Sports Market Analysis

In writing the previous post, I stumbled across this handy chart of the top 52 sports markets by size.

For the purposes of this post, I will use the chart's definition of 4 major sports. Here are some interesting nuggets:

Houston is the largest market without a team in all 4 sports. There are 7 markets smaller than have a team in all 4 sports.

Denver is the smallest market with a team in all 4 sports. There are 4 markets bigger that are missing at least one sport.

NY and LA are the only markets where every sport has at least two teams. New York's hockey market is the only one in the country with 3 teams.

Seattle at #13 in the country is the largest 2-team market. #52 Buffalo is the smallest 2-team market.

Orlando at #18 in the country is the largest 1-team market. It's basically the same size as Denver which has 4 teams.

New Orleans and Buffalo are lucky to have 2 teams, based on their size.

Tampa and Orlando are a little over an hour away from each other. The only sport Tampa is missing is the NBA and that's all Orlando has. Match made in heaven.

Seattle should get a NBA and NHL team.