The ongoing NBA playoffs started on April 15th, with many basketball enthusiasts eagerly following the games. A recent report by the personal finance website WalletHub has identified cities that are both ideal and not-so-great for basketball lovers.
To determine the top cities for basketball enthusiasts, they conducted a comparison of over 290 of the largest cities, utilizing 21 key metrics. These metrics included the performance of both NBA and NCAA Division 1 basketball teams, as well as factors such as ticket prices and stadium accessibility.
Miami ranks number 6.
Miami has an overall rank of 6 with a total score of 46.17. Interestingly, the NBA team in Miami has the most engaged fans on social media, with a score of 43.96, which is significantly higher than the city with the lowest score, New York, at 1.47. Meanwhile, Orlando fell a bit lower in the ranking and was placed at number 21 with a total score of 34.02.
Other Florida cities ranked.
Several cities in Florida have been ranked, including Boca Raton (at number 230), Daytona Beach (at number 294), DeLand (at number 190), Fort Myers (at number 238), Gainesville (at number 165), Jacksonville (at number 168), Tallahassee (at number 108), and Tampa (at number 265).
Highlights from the study.
The average ticket price for NBA games in Charlotte, North Carolina is only $32.82, the lowest in the league. In contrast, San Francisco has the highest ticket price at $139.49, which is 4.3 times more costly.
Among NBA teams, the Milwaukee Bucks have the highest performance level at 67.60%, which is 2.4 times higher than that of the Detroit Pistons – the team with the lowest performance level at 28.71%.
According to the study, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have the most impressive performance level out of all the college basketball teams with a percentage of 92.77, which is 10.9 times greater than the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils with the lowest percentage of 8.49.
View the full report and see how other cities ranked here.