College Football Playoff Selection Day Report: Houston Is 2017’s 15th Best Sports City

Style Magazine Newswire | 11/29/2017, 6:19 a.m.
With the College Football Playoff selection committee to release its final Top 25 ranking on Dec. 3 and the North …

With the College Football Playoff selection committee to release its final Top 25 ranking on Dec. 3 and the North American sports industry expected to pull in nearly $69.4 billion this year – up from $67.2 billion in 2016 – the personal-finance website WalletHub took an in-depth look at 2017’s Best Sports Cities.

To determine the cities where the game is always on regardless of season, WalletHub compared over 420 small to large cities across more than 50 key metrics. The data set ranges from performance level of the city’s team(s) to average ticket price per game.

Sports Fandom in Houston (1=Best; 211=Avg.):

13th – Football Rank

18th – Basketball Rank

22nd – Baseball Rank

9th – Soccer Rank

Houston ranks 15th overall and 15th among large sports cities.

For the full report, please visit:

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-sports-cities/15179/