Suburban City Investment in Professional Sports

a trip &dquo;downtown&dquo; to the stadium. Prior to 1960, none of the 28 teams in the baseball major leagues (major leagues) or the National Football League (NFL) played their regular season home games outside of a central city. Increasingly this has changed; some fans now travel away from the central city to see a sports event. In 1977, 10 teams, or 19%, of the 53 professional baseball and football teams played their regular season home games in suburban cities. Included in this group are 8 teams that moved from a central city to a suburban community.