Ten U.S. cities larger than Green Bay, Wisconsin, that have no major league professional sports teams:
- Las Vegas, Nevada (population 567,641)
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (433,575)
- Fresno, California (479,918)
- Omaha, Nebraska (454,731)
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (389,625)
- Tucson, Arizona (543,910)
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (529,219)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (399,827)
- Austin, Texas (786,386)
- Louisville, Kentucky (566,503)
If you watched the Super Bowl last night, you may have heard that Green Bay (population 101,025) is the smallest city in America. This was, as they say, a misstatement of fact. He probably meant to say it was the smallest city in America with a major league sports franchise, but who can say? Regardless, congratulations to the Green Bay Packers on winning their fourth Super Bowl title. I didn't really care one way or the other, though I was rooting for Green Bay because I didn't want to work alongside a bunch of depressed coworkers today.
Incidentally, Austin is the largest US city without a major league professional sports team, and Salt Lake City is the next smallest, with a population of 183,102
