Can you name the largest metropolitan areas in the US that do not have a 'big four' sports team? by CoolBeans

Population	Metropolitan Area	State
4,115,871		California
1,865,746		Nevada
1,658,292		Virginia
1,652,602		Texas
1,596,611		Rhode Island
1,244,696		Kentucky
1,225,626		Virginia
1,190,512		Connecticut
1,117,608		Alabama
1,034,090		New York

Population	Metropolitan Area	State
1,012,018		Arizona
916,079		Oklahoma
909,153		California
905,034		Hawaii
895,030		Connecticut
853,919		New York
846,101		Connecticut
845,913		New Mexico
837,925		Nebraska
836,544		Ohio

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Sports-less Cities Quiz

by CoolBeans

Created Sep 29, 2009 in Sports
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	CoolBeans:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:39 GMT	6 points
	It's worth mentioning that all of these metropolitan areas, except for the last, have a higher population than at least one other metropolitan area with a major sports franchise.

	Gordo:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	9 points
	Lame using MSA instead of CSA. Riverside-SB is certainly part of the greater LA area in practice.

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	geowiz85:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 05:47 GMT	3 points
	@bernerd, raleigh has the Carolina Hurricanes so beans is still on with that, but i also prefer CSA over MSA

	andrew430:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 06:23 GMT	2 points
	CoolBeans, Rochester, NY is a bigger metropolitan area than Green Bay, WI, so even it is larger than one metropolitan area with a sports franchise.

	Lauro:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 11:11 GMT	3 points
	Very hard to think about it the opposite way cause most of my knowledge about the US Cities comes from the major sports teams.

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	CoolBeans:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 15:17 GMT	1 point
	I used metro areas because in terms of establishing a franchise, your marketing it to the entire area around a city instead of just the population in the city. And the inland empire is close to LA but it is defined as a separate metro area and then you'd also have to get into a debate as to which of these areas are "too close" to a metro area with a sports franchise which would make things too messy and subjective. @andrew I guess I didn't scroll down the list enough to see Green Bay. So yeah, all of these poor cities have no professional sports while a lesser city does. =(

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	bfg1118:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 18:54 GMT	5 points
	Oh Virginia Beach-Norfolk, with your many minor league teams and almost major leagues that slipped through your fingers (the Grizzlies, the Nats). Once a bridesmaid...

	CoolBeans:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 20:14 GMT	1 point
	@Geo_Crazy That's just how the other sporcle quizzes tend to do things. None of these places have an MLS team either though.

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	RyanUR:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 21:22 GMT	3 points
	@bfg1118: Don't forget the attempt at the NHL expansion Hampton Roads Rhinos.

	swellwrench:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	4 points
	@Geo_Crazy: because it's nowhere near as popular as the big four leagues? Anyway, this is a great quiz with definite front page potential. Might be nice to expand it to 15 or 20 answers, though (or maybe until you hit the population of Green Bay?)

	bfg1118:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 01:23 GMT	1 point
	@RyanUR I knew I forgot one...good catch!

	CoolBeans:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 01:23 GMT	3 points
	@shawnoc: That's because it's spelled San Bernardino. I definitely thought it was spelt San Bernadino for quite a while though so I know where you're coming from. @swellwrench: I'm definitely open to adding more metro areas if it's kosher to add answers after a quiz goes live. I'm thinking ten or five more but not until Green Bay because that's at like 300,000.

	Jman14:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 03:59 GMT	2 points
	riverside-san bernardino is part of the L.A. area You can say whatever you want, but they are suburbs of L.A. It's just like defining Aurora-Naperville (suburbs of Chicago) as a separate metro area

	brianmcp:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 01:36 GMT	2 points
	it's not just the size of the city, there has to be a market for a team (Phoenix Coyotes, LA Kings, Florida Marlins)

	toledorockets:	Aug 21st, 2011 at 19:38 GMT	1 point
	Why is Riverside a separate MSA from Los Angeles? I know the area is huge but it sprung from metro LA and should be included, in my opinion.

	seangfootball:	Jan 16th, 2012 at 22:13 GMT	1 point
	How is Albany, NY more populated than El Paso, or San Jose? This makes no sense whatsoever.