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colonel Posted: 09-20-2006 2:56 PM

Bring the NBA back to Baltimore!!


Rank City Population 
1 New York City, New York 8,143,197
2 Los Angeles, California 3,844,829
3 Chicago, Illinois 2,842,518
4 Houston, Texas 2,016,582
5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,463,281
6 Phoenix, Arizona 1,461,575
7 San Antonio, Texas 1,256,509
8 San Diego, California 1,255,540
9 Dallas, Texas 1,213,825
10 San Jose, California 912,332
11 Detroit, Michigan 886,671 
12 Indianapolis (balance), Indiana* 784,118 
13 Jacksonville, Florida 782,623 
14 San Francisco, California 739,426 
15 Columbus, Ohio 730,657 
16 Austin, Texas 690,252 
17 Memphis, Tennessee 672,277 
18 Baltimore, Maryland 635,815 
19 Fort Worth, Texas 624,067 
20 Charlotte, North Carolina 610,949 
21 El Paso, Texas 598,590 
22 Washington, District of Columbia** 582,049 
23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 578,887 
24 Seattle, Washington 573,911 
25 Boston, Massachusetts 559,034 
26 Denver, Colorado 557,917 
27 Louisville-Jefferson County (balance), Kentucky* 556,429 
28 Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee* 549,110 
29 Las Vegas, Nevada 545,147 
30 Portland, Oregon 533,427 
31 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 531,324 
32 Tucson, Arizona 515,526 
33 Albuquerque, New Mexico 494,236 
34 Long Beach, California 474,014 
35 Atlanta, Georgia 470,688 
36 Fresno, California 461,116 
37 Sacramento, California 456,441 
38 New Orleans, Louisiana*** 454,863 
39 Cleveland, Ohio 452,208 
40 Kansas City, Missouri 444,965 
41 Mesa, Arizona 442,780 
42 Virginia Beach, Virginia 438,415 
43 Omaha, Nebraska 414,521 
44 Oakland, California 395,274 
45 Miami, Florida 386,417 
46 Tulsa, Oklahoma 382,457 
47 Honolulu CDP, Hawaii**** 377,379 
48 Minneapolis, Minnesota 372,811 
49 Colorado Springs, Colorado 369,815 
50 Arlington, Texas 362,805 
51 Wichita, Kansas 354,865 
52 St. Louis, Missouri** 352,572 
53 Raleigh, North Carolina 341,530 
55 Santa Ana, California 340,368 
55 Anaheim, California 331,804 
56 Tampa, Florida 325,989 
57 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 316,718 
58 Cincinnati, Ohio 308,728 
59 Toledo, Ohio 301,285 
60 Aurora, Colorado 297,235 
61 Bakersfield, California 295,536 
62 Riverside, California 290,086 
63 Stockton, California 286,926 
64 Corpus Christi, Texas 283,474 
65 Newark, New Jersey 280,666 
66 Buffalo, New York 279,745 
67 Saint Paul, Minnesota 275,150 
68 Anchorage, Alaska 275,043 
69 Lexington, Kentucky 268,080 
70 Plano, Texas 250,096 
71 St. Petersburg, Florida 249,079 
72 Jersey City, New Jersey 239,614 
73 Glendale, Arizona 239,435 
74 Lincoln, Nebraska 239,213 
75 Chandler, Arizona 234,939 
76 Henderson, Nevada 232,146 
77 Greensboro, North Carolina 231,962 
78 Norfolk, Virginia 231,954 
79 Birmingham, Alabama 231,483 
80 Scottsdale, Arizona 226,013 
81 Fort Wayne, Indiana 223,341 
82 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ****** 222,064 
83 Madison, Wisconsin 221,551 
84 Hialeah, Florida 220,485 
85 Chesapeake, Virginia 218,968 
86 Garland, Texas 216,346 
87 Orlando, Florida 213,223 
88 Rochester, New York 211,091 
89 Akron, Ohio 210,795 
90 Chula Vista, California 210,497 
91 Lubbock, Texas 209,737 
92 Laredo, Texas 208,754 
93 Modesto, California 207,011 
94 Durham, North Carolina 204,845 
95 Reno, Nevada 203,550 
96 Fremont, California 200,468 
97 Montgomery, Alabama 200,127 
98 Glendale, California 200,065 
99 Shreveport, Louisiana 198,874 
100 San Bernardino, California 198,550 
101 Spokane, Washington 196,818 
102 Yonkers, New York 196,425 
103 Arlington CDP, Virginia***** 195,965 
104 Tacoma, Washington 195,898 
105 Huntington Beach, California 194,457 
106 Des Moines, Iowa 194,163 
107 Grand Rapids, Michigan 193,780 
108 Richmond, Virginia 193,777 
109 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 193,755 
110 Irving, Texas 193,649 
111 Boise, Idaho 193,161 
112 Mobile, Alabama 191,544 
113 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), Georgia* 190,782 
114 Irvine, California 186,852 
115 Columbus, Georgia 185,271 
116 Little Rock, Arkansas 184,564 
117 Oxnard, California 183,628 
118 Amarillo, Texas 183,021 
119 Knoxville, Tennessee 180,130 
120 Newport News, Virginia 179,899 
121 Moreno Valley, California 178,367 
122 Salt Lake City, Utah 178,097 
123 Jackson, Mississippi 177,977 
124 Providence, Rhode Island 176,862 
125 North Las Vegas, Nevada 176,635 
126 Worcester, Massachusetts 175,898 
127 Gilbert, Arizona 173,989 
128 Ontario, California 172,679 
129 Rancho Cucamonga, California 169,353 
130 Santa Clarita, California 168,253 
131 Aurora, Illinois 168,181 
132 Brownsville, Texas 167,493 
133 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 167,380 
134 Huntsville, Alabama 166,313 
135 Oceanside, California 166,108 
136 Garden Grove, California 166,075 
137 Overland Park, Kansas 164,811 
138 Fontana, California 163,860 
139 Tempe, Arizona 161,143 
140 Dayton, Ohio 158,873 
141 Tallahassee, Florida 158,500 
142 Vancouver, Washington 157,493 
143 Chattanooga, Tennessee 154,762 
144 Pomona, California 153,787 
145 Santa Rosa, California 153,158 
146 Rockford, Illinois 152,916 
147 Springfield, Massachusetts 151,732 
148 Pembroke Pines, Florida 150,380 
149 Springfield, Missouri 150,298 
150 Paterson, New Jersey 149,843 
151 Corona, California 149,387 
152 Salem, Oregon 148,751 
153 Salinas, California 146,431 
154 Hollywood, Florida 145,629 
155 Hampton, Virginia 145,579 
156 Eugene, Oregon 144,515 
157 Grand Prairie, Texas 144,337 
158 Kansas City, Kansas 144,210 
159 Pasadena, Texas 143,852 
160 Pasadena, California 143,731 
161 Torrance, California 142,384 
162 Syracuse, New York 141,683 
163 Naperville, Illinois 141,579 
164 Lakewood, Colorado 140,671 
165 Hayward, California 140,293 
166 Cape Coral, Florida 140,010 
167 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 139,517 
168 Bridgeport, Connecticut 139,008 
169 Peoria, Arizona 138,200 
170 Joliet, Illinois 136,208 
171 Alexandria, Virginia 135,337 
172 Warren, Michigan 135,311 
173 Orange, California 134,950 
174 Palmdale, California 134,570 
175 Escondido, California 134,085 
176 Lancaster, California 134,032 
177 Fullerton, California 132,787 
178 Port St. Lucie, Florida 131,692 
179 Fayetteville, North Carolina 129,928 
180 Mesquite, Texas 129,902 
181 Sunnyvale, California 128,902 
182 Coral Springs, Florida 128,804 
183 Savannah, Georgia 128,453 
184 Sterling Heights, Michigan 128,034 
185 Fort Collins, Colorado 128,026 
186 Elizabeth, New Jersey 125,809 
187 New Haven, Connecticut 124,791 
188 Hartford, Connecticut 124,397 
189 Thousand Oaks, California 124,359 
190 McAllen, Texas 123,622 
191 Concord, California 123,252 
192 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 123,119 
193 El Monte, California 122,513 
194 Topeka, Kansas 121,946 
195 Waco, Texas 120,465 
196 Stamford, Connecticut 120,045 
197 Carrollton, Texas 118,870 
198 Simi Valley, California 118,687 
199 Flint, Michigan 118,551 
200 Vallejo, California 117,483 

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BRING IT BACK TO SANDIEGO FIRST!!!!!!!
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So does that make Salt Lake City the smallest city with an NBA team?
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These numbers are a little deceptive.  There are over a million people in Salt Lake Valley now.  I think these numbers are either old, very strict on the defining the city limits or both.
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To be fair, I got this data from Wikipedia...  So it probably old, limiting & slightly erroneous...
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More important to the NBA is TV market size.  Here's the top 100 from Nielsen:
RANK Designated Market Area (DMA)


TV Homes % of US
1 New York


7,375,530 6.692
2 Los Angeles


5,536,430 5.023
3 Chicago


3,430,790 3.113
4 Philadelphia


2,925,560 2.654
5 Boston (Manchester)


2,375,310 2.155
6 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose


2,355,740 2.137
7 Dallas-Ft. Worth


2,336,140 2.120
8 Washington, DC (Hagrstwn)


2,252,550 2.044
9 Atlanta


2,097,220 1.903
10 Houston


1,938,670 1.759
11 Detroit


1,936,350 1.757
12 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)


1,710,400 1.552
13 Seattle-Tacoma


1,701,950 1.544
14 Phoenix (Prescott)


1,660,430 1.507
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul


1,652,940 1.500
16 Cleveland-Akron (Canton)


1,541,780 1.399
17 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale


1,522,960 1.382
18 Denver


1,415,180 1.284
19 Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto


1,345,820 1.221
20 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn


1,345,700 1.221
21 St. Louis


1,222,380 1.109
22 Pittsburgh


1,169,800 1.061
23 Portland, OR


1,099,890 0.998
24 Baltimore


1,089,220 0.988
25 Indianapolis


1,053,750 0.956
26 San Diego


1,026,160 0.931
27 Charlotte


1,020,130 0.926
28 Hartford & New Haven


1,013,350 0.919
29 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)


985,200 0.894
30 Nashville


927,500 0.842
31 Kansas City


903,540 0.820
32 Columbus, OH


890,770 0.808
33 Milwaukee


880,390 0.799
34 Cincinnati


880,190 0.799
35 Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And


815,460 0.740
36 Salt Lake City


810,830 0.736
37 San Antonio


760,410 0.690
38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce


751,930 0.682
39 Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk


731,630 0.664
40 Birmingham (Ann, Tusc)


716,520 0.650
41 Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York


707,010 0.641
42 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws


704,810 0.640
43 New Orleans


672,150 0.610
44 Memphis


657,670 0.597
45 Oklahoma City


655,400 0.595
46 Albuquerque-Santa Fe


653,680 0.593
47 Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem


652,020 0.592
48 Las Vegas


651,110 0.591
49 Buffalo


644,430 0.585
50 Louisville


643,290 0.584
51 Providence-New Bedford


639,590 0.580
52 Jacksonville


624,220 0.566
53 Austin


589,360 0.535
54 Wilkes Barre-Scranton


588,540 0.534
55 Albany-Schenectady-Troy


552,250 0.501
56 Fresno-Visalia


546,210 0.496
57 Little Rock-Pine Bluff


531,470 0.482
58 Knoxville


516,180 0.468
59 Dayton


513,610 0.466
60 Richmond-Petersburg


510,770 0.463
61 Tulsa


510,480 0.463
62 Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt)


501,130 0.455
63 Lexington


478,560 0.434
64 Charleston-Huntington


477,890 0.434
65 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City


475,500 0.431
66 Ft. Myers-Naples


461,920 0.419
67 Wichita-Hutchinson Plus


446,820 0.405
68 Roanoke-Lynchburg


440,390 0.400
69 Green Bay-Appleton


432,810 0.393
70 Toledo


426,520 0.387
71 Tucson (Sierra Vista)


422,480 0.383
72 Honolulu


414,960 0.377
73 Des Moines-Ames


413,590 0.375
74 Portland-Auburn


407,050 0.369
75 Omaha


399,830 0.363
76 Syracuse


398,240 0.361
77 Springfield, MO


395,820 0.359
78 Spokane


389,630 0.354
79 Rochester, NY


385,460 0.350
80 Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg


383,330 0.348
81 Shreveport


382,080 0.347
82 Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur


378,100 0.343
83 Columbia, SC


373,260 0.339
84 Huntsville-Decatur (Flor)


370,820 0.336
85 Madison


365,550 0.332
86 Chattanooga


354,230 0.321
87 South Bend-Elkhart


333,190 0.302
88 Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub


331,480 0.301
89 Jackson, MS


328,350 0.298
90 Burlington-Plattsburgh


325,720 0.296
91 Tri-Cities, TN-VA


323,690 0.294
92 Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA


318,800 0.289
93 Colorado Springs-Pueblo


315,010 0.286
94 Waco-Temple-Bryan


310,960 0.282
95 Davenport-R.Island-Moline


308,380 0.280
96 Baton Rouge


305,810 0.277
97 Savannah


296,100 0.269
98 Johnstown-Altoona


294,810 0.267
99 El Paso (Las Cruces)


290,540 0.264
100 Evansville


288,800 0.262

Step right up folks, step right up...

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So how long til the sonics move to Tampa?
nice list...
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That list makes a lot more sense to me.....and yes Tampa looks like they need a team!
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Isn't Orlando going to be looking for a new home soon?
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Maybe so, but I lived in Orlando back in the days of Penny & Shaquille (as he was still known), & that was the hottest ticket in town.  All they need is to give their fans some hope & the Ooooooo-renaaaaaaa will fill up again.  If they do move, Baltimore would be more likely than Tampa 'cuz theres no hockey team to compete with for the $$$s.

Step right up folks, step right up...

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 freelanceobgyn wrote:
BRING IT BACK TO SANDIEGO FIRST!!!!!!!

you said it! they need the clippers to come back!
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