City Selection for American Rugby Union League

City Selection for American Rugby Union League

Traditionally America’s rugby communities are known to be in California, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Texas and on the East Coast. There are communities in the United States that standout from the rest of the nation. Areas of America of wide fan base to rugby that can be targeted for potential location to host an American Rugby League Team.

Rugby Cities:

Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Sacramento, CA
San Francisco CA
San Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Las Vegas, NV
Salt Lake City, UT
Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
San Antonio, TX
Minneapolis, MN
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, MD
Washington D.C.
Miami, FL

Remember this is business. “It’s All About The Benjamins”

Producing an American product to make the most money from the largest market that can sell the best brand to the targeted and new audience. Location selection will be sensitive where to develop an American Rugby League team. Qualification for selection of a hosting city will strongly be based off profitable and large T.V. markets.

Rank	Metropolitan Market Regions / Areas
1	New York
2	Los Angeles
3	Chicago
4	Philadelphia
5	Dallas-Ft. Worth
6	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
7	Boston
8	Atlanta
9	Washington, DC
10	Houston
11	Detroit
12	Phoenix
13	Tampa-St. Petersburg
14	Seattle-Tacoma
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul
16	Miami-Ft.Lauderdale
17	Cleveland-Akron
18	Denver
19	Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
20	Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
21	St. Louis
22	Portland, OR
23	Pittsburgh
24	Charlotte, NC
25	Indianapolis
26	Baltimore
27	Raleigh-Durham
28	San Diego
29	Nashville
30	Hartford-New Haven
31	Kansas City
32	Columbus, OH
33	Salt Lake City
34	Cincinnati
35	Milwaukee
36	Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson
37	San Antonio
38	West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce
39	Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
40	Birmingham
41	Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York
42	Las Vegas
43	Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
44	Albuquerque-Santa Fe
45	Oklahoma City
46	Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem
47	Jacksonville, FL
48	Memphis
49	Austin
50	Louisville
51	Buffalo
52	Providence-New Bedford
53	New Orleans
54	Wilkes Barre-Scranton
55	Fresno-Visalia
56	Little Rock-Pine Bluff
57	Albany-Schenectady-Troy
58	Richmond-Petersburg
59	Knoxville
60	Mobile-Pensacola
61	Tulsa
62	Ft. Myers-Naples
63	Lexington
64	Dayton
65	Charleston-Huntington
66	Flint-Saginaw-Bay City
67	Roanoke-Lynchburg
68	Tucson
69	Wichita-Hutchinson
70	Green Bay-Appleton
71	Des Moines-Ames
72	Honolulu
73	Toledo
74	Springfield, MO
75	Spokane
76	Omaha
77	Portland-Auburn
78	Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg
79	Columbia, SC
80	Rochester, NY
81	Syracuse
82	Huntsville-Decatur
83	Champaign-Springfield-Decatur
84	Shreveport
85	Madison
86	Chattanooga
87	Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen
88	Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque
89	South Bend-Elkhart
90	Jackson, MS
91	Colorado Springs-Pueblo
92	Tri-Cities, TN-NC-VA
93	Burlington-Plattsburgh
94	Waco-Temple-Bryan
95	Baton Rouge
96	Savannah
97	Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
98	El Paso
99	Charleston, SC
100	Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers

Over expansion and cross marketing can be a threat to other markets especially in future growth of the league. For development growth purpose the ARUL cannot have too many market American Rugby Leagues team at the beginning stage. Having 12 teams debuting would be far enough the first stages of paying professional athletes to pay in a rugby league. Expansion markets will open up to amount of teams depending success. Growth and popularity of rugby will spike after 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics. Hype will double the number to expansion markets to total 24 league teams. Like the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL with in a decade the American Rugby Union League will grow to near 30 league teams.

Cities To Avoid Financially Saturated Exhausted Sports Markets
Milwaukee (Worst Saturation)
Cleveland
Denver
Buffalo
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Tampa
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
Winnipeg
Phoenix
Minneapolis
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Detroit
San Francisco
Charlotte
Indianapolis (Saturated)

Available Cities That Can Support An NFL Team (Or An Additional One)
#1 New York, NY
#2 Los Angeles, CA
#3 Chicago, IL
#4 Riverside, CA
#5 Washington D.C.
#6 Houston, TX
#7 Montreal, Canada
#8 Philadelphia, PA
#9 Norwalk, CT
#10 Las Veges, NV
#11 Dallas, TX
#12 Virginia Beach, VA
#13 Providence, RI
#14 Austin, TX
#15 Hartford, CT
#16 San Jose, CA
#17 San Juan, Puerto Rico
#18 Sacramento, CA
#19 Richmond, VA
#20 Atlanta, GA
#21 Louisville, KY
#22 Miami, FL
#23 Birmingham, AL
#24 San Antonio
#25 Boston
#26 Honolulu, HI
#27 Rochester, NY
#28 New Haven, CT
#29 Orlando, FL
#30 Portland, OR
#31 Seattle, WA
#32 Tulsa, OK
#33 Ventura, CA
#34 Albany NY
#35 Omaha, NE
#36 Tucson, AZ
#37 Warcester, MA

Cities and Markets with Recognized Potential for Selection by Conference:

WEST
Los Angeles, CA
Riverside, CA
Las Vegas, NV

San Jose, CA
Sacramento,CA
Portland, OR
Seattle,WA
Ventura, CA
Tucson, AZ
San Deigo*
Albuquerque*
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Denver

SOUTH
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Richmond, VA
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
Birmingham, AL
San Antonio, TX
Orlando, FL
Tulsa, OK
Jacksonville*
Memphis
New Orleans
Tampa

NORTH
Chicago, IL
Louisville, KY
Omaha, NE
Columbus*
Indianapolis
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Milwaukee

EAST
New York, NY
Washington D.C
Philadelphia, PA
Norwalk, CT
Virginia Beach, VA
Providence, RI

Hartford, CT

Boston, MA
Rochester, NY
New Haven, CT
Albany, NY
Warcester, MA
Baltimore*
Charlotte
Pittsburgh
Buffalo

OUTSIDE of US:
Montreal, Canada
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Honolulu, HI
Vancouver*
Toronto*
Ottawa*
Calgary*
Winnepeg

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