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Largest metropolitan area without a major sports franchise?
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Date: May 13th, 2025 6:20 PM Author: mind-boggling institution Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (Austin FC) are out of the picture, what’s the largest city in the USA without a major sports franchise?
I’m thinking: Oakland Honolulu Hartford El Paso Quad Cities Quebec City Phoenix Norfolk Inland Empire cities (but I consider this LA) Anchorage Albuquerque Raleigh Chattanooga Boise
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:39 AM Author: house-broken menage Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes hockey failed in the desert but last I checked they still have the other 3)... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933152) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:43 AM Author: effete offensive meetinghouse preventive strike Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Suns), football (Cardinals), baseball (Diamondbacks), and hockey (Coyotes).
Bye, Coyotes! |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:25 PM Author: mind-boggling institution Now they have zero (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939630) |
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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:14 PM Author: effete offensive meetinghouse preventive strike 😞 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48944622) |
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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:16 PM Author: learning disabled puppy doctorate OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48944626) |
Date: May 14th, 2025 10:36 AM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929571) |
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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:38 AM Author: laughsome orchestra pit soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antonio metro. correct answer is Norfolk, VA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929578) |
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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:41 AM Author: mind-boggling institution It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is also a completely different metro than San Antonio albeit close. I’ve actually driven between the two. It’s not like La to Inland empire where it’s constant city. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929584) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:31 AM Author: laughsome orchestra pit Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseball, basketball and maybe hockey in that order (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932740) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:43 AM Author: multi-colored elite market who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932753) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:11 AM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932485) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:15 AM Author: Opaque Bearded Gas Station Idea He Suggested If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area without a major team would be El Paso. If you don't count soccer, it would be Austin. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932499) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:20 AM Author: mind-boggling institution Chat GPT said inland empire (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932504) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 12:52 AM Author: Opaque Bearded Gas Station Idea He Suggested Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland Empire as one huge, connected area. But interesting nonetheless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935908) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:34 AM Author: talented shaky public bath HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS this has always been the correct answer, why the fuck does everybody always ignore this obviously and incontrovertibly correct answer |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:58 AM Author: zombie-like sticky mediation windowlicker New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't really true. Foxborough is barely even in the "Boston area". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932780) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM Author: orange vibrant corner Don’t forget Vermont (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932805) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:58 AM Author: mind-boggling institution Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933201) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:14 AM Author: 180 violet community account heaven didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix despite the arizona cardinals cause theyre technically legally like 5 miles outside of phoenix (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932800) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM Author: Fragrant Space This thread has never been done before iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932806) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM Author: 180 violet community account heaven yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gonna bother linking the results. realized its flame but he put so much effort into the op. im getting old i guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932811) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:24 AM Author: mind-boggling institution America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, populations change.
This isn’t a static answer that will always remain the same. |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:29 AM Author: Fragrant Space cities in canada are annexed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933119) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:30 AM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933122) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:16 AM Author: orange vibrant corner Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It’s Raleigh but the combined population of the metro area is immense. A team would have Greensboro proles commuting nbd. Proles love driving vast distances. Green Bay is far af from Milwaukee and nobody cares. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932803) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:21 AM Author: zombie-like sticky mediation windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932814) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:24 AM Author: Sooty Piazza Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932819) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:42 AM Author: orange vibrant corner They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932839) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 9:00 AM Author: Sooty Piazza Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932880) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:32 AM Author: orange vibrant corner Im intellectually honest unlike some (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933126) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:39 AM Author: Coral party of the first part giraffe They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley Cup once. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933356) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM Author: Sooty Piazza By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932809) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: yapping dog poop deer antler "Austin FC"
LJL TYFT. |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:37 AM Author: mind-boggling institution AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disagree with) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933136) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:38 AM Author: yapping dog poop deer antler The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, as of right now, we all still have jobs.
The NHL has historically been counted in these threads, although it's not really clear why. |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:35 AM Author: floppy ruddy persian Great thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933344) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 AM Author: Pale misanthropic cuckold this same fucking thread is made every 2 years.
no surprise that the author of this stolen valor is a shitty poaster who has never independently made a thread (or even a poast) worth reading. |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:01 PM Author: orange vibrant corner It’s the Same Author every time afaik (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933441) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:03 PM Author: Histrionic Cream Roommate chandler makes it every time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933454) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:06 PM Author: mind-boggling institution ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by the volume of crap i post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933457) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:46 PM Author: multi-colored elite market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934991) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 PM Author: talented shaky public bath (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935690) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM Author: Flatulent Bat-shit-crazy Hospital Codepig RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940558) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:02 PM Author: Histrionic Cream Roommate Tashkent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933446) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:40 PM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934972) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:41 PM Author: sable charismatic national security agency native It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions you make. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934976) |
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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:36 PM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935675) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:13 AM Author: sickened hissy fit Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS highlight, I couldn’t tell you a single championship winner, I can’t name a single current player and in fact I don’t even know when the season takes place. In contrast I hear plenty about the NHL despite never watching it. “Major sport” my ass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935926) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: mind-boggling institution Yeah MLS has no famous players (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937684) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:29 PM Author: haunting chest-beating sound barrier Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937700) |
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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:31 PM Author: mind-boggling institution Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) and Jacksonville has the Florida marlins (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937706) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:34 AM Author: haunting chest-beating sound barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48938613) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:25 PM Author: Supple kitchen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940550) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:31 PM Author: orange vibrant corner Rockies…. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940554) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM Author: mind-boggling institution They play in Colorado Springs IIRC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940557) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:23 PM Author: mind-boggling institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939501) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: Drab police squad It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk have any teams? Close to 2 million people in the metro area. Nearest big city is DC which is pretty far away. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939644) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:16 PM Author: mind-boggling institution Population is too spread out no major downtown area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940540) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:32 PM Author: orange vibrant corner Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside the northeast? LA is spread out. Dallas, Houston…. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940555) |
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Date: May 18th, 2025 9:16 PM Author: sable charismatic national security agency native Never heard of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48942629) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:30 PM Author: crawly cordovan lay Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940553) |
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Date: May 18th, 2025 1:13 AM Author: Drab police squad That actually makes sense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940676) |
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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:37 PM Author: comical trailer park really tough guy Breezewood/ thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940564) |
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Date: May 21st, 2025 5:29 PM Author: mind-boggling institution i forgot des moines (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48951826) |