So, ever the engineer, I decided to do an analysis. Using google maps, I checked the driving distance from each team's stadium to the city that is home*. What did I find?
Well over 1/3 of the teams (12/32 = 38%) are within 1.5 miles of city center. That's within measumemnt error, IMHO. Over 1/2 the (18/32 = 56%) are less that 5 miles away, and over 2/3 are within 10 miles (22/32 = 69%). pretty good.
So, the most local are:
Vikings, Browns, Lions, Saints, Bengals, Colts, Panthers, Seahawks, Titans, Jaguars, Steelers and Ravens. Interesting, that includes all of the AFC North Division.
And the least local? Well, there are currently 6 teams that are over 15 miles from home. And one of those (Chargers) are onlt temporary. So, here's the bottom 5:
- San Francisco 49ers - 42.7 miles
- New England Patriots - 27.8 miles
- Dallas Cowboys - 18.3 miles
- Arizona Cardinals - 16.6 miles
- Miami Dolphins - 16.3 miles
* - Some teams have regional names, like New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers. But we all know that's really Boston, Nashville and Charlotte).
1 comment:
Yes. I think that's interesting.
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