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« Bragging rights | Main | On Ports, Bush Right on Facts, Wrong on Politics » February 21, 2006It's Not the Size of Your Market, It's How You...This study from bizjournals.com analyzes the nation's biggest metro areas and their capacities for supporting professional sports franchises. The study looks at metro area population, as well as the combined personal income of the area's residents, which is of course one of the major factors big sports look at to determine franchise location (the other being whether or not local politicians can be bullied into paying for new facilities). Not surprisingly, Los Angeles ranked as the #1 target market for new sports franchises, as the departure of both its NFL teams in 1995 left it with a huge surplus in personal income. The #1 most over-saturated market was Tampa-St. Petersburg. A chart with team-support statistics for 179 metro areas can be found here. Posted by David Darlington at February 21, 2006 07:25 PM CommentsSomething tells me that it's not just money that drives success. Charleston, WV metro has the income power to support an NFL team, according to the study, but does anyone really think the Charleston Miners would be a success? Posted by: Adam Packer at February 22, 2006 11:11 AM | permalink Post a comment |
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