03 Feb Best Cities for Football Fans

With Super Bowl LX this Sunday,, WalletHub has released its report on 2026’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans. To determine the best places for enjoying America’s favorite sport, WalletHub compared over 250 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from the number of NFL and college football teams to stadium capacity to fan engagement.

Best Cities for Football Fans

1. Pittsburgh, PA
2. Dallas, TX
3. Green Bay, WI
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Boston, MA
6. Los Angeles, CA
7. New York, NY
8. Kansas City, MO
9. Philadelphia, PA
110. New Orleans, LA

Worst Cities for Football Fans

244. DeLand, FL
245. Greeley, CO
246. Edinburg, TX
247. Greensboro, NC
248. College Station, TX
249. Pine Bluff, AR
250. Evanston, IL
251. Lincoln, NE
252. Easton, MA
253. Dover, DE

Best vs. Worst

• The Kansas City Chiefs’ performance level is 2.9 times better than the performance level of the Carolina Panthers.
• Nashville, Tennessee, has the lowest average ticket price for an NFL game, which is six times less expensive than in Detroit, Michigan, the city with the highest.
• Green Bay, Wisconsin, has the highest engagement of fans for an NFL team, which is 68.6 times higher than in New York, the city with the lowest.