Philadelphia was the third-largest metro area in the U.S. before the 1950 census. It has been slowly losing ground ever since then. It also has the disadvantage of overlapping with the much larger metro NYC sports market to a degree.
It's gotten to the point where it may not even be considered a "large" sports market anymore.
Philadelphia was the third-largest metro area in the U.S. before the 1950 census. It has been slowly losing ground ever since then. It also has the disadvantage of overlapping with the much larger metro NYC sports market to a degree.
It's gotten to the point where it may not even be considered a "large" sports market anymore. Philadelphia is now the 6th largest city in the U.S. LA, Houston, and Phoenix have past it since 1950. However, the Phildelphia media market is fourth largest in the U.S., ahead of Houston and Phoenix, since its suburbs, including in NJ count in this category:
Ranking the U.S.' largest media markets MLB has 30 teams in 27 cities. Philadelphia is the largest media market to have only one team, but you think the fourth largest media market isn't a "large" sports market. Of course, you have strange ideas about many things...