Charlotte Region: Best, Worst In The U.S. For Football Fans

DAVIDSON, NC -- All season long, football fans root and holler in the name of their favorite team, with all those allegiances boiling down to the season’s biggest game: the Super Bowl. As the nation gears up for Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis this weekend on Sunday, Feb. 4, it’s fair to say the country is in full-tilt football mode. But according to one website, not all cities in the U.S. are the same when it comes to fandom. In fact, two cities in the Charlotte metro region are rated as among the best and the absolute worst places for football fans in the U.S., according to WalletHub.

The personal finance site compared 243 cities throughout the nation that had at least one college or professional football team and ranked them based on 21 metrics in order to find the best place in the country for football fans.

“Our data set ranges from number of NFL and college football teams to average ticket price for an NFL game to fan friendliness,” WalletHub said.

You can read more about their methodology here.

When it comes to pro-football, Charlotte has a lot to brag about thanks to the Carolina Panthers.
Overall, the Queen City is ranked No. 19 in the nation for football fans. In specific categories, however, it fared even better. It tied with Minneapolis as the No. 4 city in the U.S. for “Best-Performing NFL Teams,” and was ranked No. 18 in the U.S. for “Pro-Football” fans.

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It’s a different scenario about 20 miles up the interstate in Davidson, North Carolina, according to the study. The Davidson College town came in at the very bottom of the rankings -- No. 241 out of 243 cities -- for football fans. When cities were broken out by size, the news was even worse for Davidson. It came in dead last at No. 134 for small cities.

Interested in knowing how other North Carolina cities stacked up between the Charlotte and Davidson ranking bookends?

Here’s how North Carolina cities were ranked for football fans, according to WalletHub:

• No. 19 -- Charlotte
• No. 36 -- Chapel Hill
• No. 51 -- Boone
• No. 68 -- Cullowhee
• No. 91 - Durham
• No. 137 -- Boiling Springs
• No. 148 - Elon
• No. 152 -- Winston-Salem
• No. 199 - Raleigh
• No. 202 - Greenville
• No. 203 - Buies Creek
• No. 209 - Greensboro
• No. 241 - Davidson

Nationally, here are the best cities in the U.S. for football fans, according to WalletHub:

1. Green Bay, Wisconsin
2. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3. Dallas, Texas
4. Boston, Massachusetts
5. New York, New York
6. Los Angeles, California
7. Glendale, Arizona
8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Oakland, California
10. Cincinnati, Ohio

What do you think about how these North Carolina cities were ranked? Do you agree? Sound off in the comment section.

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