if this has been discussed before i apoligize. but it occured to me recently that ive personally dont remember any talk of austin ever being mentioned for any type of professional sport team. ive read lately that austin has now the 11th largest population in the U.S. and the four (really 3) major sports all have about thirty teams or so. the only problem i can think of would be that there are not many large suburbs around austin besides round rock. anyone else have any reasons or ideas?
UT might as well be a pro sports franchise for austin. that is the real reason why. plus we are surrounded by SA, Dallas, and Houston.
Cities ranked by city proper population New York (NY) 8,008,278 Los Angeles (CA) 3,694,820 Chicago (IL) 2,896,016 Houston (TX) 1,953,631 Philadelphia (PA) 1,517,550 Phoenix (AZ) 1,321,045 San Diego (CA) 1,223,400 Dallas (TX) 1,188,580 San Antonio (TX) 1,144,646 Detroit (MI) 951,270 San Jose* (CA) 894,943 Indianapolis (IN) 781,870 San Francisco (CA) 776,733 Jacksonville (FL) 735,617 Columbus (OH) 711,470 Austin (TX) 656,562 Baltimore* (MD) 651,154 Memphis (TN) 650,100 Milwaukee (WI) 596,974 Boston (MA) 589,141 Washington (DC) 572,059 El Paso (TX) 563,662 Seattle (WA) 563,374 Denver (CO) 554,636 Nashville-Davidson (TN) 545,524 Charlotte (NC) 540,828 Fort Worth* (TX) 534,694 Portland (OR) 529,121 Oklahoma City (OK) 506,132 at least for another year Tucson (AZ) 486,699 New Orleans (LA) 484,674 Las Vegas (NV) 478,434 Long Beach* (CA) 461,522 every city listed has a pro franchise except El Paso, Ausitn, Tucson, Las Vegas, and Long Beach
Yeah but you need to look at the entire metro area. In that respect, it comes in 38th, right behind the metropolis of Greensboro-Winston Salem, North Carolina. What's worse for Austin is that there's a bigger metro area with only one sports team about an hour south of there in San Antonio. The 4th biggest metro area in Texas isn't going to be getting pro sports. It's a "AAA town". http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t3/tab03.txt
hehe, you're talking to a guy that didn't know the Golden State Warriors played in Oakland for the longest time... I always thought the Titans played in Memphis for some reason...
well 16th makes it somewhat easier to understand. but i read somewhere that is was 11th. ill see if i can find that.
I like it how people from Dallas still think they live in the biggest city in Texas, when they've even been passed up by San Antonio as of 2005...
Not necessarily a good thing, but I'm sure Houston will pass up Dallas soon (especially with all the Katrina people).
