jazz anymore.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
I think the NBA is more popular than the NHL... :?
or maybe I think that because Utah doesn't have a professional hockey team...
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
based on tv ratings it is
i enjoy both sports and attend all the major sports except football since Bears tickets are over priced and difficult to come by
L.A. success begins and ends with the Lakers.
L.A. Kings- 0 Stanley Cups
L.A. Dodgers- last WS Championship 1988
L.A. Football- they never stay
L.A. SUCKS.
We also have a big population edge, so maybe that's what helps and one of the biggest rivalries between two of our own teams... and Da Bears.
Boston sports teams also have a regional edge not just the Boston city area. They have New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and parts of Connecticut oh you could through in Rhode Island. It ALL adds up to a pretty vast area don't ya think.
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)