America's top Sports towns

[Happy Panther]

according to Men's Health

http://www.menshealth.com/metrogrades/09-july/sports.html

Charlotte #9? Wow, cool.

[KintnerBoy]

Yeah, I have a subscribtion and read that a few weeks ago and was pretty darned surprised too. If I remember correctly Raleigh and Greensboro were up pretty high also.

[Jrock88]

what exactly are they rating? i just find it hard to believe places like NY and Philly arent even in the top 80 not to mention pittsburgh... whos ranked 95 in football

[Happy Panther]

Sports addicted

Highest percentage of team apparel purchased

Percentage of adults interested in purchasing season tickets

Percentage of adults attending baseball events

Percentage of adults attending Nascar events

Average attendance to football events

Average attendance to basketball events

[Happy Panther]

Anchorage, AK in the top 10 too

[SCP]

what exactly are they rating? i just find it hard to believe places like NY and Philly arent even in the top 80 not to mention pittsburgh... whos ranked 95 in football

Simple..... Philly, NY, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, DC...... all those place suck ass.

[Jrock88]

must be because they are lacking the die hard nascar fans

[JJT]

must be because they are lacking the die hard nascar fans

No. It's because if 50,000 out of 450,000 adults buy season tickets, that's a higher percentage than if 50,000 out of 2,500,000 buy tickets.