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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by CRConrad on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:59PM (#30707150)
> Maybe a few English Premier League teams are as or more famous than the cities themselves

Not more, but independently of the cities. At least when the actual city isn't in the team's name: I had heard if Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham long before I realised they're all from London. (Likewise, [Västra] Frölunda being from Göteborg.) And I'm still not quite sure about Crystal Palace and the Queen's Park Rangers... (Only recently I pieced together that Crystal Palace are probably named for the famous wrought-iron-and-glass building at the ~1850s World Exhibition, but I can't recall where that was. Probably also London?)

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by PoignardAzur on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:10AM (#30720684)
> had heard if Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham long before I realised they're all from London.

Wait, they are?

Googles Oh, they're from the London area. I didn't know that. Man, London is huge.

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