Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums
by xxs on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:12AM
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The only one that's not played outside the US is the American Football.
Basketball is second (to football) in quite a lot of European countries, and in some like Lithuania, likely the #1. So is Ice Hockey. Baseball is massive in Asia as well.
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American football is also played in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and even Europe a little bit. Certainly not as popular as other sports outside the US, though.
Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums
by revolvingocelot on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:19PM
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>American football is also played in Canada
Well, sorta. That statement is sufficiently true, but technically incorrect; it'd be a stretch to call Canadian and American football different sports entirely, but the differences, even if minor, are multitudinous enough to merit consideration.
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I have met precisely one German fan of American Football. He rooted for the Stuttgart Stallions[1] who I had never heard of before. So, it’s definitely niche, but there are European leagues. Somewhat amusingly to me they call it “Football” as Americans do.
Without "likely", I'm fairly sure it's n.1 in the Baltic region as a whole. It used to be n.1 in Yugoslavia too but I think football has since claimed that spot.
Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums
by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @12:56PM
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American Football is played outside the US and is growing in popularity. Watching NFL games in bars in Mexico City is a lot of fun, and I'm not much of a sports fan.