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In the USA baseball is rapidly fading in popularity, world series tv ratings are half what they were a decade ago. American football is the king at all levels. Basketball is now 2nd, baseball 3rd. After that it's a big drop to soccer and then hockey. Soccer is growing fast but still more of a Gen Y and Gen X thing. My city got its first minor league soccer team this year and the crowds were much larger than expected. They hoped to average 2500 but got 10k at many games.
I think a similar thing has happened here with regards to cricket, I can't remember the last time I saw a kid here swinging a cricket bat. I don't think its terminal though, football is obviously the number one sport here, domestic football is the king but its not the only popular sport here whereas cricket has dropped in popularity rugby seems to be gaining popularity, those three sports attract spectators in their thousands. Other popular sports that also attract thousands of spectators are of course F1 and other motor racing, horse racing (sport of kings), athletics, golf and tennis (well once a year at Wimbledon anyway) and despite only being niche sports there are in fact hockey and basketball leagues here too, there does seem to be a perception that there is only football here which is untrue, I think perhaps its because of the behemouth that the Premier League has become perhaps?
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In the USA baseball and hockey do great in attendance but TV ratings (that's where the revenue comes from) is declining for baseball and is holding steady for hockey. Both sports are better to watch in person than watch on TV.
In the USA there is a regional element to basketball and hockey popularity. Basketball is most popular in a couple of states where amateur / college basketball teams are very successful: Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, and North Carolina. My metro area ranks 1st nationally in tv ratings share for the NCAA basketball tournament, NBA draft, and NBA finals despite having no pro team here. My area is also the horse racing capital of the world but it's more of a social thing to go to the track, most people don't know much about the ins and outs of horse racing. Hockey is most popular from the Great Lakes to North East.
I'd also mention for soccer that while the MLS (North America's pro soccer / futbol league) is popular most people still prefer the best Euro leagues, teams like Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal, Madrid, Milano, etc are popular. Minor league soccer is just now expanding to include most larger metro areas.
In the USA baseball and hockey do great in attendance but TV ratings (that's where the revenue comes from) is declining for baseball and is holding steady for hockey. Both sports are better to watch in person than watch on TV.
In the USA there is a regional element to basketball and hockey popularity. Basketball is most popular in a couple of states where amateur / college basketball teams are very successful: Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, and North Carolina. My metro area ranks 1st nationally in tv ratings share for the NCAA basketball tournament, NBA draft, and NBA finals despite having no pro team here. My area is also the horse racing capital of the world but it's more of a social thing to go to the track, most people don't know much about the ins and outs of horse racing. Hockey is most popular from the Great Lakes to North East.
I'd also mention for soccer that while the MLS (North America's pro soccer / futbol league) is popular most people still prefer the best Euro leagues, teams like Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal, Madrid, Milano, etc are popular. Minor league soccer is just now expanding to include most larger metro areas.
I'd think of Ascot, Aintree and Melbourne before I think of Kentucky as a horse racing capital. I'd probably say Ireland is the capital, but I don't really follow it.
I'd think of Ascot, Aintree and Melbourne before I think of Kentucky as a horse racing capital. I'd probably say Ireland is the capital, but I don't really follow it.
Well in America on TV horse racing is the Kentucky Derby, then the other two triple crown races. After that it is a fixed junk sport for gamblers from before we allowed casinos everywhere with weight handicaps taking away from the pure sporting event of the best horse/jockey wins.
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