All four Seattle teams play inside the city limits: Seahawks and Sounders share a stadium and the Mariners play next door. The Kraken have their facility right under the Space Needle.
All 4 of Philadelphia’s main teams play in the sports complex which is in the city limits. The MLS team is a bit outside in Chester.
I wonder how many cities have teams that have arenas actually in the downtown area though. There’s been talks multiple times of this happening here but didn’t.
Houston has the Astros, Rockets, and (Major League Soccer) Dynamo all in downtown stadiums. The NFL Texans are at NRG stadium (former Astrodome area) which is inside city limits.
The Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox, and Fire all play in Chicago city limits. For now at least. The Bears are probably moving to the suburbs in the near future.
I think New York just because it has so many teams. The Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, and Rangers all play within the city.
Honorable mention to Philly with the Phillies, Eagles, Sixers and Fliers + DC with the Nats, Caps, Wizards (and I believe the soccer teams) within the city limits.
Washington D.C. has the Capitals, Wizards, Nationals, Mystics, DC United, Washington Spirit, DC Defenders (UFL), and hopefully soon the Commanders will return to a new RFK stadium.
Although the team was formed in Los Angeles in 1961, and played its first five seasons in the city, the Angels were called the California Angels from 1965 to 1996, even though they’ve made their home in Anaheim since 1966. Frankly I think they should go back to that name.
Your question lacks specificity. Do you mean all professional levels, or just major league (Tier 1)? Do you mean the big 5 professional sports (baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, soccer), or all professional sports? Do you want women’s professional sports included?
We have a lot of professional sports here. In addition to the big 5, we have minor leagues, and we also have professional teams in rugby, lacrosse, cricket, volleyball, indoor football, and Ultimate Frisbee.
People are forgetting that New York has two hockey teams, two baseball teams, and two basketball teams. Mets and Islanders are in Queens. Knicks and Rangers are at the Garden. Yanks are obviously in the Bronx, Nets are obviously in Brooklyn. So without MLS and WNBA (and the NFL teams are in Jersey) they’ve got 6. They’ve only got one soccer team in the actual city.
LA, depends on how pedantic you want to get. Anaheim is in the metro area, but it’s its own city. Then again, you could say Inglewood is its own separate city and the Chargers and Rams don’t play in LA. Ditto Carson and the Galaxy. I guess Anaheim’s definitely outside the county though, and usually not considered part of LA proper. Then again, the Angels call themselves an LA team. But even disregarding the Ducks and Angles, you’ve still got the Dodgers, Clippers, Lakers, Kings, Rams, Chargers, Galaxy, and LAFC. That’s 8 not counting Anaheim, 6 if you forgot the MLS exists.
I am rather surprised that nobody has said Denver which has MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL not just within the same city but are easily visible of each other between Coors Field (MLB), Ball Arena (NBA & NHL), and Mile High Stadium (NFL). Idk what other professional sports may be within city limits, but when it comes to the big 4 major league sports I’d wager that no other US city has all 4 located in such close proximity to each other.
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All four Seattle teams play inside the city limits: Seahawks and Sounders share a stadium and the Mariners play next door. The Kraken have their facility right under the Space Needle.
Detroit has four.
All 4 of Philadelphia’s main teams play in the sports complex which is in the city limits. The MLS team is a bit outside in Chester.
I wonder how many cities have teams that have arenas actually in the downtown area though. There’s been talks multiple times of this happening here but didn’t.
Chicago has five
Cincinnati has their stadiums pretty close. Soccer a little down the road as well
Houston has the Astros, Rockets, and (Major League Soccer) Dynamo all in downtown stadiums. The NFL Texans are at NRG stadium (former Astrodome area) which is inside city limits.
I think Chicago with 5 is the correct answer. Football, basketball, hockey, 2 baseball. More if we’re including women’s leagues, idk
Edit: 6 mens leagues, forgot Fire moved to Soldier Field
The Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox, and Fire all play in Chicago city limits. For now at least. The Bears are probably moving to the suburbs in the near future.
The Twin Cities have seven I think. That’s major league. We also have a AAA baseball team.
It’s still NYC even with no NFL teams. They’ve got 2 NBA, 2 MLB (which cohost an MLS team) and an NHL team.
Not Oakland, haha.
NYC?
Yankees (The Bronx)
Knicks (Manhattan)
Rangers (Manhattan)
Mets (Queens)
Nets (Brooklyn)
Thats five. Am I missing some? Do they have one of the MLS teams in NYC proper
Edit to add some i missed as I see other people posting for other cities
NY Liberty (Brooklyn)
New York has 6, 2 each in MLB, NHL, and NBA
Pittsburgh has the Pirates, Penguins, a pro soccer team i can’t remember the name of right now and the Steelers in city limits
2 of the 4 are HORRIBLY run right now (especially the Pirates)
Gotta be Los Angeles.
I think New York just because it has so many teams. The Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, and Rangers all play within the city.
Honorable mention to Philly with the Phillies, Eagles, Sixers and Fliers + DC with the Nats, Caps, Wizards (and I believe the soccer teams) within the city limits.
Washington D.C. has the Capitals, Wizards, Nationals, Mystics, DC United, Washington Spirit, DC Defenders (UFL), and hopefully soon the Commanders will return to a new RFK stadium.
We don’t have city limits in New England….
Patriots play outside of Boston, as does the Revolution (same stadium).
Although the team was formed in Los Angeles in 1961, and played its first five seasons in the city, the Angels were called the California Angels from 1965 to 1996, even though they’ve made their home in Anaheim since 1966. Frankly I think they should go back to that name.
The City of Tampa has two, the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning.
But the Tampa BAY Area has four if you include the MLB Tampa Bay Rays and the USLC Tampa Bat Rowdies in St Petersburg.
Gotta be New York. Yankees, Mets, rangers, Knicks, nets, islanders
Charlotte has the Panthers, Hornets and Charlotte FC all play in uptown Charlotte. Their AAA baseball team also plays there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._and_Canadian_cities_by_number_of_major_professional_sports_teams
Nyc has 6. Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Yankees, Mets, nycfc.
LA (city limits) has 6 (including women’s): Lakers, Kings, Dodgers, Sparks, LAFC, and Angel City.
LA county has 10: Clippers/Rams/Chargers – Inglewood; Galaxy – Carson.
Interestingly, New York City has 7, but New York County has only 2 (Rangers/Knicks)
Chicago
Your question lacks specificity. Do you mean all professional levels, or just major league (Tier 1)? Do you mean the big 5 professional sports (baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, soccer), or all professional sports? Do you want women’s professional sports included?
We have a lot of professional sports here. In addition to the big 5, we have minor leagues, and we also have professional teams in rugby, lacrosse, cricket, volleyball, indoor football, and Ultimate Frisbee.
It’s a tie between Chicago and New York, both have 5.
Recently New York had 6 when the Islanders played at Barclay’s and it had 6 for most of the 20th century.
LA had 5 until the Rams and Clippers moved to new stadiums.
People are forgetting that New York has two hockey teams, two baseball teams, and two basketball teams. Mets and Islanders are in Queens. Knicks and Rangers are at the Garden. Yanks are obviously in the Bronx, Nets are obviously in Brooklyn. So without MLS and WNBA (and the NFL teams are in Jersey) they’ve got 6. They’ve only got one soccer team in the actual city.
LA, depends on how pedantic you want to get. Anaheim is in the metro area, but it’s its own city. Then again, you could say Inglewood is its own separate city and the Chargers and Rams don’t play in LA. Ditto Carson and the Galaxy. I guess Anaheim’s definitely outside the county though, and usually not considered part of LA proper. Then again, the Angels call themselves an LA team. But even disregarding the Ducks and Angles, you’ve still got the Dodgers, Clippers, Lakers, Kings, Rams, Chargers, Galaxy, and LAFC. That’s 8 not counting Anaheim, 6 if you forgot the MLS exists.
Toronto has the Leafs, Blue Jays, Raptors, Argos, Toronto FC, Sceptres (PWHL)… do the Rock (NLL) still play in Hogtown?
Houston has 4. Rockets, Astros, Texans, Dynamo
NYC has Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Mets, Yankees, and NYCFC
Edit: Forgot Staten Island Pizza Rats, Brooklyn Cyclones, and Brooklyn FC
Everything in the Twin Cities. The Twins, Timberwolves, Lynx, and Vikings play in downtown Minneapolis. The Loons and Wild are in Saint Paul.
>Angels play in Anaheim, Jets/Giants play in New Jersey.
Sure, but city limits are arbitrary. It’s the whole metro region that truly functions as a city. Economically, culturally, and socially.
So, this thread is an interesting thought experiment, but kinda pointless, IMO.
Do you mean major league teams, or all professional teams in general?
Chicago has a lot within their city limits. Detroit has 3 major sports teams within a couple blocks of each other downtown.
Minneapolis/St. Paul has 8.
Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins, Wild, Lynx, MN United FC, Frost, and Saints.
Seattle has to be up there:
NFL: Seahawks
MLB: Mariners
NHL: Kraken
MLS: Souders
WNBA: Storm
NWSL: Reign
I am rather surprised that nobody has said Denver which has MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL not just within the same city but are easily visible of each other between Coors Field (MLB), Ball Arena (NBA & NHL), and Mile High Stadium (NFL). Idk what other professional sports may be within city limits, but when it comes to the big 4 major league sports I’d wager that no other US city has all 4 located in such close proximity to each other.