Lets dispel the "small market" persona

[CarolinaSamurai]

This is a full breakdown of all the teams currently in the NFL and their populations. We are the 17th overall highest population in all US cities. We are 13th highest population out of all the NFL teams. From 2010 Census

1	New York[6]	New York	8,175,133	Giants   Jets
2	Los Angeles	California	3,792,621	Rams
3	Chicago	Illinois	2,695,598	Bears
4	Houston[7]	Texas	2,100,263	Texans
5	Philadelphia[8]	Pennsylvania	1,526,006	Eagles
6	Phoenix	Arizona	1,445,632	Cardinals
8	San Diego	California	1,307,402	Chargers
9	Dallas	Texas	1,197,816	Cowboys
12	Jacksonville[9]	Florida	821,784	Jaguars
13	San Francisco[10]	California	805,235	49ers
14	Indianapolis[11]	Indiana	820,445	Colts
17	Charlotte	North Carolina	731,424	Panthers
18	Detroit	Michigan	713,777	Lions
20	Seattle	Washington	608,660	Seahawks
21	Denver[12]	Colorado	600,158	Broncos
22	Washington[13]	District of Columbia	601,723	Redskins
24	Boston	Massachusetts	617,594	Patriots
25	Nashville[14]	Tennessee	601,222	Titans
26	Baltimore[15]	Maryland	620,961	Ravens
37	Kansas City	Missouri	459,787	Chiefs
39	Atlanta	Georgia	420,003	Falcons
44	Miami	Florida	399,457	Dolphins
45	Oakland	California	390,724	Raiders
46	Minneapolis	Minnesota	382,578	Vikings
48	Cleveland	Ohio	396,815	Browns
50	New Orleans[17]	Louisiana	343,829	Saints
53	Tampa	Florida	335,709	Buccaneers
62	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	305,704	Steelers
65	Cincinnati	Ohio	296,943	Bengals
76	Buffalo	New York	261,310	Bills
279	Green Bay	Wisconsin	104,057	Packers

 

Granted a lot of teams span beyond their borders and thus the "footprint" of the team reaches farther and greater numbers. But look at our city! It is freaking huge and getting bigger and bigger all the time. With new kids growing up here and seeing the panthers succeed and Cam gettting tons of kids all over the country into the game. I think we have the basis for one of the biggest markets possible and its not even close. 

Look at the fastest growing city list we are number 10. 

Most population growth between 2013 and 2014 
1. New York, NY: +52,700 (total pop. 8.5 million) 
2. Houston, TX : +35,700 (total pop. 2.2 million) 
3. Los Angeles, CA: +30,900 (total pop. 3.9 million) 
4. Austin, TX: +25,600 (total pop. 912,000) 
5. San Antonio, TX: +24,900 (total pop. 1.4 million) 
6. Phoenix, AZ: +24,600 (total pop. 1.5 million) 
7. San Diego, CA: +21,200 (total pop. 1.4 million) 
8. Dallas, TX: +20,300 (total pop. 1.3 million) 
9. Fort Worth, TX: +18,100 (total pop. 812,000) 
10. Charlotte, NC: +16,000 (total pop. 809,000)

So not only are we big already we are getting bigger all the time. We are a rising city and are ready to support a team in a stronger manner than ever before. Bring on the bandwagoneers! We are ready!

[PandaPancake]

Population of Wyoming? 500,000 Size of Wyoming? 97,818 square miles.

Just a fun fact and they're all Broncos and Raiders fans. Also they have 12.9 deaths per 100,000 oil workers. Sleep well.

[w280sax]

Charlotte bigger than atlanta?  That doesnt seem right...are they just counting in city limits...i know atlanta sprawls big time.

[Razeyfingers]

bigger market than Denver anyways and have been for some time now.

[CarolinaSamurai]

2 minutes ago, w280sax said:

Charlotte bigger than atlanta?  That doesnt seem right...are they just counting in city limits...i know atlanta sprawls big time.

they dont count the "Atlanta Metro Area" neither does the charlotte census count our outlying areas either. Including but not limited to Huntersville, Balintyne, Pineville, Matthews, and so on. 

[PandaPancake]

Just now, CarolinaSamurai said:

they dont count the "Atlanta Metro Area" neither does the charlotte census count our outlying areas either. Including but not limited to Huntersville, Balintyne, Pineville, Matthews, and so on. 

Don't forget Mooresville. That metropolis of something

[nationsford]

6 minutes ago, w280sax said:

Charlotte bigger than atlanta?  That doesnt seem right...are they just counting in city limits...i know atlanta sprawls big time.

Yea the city of Charlotte is bigger then the city of Atlanta... Metro is a diffrent story.... And the skyline is way bigger but charlottes I'd expanding fast real fast

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Look into MSA (metropolitan statistical areas) if you want a more accurate reading. Looking into just the population of cities themselves is dumb. For example, Jacksonville is the highest city by area in the continental US, which in turn makes its city-proper population quite high. However, Jacksonville is still one of the NFL's smallest markets because it's metropolitan area is barely larger than its city-proper.

 

TL;DR: This is absolutely pointless lol. Look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas if you want to do this at all, but still, a team's reach is more than just its direct market (aka the city it's based in).

[AntiBuc]

As mentioned above, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) is more applicable than the population within the city limits.  With that, the Charlotte MSA is 34th in the 2010 census.  Rank within NFL markets is 27th.  Only smaller NFL MSAs are Nashville, Jacksonville, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Green Bay.   

[CarolinaSamurai]

5 minutes ago, AntiBuc said:

As mentioned above, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) is more applicable than the population within the city limits.  With that, the Charlotte MSA is 34th in the 2010 census.  Rank within NFL markets is 27th.  Only smaller NFL MSAs are Nashville, Jacksonville, Buffalo, New Orleans, and Green Bay.   

MSA is 22nd overall....so yeah 

[KillaCamNewton]

Market size doesnt mean anything, its about who has the most marketable players. We arguably have the most marketable player in the league now. Same goes for the NBA, Curry and Lebron have made teams from Cleveland and Oakland the most popular teams with the most exposure. If we win the Super Bowl and Cam gets the inevitable MVP award he's receiving, I guarantee we probably get at least 5 primetime games next year

[AntiBuc]

11 minutes ago, King said:

Except it's not the Charlotte Panthers

Of course not...But just like I drive from Winston-Salem to Charlotte for the games, out in Dallas or Houston, I'm sure there are bunches of folks that drive from Austin, Round Rock...probably San Antonio to one of the larger markets.  Gotta draw the "market" line somewhere.  Clear as mud when you start drawing it up based on the population within the areas people drive from.

[csx]

Several teams have a reach way way way outside of their market though.

[fitty76]

This city need to stop acting like a small market.  Stop getting upset when talking head on ESPN say bad things about the Panthers.