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((Short description|none))
((see also|List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises))
((More citations needed|date=July 2007))
There are 12 [[United States]] cities (along with their corresponding [[metropolitan area]]s) with sports teams competing in each of the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|four major leagues of the United States and Canada]]: [[Major League Baseball]], the [[National Basketball Association]], [[National Football League]], and the [[National Hockey League]].

Only the country's two largest metropolitan areas—[[New York metropolitan area|New York]] and [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Los Angeles]]—have at least two teams in each major sports league.

==Overview by city==
''Italicized'' teams play outside the city limits of the metropolitan area's core city or cities; the specific location is given in parentheses. The core city or cities of a metropolitan area are identified in this reference.<ref name="dma"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! style=max-width:4em | Principal city (or cities)
! style=max-width:4em | Media market ranking <ref name="dma">((Cite web|last=AdeptPlus|title=Nielsen DMA 2021 Rankings|url=https://mediatracks.com/resources/nielsen-dma-rankings-2021/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=MediaTracks Communications|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525173958/https://mediatracks.com/resources/nielsen-dma-rankings-2021/|url-status=live))</ref>
! style=max-width:4em | Four leagues since
! style=max-width:4em | NFL team(s)
! style=max-width:4em | MLB team(s)
! style=max-width:4em | NBA team(s)
! style=max-width:4em | NHL team(s)
! style=max-width:4em | Total teams
|-
|[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|10
|1960
|''[[New England Patriots]]''<br />((small|([[Foxborough, Massachusetts]])))
|[[Boston Red Sox]]
|[[Boston Celtics]]
|[[Boston Bruins]]
|4
|-
|[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|3
|1966
|[[Chicago Bears]]
|[[Chicago Cubs]]<br />[[Chicago White Sox]]
|[[Chicago Bulls]]
|[[Chicago Blackhawks]]
|5
|-
|[[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
|5
|1993
|''[[Dallas Cowboys]]''<br />((small|([[Arlington, Texas]])))
|''[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]''<br />((small|([[Arlington, Texas]])))
|[[Dallas Mavericks]]
|[[Dallas Stars]]
|4
|-
|[[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
|16
|1995
|[[Denver Broncos]]
|[[Colorado Rockies]]
|[[Denver Nuggets]]
|[[Colorado Avalanche]]
|4
|-
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|15
|1957
|[[Detroit Lions]]
|[[Detroit Tigers]]
|[[Detroit Pistons]]
|[[Detroit Red Wings]]
|4
|-
|[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
|2
|2016
|''[[Los Angeles Chargers]]''<br />((small|([[Inglewood, California]])))
''[[Los Angeles Rams]]''<br />((small|([[Inglewood, California]])))
|''[[Los Angeles Angels]]''<br />((small|([[Anaheim, California]])))
[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
|''[[Los Angeles Clippers]]''<br />((small|([[Inglewood, California]])))<br />[[Los Angeles Lakers]]
|''[[Anaheim Ducks]]''<br />((small|([[Anaheim, California]])))<br />[[Los Angeles Kings]]
|8
|-
|[[Miami|Miami, Florida]]
|18
|1993
|''[[Miami Dolphins]]''<br />((small|([[Miami Gardens, Florida]])))
|[[Miami Marlins]]
|[[Miami Heat]]
|''[[Florida Panthers]]''<br />((small|([[Sunrise, Florida]])))
|4
|-
|[[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]]<br>[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
|14
|2000
|[[Minnesota Vikings]]
|[[Minnesota Twins]]
|[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
|[[Minnesota Wild]]
|4
|-
|[[New York City|New York, New York]]
|1 
|1946
|''[[New York Giants]]''<br />((small|([[East Rutherford, New Jersey]])))<br />''[[New York Jets]]''<br />((small|([[East Rutherford, New Jersey]])))
|[[New York Mets]]<br />[[New York Yankees]]
|[[Brooklyn Nets]]<br />[[New York Knicks]]
|''[[New Jersey Devils]]''<br />((small|([[Newark, New Jersey]])))<br />''[[New York Islanders]]''<br />((small|([[Elmont, New York]])))<br />[[New York Rangers]]
|9
|-
|[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|4
|1967
|[[Philadelphia Eagles]]
|[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
||[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
|4
|-
|[[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]
|8
|1991
|''[[San Francisco 49ers]]''<br />((small|([[Santa Clara, California]])))
|''[[Oakland Athletics]]''<br />((small|([[Oakland, California]])))<br />[[San Francisco Giants]]<br />
|[[Golden State Warriors]]<br />
|''[[San Jose Sharks]]''<br />((small|([[San Jose, California]])))
|5
|-
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|7
|2005
|''[[Washington Commanders]]''<br />((small|([[Landover, Maryland]])))
|[[Washington Nationals]]
|[[Washington Wizards]]
|[[Washington Capitals]]
|4
|}

((notelist|group=o))

==Analysis==
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|float   = left
|caption = '''Cities/media markets with teams from the four major league sports'''<br />
|width   = 500
|places =
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    | lat_deg = 41.8781
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  ((Location map~ | United States
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    | lat_deg = 39.9526
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    | lat_deg = 37.7749
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    | label = Washington D.C.
    | position = bottom
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    | lat_deg = 38.9072
    | lon_deg = -77.0369 ))
  ((Location map~ | United States
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    | label = Boston
    | position = right
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    | lat_deg = 42.3601
    | lon_deg = -71.0589 ))
  ((Location map~ | United States
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    | label = Minneapolis-Saint Paul
    | position = left
    | mark=Red pog.svg
    | lat_deg = 44.9778
    | lon_deg = -93.2650 ))
  ((Location map~ | United States
    | marksize = 5
    | label_size = 70
    | label = Detroit
    | position = left
    | mark=Red pog.svg
    | lat_deg = 42.3314
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  ((Location map~ | United States
    | marksize = 5
    | label_size = 70
    | label = Denver
    | position = top
    | mark=Red pog.svg
    | lat_deg = 39.7392
    | lon_deg = -104.9903 ))
  ((Location map~ | United States
    | marksize = 5
    | label_size = 70
    | label = Miami
    | position = right
    | mark=Red pog.svg
    | lat_deg = 25.7617
    | lon_deg = -80.1918 ))
))
((clear))

===Principal city versus metropolitan areas===
The only metropolitan areas with a team in each sport that plays within the limits of its principal city are [[Sports in Chicago|Chicago]], [[Sports in Denver|Denver]], [[Sports in Detroit|Detroit]], and [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]. Chicago, with its two MLB teams, is the only one of these with five teams playing within city limits. (All are named for the city.) 

In the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] area, three of the teams play in [[Minneapolis]] and one plays in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], although all four teams are named for the state of [[Minnesota]], not their cities. 

All other areas have at least one sport represented solely by a team (or teams) that plays in a city's [[suburb]]s.

Los Angeles had teams from all four major sports play within its city limits from 2016, when the NFL's [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] moved to the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], until 2020, when they moved into [[SoFi Stadium|a new stadium]] in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]. Los Angeles now has three major sports teams playing within city limits: the [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]], and [[Los Angeles Kings|Kings]]. (Seven of its metropolitan area's eight teams are named after it; all except the NHL's [[Anaheim Ducks]].)

[[New York City]] has nine major sports teams and five playing within its city limits, but both its NFL teams (the New York Giants and New York Jets) play in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]. (All of the New York teams except the NHL's [[New Jersey Devils]] and the NBA's [[Brooklyn Nets]] are named for the city.)

===Regional distribution===

Each of the four [[List of regions of the United States|census regions]] of the United States, established by the [[United States Census Bureau]], contains at least three metropolitan areas with at least one team in each of the four major sports. Three of the areas are in the [[Northeastern United States]] ([[New York City|New York]], [[Boston]], and [[Philadelphia]]), three are in the [[Midwestern United States]] ([[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], and [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]]), three are in the [[Southern United States]] ([[Washington, D.C.]], [[Dallas]], and [[Miami]]), and three are in the [[Western United States]] ([[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Denver]]).

===Smallest population with all four===
The least-populous metropolitan area with at least one team in each of the four major sports is [[Denver]], whose estimated population is 2,853,077. However, Denver is the hub of an [[Front Range Urban Corridor|urban corridor]] of about 4.8 million people. It is the largest metropolitan area within a radius of about ((convert|600|mi))<ref name="brookings">((Cite web |url=http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Multimedia/Interactives/2013/tentraits/Denver.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-12 |archive-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113013748/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Multimedia/Interactives/2013/tentraits/Denver.pdf |url-status=dead ))</ref> and commands a relatively large media market.

[[Minnesota]] is the least populous state to have a team in each major sport. It has almost three million fewer people than [[Virginia]], the most populous state with no major sports teams.

===Largest population without a team===

The largest television market area with no teams in the four major leagues is the Hartford & New Haven (Connecticut) area.<ref name="dma"/> Hartford was formerly home to the NHL's [[Hartford Whalers]], who moved to [[Raleigh]] in 1997 and are now the [[Carolina Hurricanes]].

The largest television market areas that have never had a team in the four major leagues are [[Austin, Texas]], which gained an MLS team in 2021 ([[Austin FC]]), and the West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce (Florida) area,<ref name="dma" /> though that is usually considered part of the territory of Miami-area teams.

Using the [[Primary Statistical Area]]s defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, the most-populous metropolitan area without a team in any of the four major leagues (as of the [[2010 U.S. Census]]) is the [[Hartford–Springfield]] area, although several minor league professional teams play in the area and it is located between the larger metro areas of New York and Boston.<ref name=Census2010>((cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_NSRD_GCTPL2.US41PR&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211339/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_NSRD_GCTPL2.US41PR&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-12 |title=Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 - United States -- Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |access-date=2011-04-23 |year=2010 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref> The [[Hampton Roads]] metro area is the second-largest metro area without a major sports team and has never had one.<ref>((cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-format=US-10S |title=American FactFinder |publisher=Factfinder.census.gov |access-date=2013-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212040254/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-format=US-10S |archive-date=2020-02-12 |url-status=dead ))</ref> Before the addition of the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] in 2017, the [[Las Vegas Valley]] had been the largest metro area without a team.

===Largest population without all four leagues represented===
[[Sports in Houston|Houston]], which lacks an NHL team, is the largest metropolitan area that does not have a franchise in all four major professional sports.

===Cities with two teams from one of the four leagues===
The sport that most commonly has two teams in one metropolitan area is baseball, with multiple teams in [[Chicago]] (since 1901), [[New York City|New York]] (since 1962), [[Los Angeles]] (since 1961), and [[San Francisco Bay Area|the San Francisco Bay Area]] (since 1968). Throughout the first half of the 20th century, [[History of the Boston Braves|Boston]], [[History of the St. Louis Browns|St. Louis]], and [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia]] also had two baseball franchises, but one team from each city moved in the 1950s. New York had three teams until two moved in 1958. Only Chicago has had the same two baseball teams since the American League was established in 1901. In 2006, Philadelphia was the largest television market without two baseball teams, with Dallas being the next-largest.<ref name="dma"/>

New York and Los Angeles are the only two metropolitan areas with two or more teams in all four major sports. New York has MLB's [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] and [[New York Mets|Mets]], the NBA's [[New York Knicks|Knicks]] and [[Brooklyn Nets|Nets]], the NFL's [[New York Giants|Giants]] and [[New York Jets|Jets]], and the NHL's [[New York Rangers|Rangers]], [[New York Islanders|Islanders]], and [[New Jersey Devils|Devils]].  Los Angeles has MLB's [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] and [[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]], the NBA's [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]] and [[Los Angeles Clippers|Clippers]], the NFL's [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] and [[Los Angeles Chargers|Chargers]], and the NHL's [[Los Angeles Kings|Kings]] and [[Anaheim Ducks|Ducks]].

The Washington, D.C., [[combined statistical area]] (although not its media market nor its metropolitan area) also includes the city of [[Baltimore]] as part of the [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]]. Using this definition, the region also has two MLB teams (the [[Washington Nationals]] and [[Baltimore Orioles]]) and two NFL teams (the [[Washington Commanders]] and [[Baltimore Ravens]]).

===Two teams in each of the four leagues===
The only areas with at least two franchises in all four sports are New York and Los Angeles, which are the [[List of United States cities by population|largest]] and second-largest cities and the two [[United States metropolitan area|largest metropolitan areas]] in the United States. In New York, four of the metro area's nine major sports franchises play outside the city limits and three outside the [[New York (state)|state of New York]]: the NFL's [[New York Jets|Jets]] and [[New York Giants|Giants]], and the NHL's [[New Jersey Devils|Devils]] all play in New Jersey. The NHL's [[New York Islanders|Islanders]] play in [[UBS Arena]] in [[Elmont, New York]], on [[Long Island]]. However, all teams have "New York" in their name except the Devils, who identify with New Jersey, and the Brooklyn Nets, who are named for the [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] where they play.

In Los Angeles, four of the area's eight teams play in other cities (the [[Anaheim Ducks|Ducks]] and [[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]] play in Anaheim, while the [[Los Angeles Chargers|Chargers]] and [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] play in Inglewood). During the construction of SoFi Stadium, the Rams played in the LA city limits while the Chargers played in Carson. The [[Los Angeles Clippers|Clippers]] currently play in downtown Los Angeles, sharing [[Crypto.com Arena]] with the [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]], but plan to move to the [[Intuit Dome]] by the 2024–25 NBA season.

Since the formation of the NBA in 1946, New York is the only city to consistently host at least one team in each of the four leagues every year.

===Most recent city with a team from each league===
The most recent city to be added to this list is [[Los Angeles]], which regained the football Rams in 2016 after they had played the prior 21 seasons in St. Louis. (In 2017, the Chargers also moved to the city from San Diego, becoming the [[Los Angeles Chargers]].)

===States with all four leagues represented, but not in one metro area===
[[Ohio]] is the only state that has teams from all four major sports but no metropolitan area with all four. Its teams include the NFL's [[Cincinnati Bengals]] and [[Cleveland Browns]]; MLB's [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Cleveland Guardians]]; the NBA's [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]; and the NHL's [[Columbus Blue Jackets]], the only team outside [[Cleveland]] and [[Cincinnati]].

While both football teams of the [[New York City]] metropolitan area play in [[New Jersey]], the state of [[New York (state)|New York]] still has all four major sports leagues represented with the NFL's [[Buffalo Bills]].

===Most populous state without all four sports leagues===
After the NHL's [[Atlanta Thrashers]] moved to [[Winnipeg]] and became the [[Winnipeg Jets|Jets]] in 2011, [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] became the most populous state without teams in all four sports. Metro Atlanta became the third-largest metro area (at the time) not to have teams in all four sports (after Los Angeles and Houston). With the return of the [[Los Angeles Rams]] in 2016, Atlanta became the second largest metro area without all four leagues behind Houston. Georgia is now home to the NFL's [[Atlanta Falcons]], MLB's [[Atlanta Braves]], and the NBA's [[Atlanta Hawks]]. The Falcons and Hawks currently play within the city limits of Atlanta; the Braves moved just outside the city in 2017 to the [[Vinings, Georgia|Vinings]]/[[Smyrna, Georgia|Smyrna]] area in [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]]. The Braves' [[SunTrust Park|new stadium]] is within a small slice of Cobb County that has always had an Atlanta mailing address.

Previously, [[North Carolina]] had been the most populous state without teams in all four sports, having edged out [[New Jersey]] when the southern state's population surpassed the northern one's.<ref name=08CenEst>((cite web | title = Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | access-date = 2009-02-01 | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2008-01.csv | url-status = dead | archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090709154907/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/popest/states/tables/NST%2DEST2008%2D01%2Ecsv | archive-date = July 9, 2009 ))</ref> Both lack a Major League Baseball team, though three teams (the [[New York Yankees]], [[New York Mets]], and the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]) play in metropolitan areas that include parts of New Jersey. North Carolina is home to the NFL's [[Carolina Panthers]] and NBA's [[Charlotte Hornets]], who both play in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], as well as the NHL's [[Carolina Hurricanes]], who play in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]. New Jersey is home to the NFL's [[New York Giants]] and [[New York Jets]], who play in the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], as well as the NHL's [[New Jersey Devils]], who play in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]].

===Most populous state with no major league teams===
[[Virginia]] remains the most populous state without a single big-league team in any sport, although residents of  [[Northern Virginia]] have access to teams in Washington, D.C., and, at a stretch, [[Baltimore]]; and southern Virginia residents have access to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]], the only major-league team in the [[Research Triangle|Raleigh-Durham area]]. Additionally, two of the four D.C.-area teams, the [[Washington Capitals]] and [[Washington Commanders]], have their operational headquarters and training facilities in Northern Virginia.

[[Alabama]] is the most populous state that has neither a major-league team nor a connection to a media market area with a major-league team. However this distinction changes depending on if the Atlanta media market is defined to extend into Alabama. If it is, then [[Iowa]] is the most populous state with neither a team nor a connection to a media market with a team.

===Canadian cities===
Three of the four major leagues (MLB, the NBA, and the NHL), have at least one team in [[Canada]]. Thus, although it is not a U.S. city, [[Toronto]] is notable because it has MLB ([[Toronto Blue Jays|Blue Jays]]), NBA ([[Toronto Raptors|Raptors]]), NHL ([[Toronto Maple Leafs|Maple Leafs]]), and MLS ([[Toronto FC]]) teams, plus a professional [[Canadian football]] team, the [[Toronto Argonauts]]. The Argonauts play in the [[Canadian Football League]], which meets the definition of a major league because it represents the highest level of play in its country. Currently an all-Canadian circuit, the CFL had [[Canadian Football League in the United States|teams in the United States]] from 1993 until 1995.

There has often been speculation that the NFL will seek to install a team in Toronto, which is larger than many NFL cities and the second-largest city in North America (behind [[Mexico City]]) without an NFL team, but the league insists it has no plans for expansion. The NFL allowed the [[Buffalo Bills]] to play one regular-season game a year at Toronto's [[Rogers Centre]] for several years in the early 21st century, as the Bills' profits depend on a considerable [[Southern Ontario]] fan base.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=DAFF70E67B4A749C6DBA40480DC08656?id=09000d5d8066be0f&template=with-video&confirm=true |title=Commissioner announces Toronto plan for Bills |agency=Associated Press |publisher=National Football League |date=2008-02-01 |access-date=2008-02-08))</ref> The first two games in the [[Bills Toronto Series|Toronto series]] did not directly conflict with the CFL, as they were scheduled for December, after the [[Grey Cup|end of the CFL season]]. The series was put on hiatus after the 2013 season; current Bills owner [[Terrence Pegula|Terry Pegula]], who bought the team after the 2014 death of founding owner [[Ralph Wilson]], formally ended the Toronto experiment.

Of the other eight current CFL cities, two have no other major sports franchises and the other six have an NHL franchise. Of these cities, two formerly had two major league teams plus a CFL franchise. [[Montreal]], the second-most populous Canadian city, had the [[Montreal Expos]] MLB team, which moved to Washington, D.C. It still hosts the NHL's [[Montreal Canadiens|Canadiens]] and the CFL's [[Montreal Alouettes|Alouettes]]. Montreal also once had an NFL farm team, the [[World League of American Football|WLAF]] [[Montreal Machine]], before the WLAF became exclusively European. Additionally, Montreal is home to Canada's third MLS team, the [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]] since 2012. [[Vancouver]], the third-most populous Canadian metropolitan area, had the [[Vancouver Grizzlies]] NBA team, which [[Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis|moved to Memphis]]. It still hosts the NHL's [[Vancouver Canucks]], CFL's [[BC Lions]], and MLS's [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]].

==Cities formerly with teams in all four leagues==
[[Atlanta]], [[Cleveland]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], and [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] formerly hosted teams in all four major sports leagues at the same time. The two [[Missouri]] cities currently have two teams each, and the other two cities have three.
*Atlanta had teams from all four sports from 1972 until 1980, when the NHL's [[Atlanta Flames|Flames]] moved to [[Calgary]]; and from 1999 until 2011, when the [[Atlanta Thrashers|Thrashers]] moved to [[Winnipeg]]. Atlanta is the only city to have lost four-sport status, regained it, and then lost it a second time.
*Cleveland briefly held four-sport status (MLB's [[Cleveland Indians|Indians]], NFL's [[Cleveland Browns|Browns]], NBA's [[Cleveland Cavaliers|Cavaliers]], and NHL's [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Barons]]) when the [[Oakland Seals]] moved there in 1976 as the [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Cleveland Barons]], only to lose it when the Barons merged with the [[Minnesota North Stars]] in 1978. The [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy]] left the city without an active NFL team from 1996 to 1999, when the NFL officially regarded the Browns as suspended.
*Kansas City had all four sports (MLB's [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]], NFL's [[Kansas City Chiefs|Chiefs]], NBA's [[Sacramento Kings|Kings]], and NHL's [[Kansas City Scouts|Scouts]]) from 1974 to 1976.  After two unsuccessful years in Kansas City, the Scouts [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|moved]] to Denver (and later to [[New Jersey Devils|New Jersey]]). The Kings moved to [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] in 1985.
*St. Louis was briefly a four-sport city (MLB's [[St. Louis Cardinals|Cardinals]], NFL's [[Arizona Cardinals|Cardinals]], NBA's [[Atlanta Hawks|Hawks]], and NHL's [[St. Louis Blues|Blues]]) from October 1967, when the [[1967 NHL expansion|NHL expanded]], until May 1968, when the [[Atlanta Hawks|Hawks]] left for Atlanta.
*Phoenix was a four-sport city (MLB's [[Arizona Diamondbacks|Diamondbacks]], NFL's [[Arizona Cardinals|Cardinals]], NBA's [[Phoenix Suns|Suns]], and NHL's [[Arizona Coyotes|Coyotes]]) from 1998, when the Diamondbacks began play, to April 2024, when the Coyotes franchise was suspended and the team's hockey operations were relocated to Salt Lake City.

Only two cities have played each other in the championship series of all four major North American sports leagues: St. Louis and Boston.<ref name=BOSvSTL>((cite web |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/history-boston-vs-st-louis-championship-meetings |title=A History of Boston vs. St. Louis Championship Meetings |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514190353/https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/bruins/history-boston-vs-st-louis-championship-meetings |url-status=live ))</ref> In baseball, the Cardinals met the Red Sox in the [[1946 World Series|1946]], [[1967 World Series|1967]], [[2004 World Series|2004]], and [[2013 World Series|2013]] World Series. In hockey, the Blues played the Bruins in the [[1970 Stanley Cup Finals|1970]] and [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|2019]] Stanley Cup Finals. In basketball, the Hawks and Celtics met in the [[1957 NBA Finals|1957]], [[1958 NBA Finals|1958]], [[1960 NBA Finals|1960]], and [[1961 NBA Finals|1961]] NBA Finals. And in football, the Rams played the Patriots in [[Super Bowl XXXVI]].

Cities that have lost, then regained four-sport status are Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis–St. Paul, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
*Boston had the [[Boston Yanks|Yanks]] of the NFL at the start of the four-major-sport era in 1946, along with the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and [[History of the Boston Braves|Braves]]. Four-sport status ended when the Yanks became the [[New York Bulldogs]] in 1949, and then resumed with the formation of the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] (now the New England Patriots) in 1960.
*Chicago had [[Chicago Stags|a BAA/NBA team fold]] in 1950, then attracted an expansion franchise in 1961 only to see it [[Washington Wizards|move to Baltimore]] two years later. Chicago rejoined the four-sport club in 1966 with the expansion [[Chicago Bulls|Bulls]].
*Detroit had [[Detroit Falcons (basketball)|a charter franchise]] of the NBA (then called the Basketball Association of America) in 1946, but the Falcons folded after one season. Detroit rejoined the four-sport club when the [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] Pistons moved to Detroit in 1957.
*Greater Los Angeles became a four-sport city in 1967 and remained so for 28 years. In 1993, it joined New York in having two teams in each of the four major sports (MLB's [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] and [[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]], NFL's [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] and [[Las Vegas Raiders|Raiders]], NBA's [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]] and [[Los Angeles Clippers|Clippers]], and NHL's [[Los Angeles Kings|Kings]] and [[Anaheim Ducks|Ducks]]), but lost both of its NFL teams in 1995. The Rams moved back to Los Angeles in 2016, restoring the city to four-sport status. A year later, the city once again joined New York in having two teams from each of the four leagues with the arrival of the former San Diego Chargers.
*Minneapolis–St. Paul became a member with the arrival of the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] as an expansion NBA franchise in 1989, only to see the NHL's North Stars depart for [[Dallas]] in 1993. The Twin Cities regained their status with the NHL's expansion [[Minnesota Wild]] in 2000.
*The San Francisco Bay Area had teams in all four sports from the NHL expansion in 1967 until the Seals left for Cleveland in 1976. It regained four-sport status when the expansion [[San Jose Sharks]] joined the NHL in 1991. ([[Oakland, California|Oakland]] itself had teams in all four leagues from 1971 to 1976 – the [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]], the [[Oakland Raiders|Raiders]], the [[Golden State Warriors|Warriors]], and the [[California Golden Seals|Golden Seals]]. The A's plan to move from Oakland to Las Vegas would leave the city with no major league sports teams.<ref>((cite news |first=Ron |last=Kroichick |date=November 16, 2023 |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/athletics/article/a-s-abandon-oakland-ending-east-bay-s-era-pro-18481719.php |title=Oakland Pro Sports Dead At 63 as A's Abandon East Bay, Ending Era of Titles and Fun |work=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116154000/https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/athletics/article/a-s-abandon-oakland-ending-east-bay-s-era-pro-18481719.php |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=November 23, 2023))</ref>)

If the [[American Basketball Association]] (1967–1976) were considered a major professional sports league, three more cities would be former four-sport metropolises. [[Pittsburgh]]—home to the MLB [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]], the NFL [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]], and the NHL [[Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins]]—also hosted the ABA's [[Pittsburgh Condors]], originally called the Pipers, in 1967 and from 1969 until the team's demise in 1972. St. Louis would have regained four-sport status between 1974 and 1976, when the city was home to the [[Spirits of St. Louis]]. And Minneapolis–St. Paul would have been a four-sport city from 1967 to 1969, having hosted the ABA's [[Minnesota Muskies]] in 1967–68 and the [[Minnesota Pipers]] in 1968–69.

If the [[World Hockey Association]] (1972–1979) were considered a major league, [[Houston]] would have made the list; the [[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston Aeros]] operated from 1972 to 1978, but were  left out of the NHL-WHA merger negotiations and folded before the merger. Under the same assumption, Cleveland would have joined the four-sports club in 1972 with the arrival of the WHA [[Cleveland Crusaders]], which were displaced in 1976 by the NHL's Barons.

If the ABA and WHA were ''both'' considered major leagues, then [[San Diego]] would have made the list from fall 1974 through fall 1975. Alongside the MLB [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] (since 1969) and the AFL/NFL [[History of the San Diego Chargers|Chargers]] (1961 to 2016), there were the ABA [[San Diego Sails|Conquistadors/Sails]] (1972–1975) and the WHA [[San Diego Mariners|Mariners]] (1974–1977).

==Major League Soccer==
[[Major League Soccer]] in the United States was founded in 1993, and has been active since 1996. Of the 12 metro areas with all Big Four teams, only Detroit lacks an MLS team.

Teams that play outside city limits are indicated in ''italics'', followed by their locations of play.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
!Metropolitan area
!Media market ranking
!Since
!NFL team(s)
!MLB team(s)
!NBA team(s)
!NHL team(s)
!MLS team(s)
|-
|[[Greater Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|9
|1996
|''[[New England Patriots]]''<br />((small|([[Foxborough, Massachusetts]])))
|[[Boston Red Sox]]
|[[Boston Celtics]]
|[[Boston Bruins]]
|''[[New England Revolution]]''<br />((small|([[Foxborough, Massachusetts]])))
|-
|[[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago, Illinois]]
|3
|1998
|[[Chicago Bears]]
|[[Chicago Cubs]]<br />[[Chicago White Sox]]
|[[Chicago Bulls]]
|[[Chicago Blackhawks]]
|[[Chicago Fire FC]]
|-
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex]], [[Texas]]
|5
|1996
|''[[Dallas Cowboys]]''<br />((small|([[Arlington, Texas]])))
|''[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]''<br />((small|([[Arlington, Texas]])))
|[[Dallas Mavericks]]
|[[Dallas Stars]]
|''[[FC Dallas]]''<br />((small|([[Frisco, Texas]])))
|-
|[[Denver metropolitan area|Denver, Colorado]]
|17
|1996
|[[Denver Broncos]]
|[[Colorado Rockies]]
|[[Denver Nuggets]]
|[[Colorado Avalanche]]
|''[[Colorado Rapids]]''<br />((small|([[Commerce City, Colorado]])))
|-
|[[Los Angeles metropolitan area|Los Angeles, California]]
|2
|2016
|''[[Los Angeles Chargers]]''<br />((small|([[Inglewood, California]])))<br />''[[Los Angeles Rams]]''<br />((small|([[Inglewood, California]])))
|''[[Los Angeles Angels]]''<br />((small|([[Anaheim, California]])))<br />[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
|[[Los Angeles Clippers]]<br />[[Los Angeles Lakers]]
|''[[Anaheim Ducks]]''<br />((small|([[Anaheim, California]])))<br />[[Los Angeles Kings]]
|''[[LA Galaxy]]''<br />((small|([[Carson, California]])))<br />[[Los Angeles FC]]
|-
|[[Miami metropolitan area|Miami, Florida]]
|16
|2020
|''[[Miami Dolphins]]''<br />((small|([[Miami Gardens, Florida]])))
|[[Miami Marlins]]
|[[Miami Heat]]
|''[[Florida Panthers]]''<br />((small|([[Sunrise, Florida]])))
|''[[Inter Miami CF]]''<br />((small|([[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]])))
|-
|[[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota]]
|15
|2017
|[[Minnesota Vikings]]<br />((small|([[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]])))
|[[Minnesota Twins]]<br />((small|([[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]])))
|[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]<br />((small|([[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]])))
|[[Minnesota Wild]]<br />((small|([[Saint Paul, Minnesota]])))
|[[Minnesota United FC]]<br />((small|([[Saint Paul, Minnesota]])))
|-
|[[New York metropolitan area|New York City, New York]]
|1
|1996
|''[[New York Giants]]''<br />((small|([[East Rutherford, New Jersey]])))<br />''[[New York Jets]]''<br />((small|([[East Rutherford, New Jersey]])))
|[[New York Mets]]<br />[[New York Yankees]]
|[[Brooklyn Nets]]<br />[[New York Knicks]]
|''[[New Jersey Devils]]''<br />((small|([[Newark, New Jersey]])))<br />''[[New York Islanders]]''<br />((small|([[Elmont, New York]])))<br />[[New York Rangers]]
|[[New York City FC]]<br />''[[New York Red Bulls]]''<br />((small|([[Harrison, New Jersey]])))
|-
|[[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|4
|2010
|[[Philadelphia Eagles]]
|[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
|[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
|''[[Philadelphia Union]]''<br />((small|([[Chester, Pennsylvania]])))
|-
|[[San Francisco Bay Area]], [[California]]
|8
|2008
|''[[San Francisco 49ers]]''<br />((small|([[Santa Clara, California]])))
|[[Oakland Athletics]]<br />((small|([[Oakland, California]])))<br />[[San Francisco Giants]]<br />((small|([[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]])))
|[[Golden State Warriors]]<br />((small|([[San Francisco, California]])))
|[[San Jose Sharks]]<br />((small|([[San Jose, California]])))
|[[San Jose Earthquakes]]<br />((small|([[San Jose, California]])))
|-
|[[Washington metropolitan area|Washington, D.C.]]
|6
|2005
|''[[Washington Commanders]]''<br />((small|([[Landover, Maryland]])))
|[[Washington Nationals]]
|[[Washington Wizards]]
|[[Washington Capitals]]
|[[D.C. United]]
|}

Miami and the San Francisco Bay Area have lost and regained five-sport status. The former lost it in 2002 when the [[Miami Fusion]] folded, and the latter in 2006 when the San Jose Earthquakes moved to Houston to become the [[Houston Dynamo|Dynamo]]. The Bay Area resumed being a five-sport city in 2008 when the Earthquakes were reactivated, Miami in 2020 with the arrival of [[Inter Miami CF]].

Of cities that formerly held four-sport status, only Atlanta, Kansas City, and St. Louis have current MLS franchises. 

No Ohio city can claim five-sport (or four-sport) status, but the state itself can via Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus sports teams with [[Columbus Crew SC]] and [[FC Cincinnati]].

The debut of MLS's [[Toronto FC]] in 2007 gave Toronto five major professional sports teams, although its football team plays in the Canadian Football League.

==See also==
((portal|Sports|United States))
*[[Multiple major sports championship seasons]]
*[[List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises]]
*[[List of major professional sports teams in the United States and Canada]]

==Notes and references==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116508373020481968532.0004690d1f0dbd5207295 Google Maps: America's Ultimate Sports Cities]

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