{"id":42971,"date":"2017-12-01T11:30:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/new-york\/?p=20302"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:28:18","slug":"best-sports-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/best-sports-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Ranked as the 2nd Best Sports City in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whaddup, sports fans?<\/p>\n<p>According to a new study from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-sports-cities\/15179\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WalletHub<\/a>, New York is now the 2nd best big city for sports in the US!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/d2e70e9yced57e.cloudfront.net\/wallethub\/embed\/15179\/geochart-sportfan.html\" width=\"850\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 556px; font-size: 12px; color: #888888; text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-sports-cities\/15179\/\">WalletHub<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The survey itself compared 420 of the largest cities in the country by\u00a0looking at 50 key metrics across five of today&#8217;s most popular activities \u2013 baseball, football, basketball, hockey and soccer. Among those metrics considered were the number of professional sports teams per capita, the average price of tickets and overall viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Included in WalletHub&#8217;s report was a break down of the best cities for each individual sport. New York ranked among the top ten for soccer, hockey and football. The city also took the number one spot for baseball, which, duh.<\/p>\n<p>Other cities who made the top ten were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Boston<\/li>\n<li>NYC<\/li>\n<li>LA<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>Detroit<\/li>\n<li>Washington DC<\/li>\n<li>Dallas<\/li>\n<li>Atlanta<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why New York wasn&#8217;t ranked number one overall, well, I&#8217;ll leave you with just two words: The Knicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whaddup, sports fans? 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