Can you name the largest US metro area (CSA or MSA) without a team for each of the given leagues? by ran4sh

Can you name the largest US metro area (CSA or MSA) without a team for each of the given leagues?

created by ran4sh

Enter a metro area (CSA or MSA) in the box below
Correctly named metro areas (CSAs or MSAs) will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: Its Wikipedia but there really isnt a better single source
"Largest city" is based on population using Census Bureau CSAs and MSAs. For example, Washington and Baltimore are the same CSA but separate MSAs. 2nd/3rd largest for each are bonus answers.
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League & metro-area type	Largest missing US city (by CSA or MSA)	Teams in other leagues
Largest MSA w/o NBA		No Big 4, and no MLS either
Largest CSA w/o NFL
Largest CSA w/o MLB		NBA Magic
Largest CSA w/o NBA		MLB Mariners, NFL Seahawks
Largest MSA w/o NHL		MLB Astros, NFL Texans, NBA Rockets
Largest MSA w/o any 'Big 4'		No Big 4, and no MLS either
Largest MSA w/o MLB		No Big 4, and no MLS either
Largest MSA w/o NFL
Largest CSA w/o NHL		MLB Astros, NFL Texans, NBA Rockets
Largest CSA w/o any 'Big 4'		No Big 4, and no MLS either
Largest CSA w/o MLS	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd CSA w/o MLB	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd CSA w/o MLB	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd CSA w/o NFL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd CSA w/o NFL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd CSA w/o NBA	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd CSA w/o NBA	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd CSA w/o NHL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd CSA w/o NHL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
Largest MSA w/o MLS	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd MSA w/o MLB	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd MSA w/o NFL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd MSA w/o NBA	No Big 4, and no MLS either
2nd MSA w/o NHL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd MSA w/o MLB	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd MSA w/o NFL	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd MSA w/o NBA	No Big 4, and no MLS either
3rd MSA w/o NHL	No Big 4, and no MLS either

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US sports leagues' largest missing city Quiz

by ran4sh

Created Jun 24, 2010 in Sports
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	billybootlig684:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 01:14 GMT		23 points
	Wouldn't San Antonio be bigger than Orlando?

	Dr_Know:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 01:20 GMT		2 points
	Portland and Sacramento are larger metro areas than Orlando. San Antonio was larger in the 2000 census, but Orlando is likely to jump ahead in the new census.

	johnlk:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 01:23 GMT		7 points
	The Seahawks play in Seattle, not the Rams.

	johnlk:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 01:24 GMT		5 points
	I assume the quiz-maker was using Combined Statistical Areas, not Metropolitan Statistical Areas - the latter would result in Riverside-San Bernardino being the largest for the NBA and MLB, which would be a bit of a travesty.

	ran4sh:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT		1 point
	corrected. I was probably thinking St. Louis there since they are the largest with MLB, NFL, NHL but no NBA. yes, the source is based on CSA (Combined Statistical Areas) rather than MSA. Source doesn't give the year though. (but I don't think it was the 2000 census)

	jfeigen06:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 09:45 GMT		16 points
	Screw you David Stern.

	sampson13:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 22:41 GMT		2 points
	Who would have thought that on the bonus answer? I didn't, and I grew up there...we had a team back then.

	deej:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 04:41 GMT		7 points
	this would be a lot more interesting if it were a top 10 per sport. as it is, kinda boring

	GeoExpert:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 05:55 GMT		9 points
	Blame Canada for bestowing a major issue in this quiz. Montreal has a larger metro area than Orlando (MLB) and Seattle (NBA). The MLB and NBA each have a Canadian team. You can specify for these to be U.S. cities only, but that seems like it would be giving Canada the cold shoulder for leagues in which teams exist in that country. On the other hand, it would trick people by including Canadian cities. What a conundrum.

	GeoExpert:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 05:56 GMT		5 points
	Oh, and since you did not specify where in the world, technically, Tokyo should be the answer for all four.

	Sidewave212:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 16:48 GMT		1 point
	nba-san diego mlb-san antonio

	cocky:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 16:51 GMT		3 points
	What was the bonus answer?

	cgilmo20:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 17:55 GMT		2 points
	Since it's based on CSAs, Dallas > Orlando (by roughly double).

	ran4sh:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 19:50 GMT		1 point
	@Sidewave212: Seattle > San Diego, and Orlando > San Antonio, according to Census Bureau 2009 estimates. This is true for both the CSA and the MSA rankings. @cgilmo20: The Dallas-Fort Worth CSA (and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA) is home to the Texas Rangers, a Major League Baseball team in the West division of the American League.

	ran4sh:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 19:54 GMT		1 point
	@deej: maybe it could be top 2 or 3, once it gets past about 5 you get cities that have no team for two or three leagues, and cities that have no teams at all.

	ChinaWhite:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 21:55 GMT		-3 points
	wow this is just bad. using pure population, and cities teams are associated with would be a much better idea. just another example of someone out thinking their way to a lousy quiz

	Bulletchewer6:	Jun 26th, 2010 at 23:55 GMT		1 point
	Las Vegas is a town full of gamblers, substance abusers and tricks... let's re-locate the Lakers there!

	Brian:	Jun 27th, 2010 at 17:52 GMT		3 points
	Seeing Seattle on here breaks my heart all over again. Bring back the Sonics!

	nymous:	Jun 27th, 2010 at 21:10 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz! Why isn't there a big sports team in Las Vegas? Sports is great entertainment and Vegas calls itself the entertainment capital of the world.

	deej:	Jun 27th, 2010 at 21:36 GMT		1 point
	The usual argument against Las Vegas is that no one is "from" there - people move from other cities and already have favorite teams. That didn't stop Phoenix from getting teams though.

	km3t:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 04:04 GMT		1 point
	deej - I did do a top 10, it's here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/km3t/big4less

	riles08:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 14:18 GMT		1 point
	Also, San Antonio doesn't have a CSA. Doesn't qualify. Hence, I think that CSAs are the wrong way to do this. I recognize that it is tricky with the Giants/Jets being in E Rutherford, but the CSA model doesn't make sense for what this is trying to get at, I think.

	cptauer:	Jun 28th, 2010 at 20:09 GMT		0 points
	Austin is also bigger than Vegas...and has no pro teams

	irock9alot4:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 00:07 GMT		-1 points
	San Jose has is bigger than Seattle and Orlando, and has neither an NBA team nor an NFL team.

	Beefy:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 01:37 GMT		3 points
	Las Vegas has no major sport pro teams because it is the gambling capital of the USA. They like to keep the gamblers and the athletes as separate as they can, at least in appearance.

	jcf5445:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 15:00 GMT		2 points
	Most of you folks need to familiarize yourself with CSAs. You really show your ignorance with the above comments. Visit this link if you wish to rid yourself of ignorance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_primary_census_statistical_areas

	jcf5445:	Jun 29th, 2010 at 15:03 GMT		4 points
	If you use the table in the link I provided, you will find the answers to this quiz to be 100% correct.

	TeganX7:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 02:21 GMT		-1 points
	For baseball it is either San Antonio or the north side of Chicago ... neither have a baseball team ;-)

	jaybrad77:	Nov 9th, 2010 at 20:14 GMT		0 points
	Portland has the Trail Blazers and nothing else, or Sacramento, who has the Kings; San Antonio-Jacksonville-Columbus-Milwaukee-I could keep going

	Rogelio:	May 3rd, 2011 at 00:51 GMT		-1 points
	New York City has no NFL teams

	baltero:	Oct 20th, 2011 at 11:39 GMT		-1 points
	Unfortunately, this is quiz is actually quite ****ty. Too much possibilities for arguements and whatnot.

	Rob42:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 07:52 GMT		3 points
	I find it hard to believe that Orlando is the largest metro without an MLB team - I would have never have guessed it. Maybe as others have already stated, CSA's aren't the best way to go. Also the quiz needs updating - Atlanta no longer has NHL.