OT - "Best Sports Cities"

[dss28]

Aww... Hartford's at 226.  Tuggin' at my heart strings...

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]dss28 Wrote:

 Aww... Hartford's at 226.  Tuggin' at my heart strings...[/q]
But Storrs is in the 70s, IIRC.  Helluva year for UConn.

[jeh25]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

But Storrs is in the 70s, IIRC.  Helluva year for UConn.[/q]

*John runs outside and lights his car on fire.*

[ugarte]

[Q]jack daniels Wrote:

 why would we be number 212 when olean,ny is number 202 it makes no sense we should be top 150. corell hockey alone beats out the whole city of olean, ny.  [/q] As far as I can tell, all Olean has is St. Bonaventure. How is that enough to finish ahead of any Ivy League school? All of the Ivies have much bigger sports programs than the Bonnies (with the exception of men's basketball - but I don't think St. Bonaventure is talking about that much these days.)

[billhoward]

Maybe Hartford got extra credit for being first with the retracting roof civic center.

[CUlater 89]

Olean presumably gets credit for its sports atmosphere and knowledge related to the Buffalo Bills.  National sports is not exactly a big deal to most Ithacans -- just look at the Journal.

[Greg Berge]

I like how Canada is included.  We should go ahead and admit them as the 51st already... ;-)

[dss28]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Maybe Hartford got extra credit for being first with the retracting roof civic center. [/q]

And now they'll get credit for the Civic Center being an apartment complex....

How cool would that be... instead of having an apartment with an outdoor terrace, your terrace is effectively a skybox?

[Josh '99]

[Q]dss28 Wrote:
How cool would that be... instead of having an apartment with an outdoor terrace, your terrace is effectively a skybox?[/q]That'd be pretty cool, although Skydome did it first (I think).  :-P

[KeithK]

Skydome has hotel rooms overlooking the fields - not apartments.  It's just windows, not a terrace.  And IIRC,  due to some hotel guests who were more interested in scoring than the Jays' score you are required to keep the shades pulled during games.

[Josh '99]

I know, I know, and I know, but still.  :-P

[JordanCS]

Yeah, I was shocked that Canton wasn't listed either. (of course, being from there, I had some interest).  Just the Massillon-Canton football rivalry is enough to take on smaller colleges and stuff.  The whole town is football crazy, though the lack of any serious college athletics does reduce its fervor.