With Super Bowl LIX just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its 2025 Super Bowl Fun Facts report on the Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans, which includes such facts as your NFL franchise’s estimated value and the average ticket price for an NFL game.
To determine the best places for enjoying America’s favorite sport, WalletHub compared 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. Boston, MA
5. Kansas City, MO
6. New York, NY
7. Los Angeles,
8. San Francisco, CA
9. New Orleans, LA
10. Miami, FL
Worst Cities for Football Fans
1. Louisville, KY
2. Charleston, SC
3. Fort Collins, CO
4. Pine Bluff, AR
5. Waco, TX
6. Bloomington, IN
7. College Station, TX
8. Evanston, IL
9. Dover, DE
10. Easton, MA
Football Cities Stats
The Kansas City Chiefs’ performance level is 2.6 times better than the performance level of the Carolina Panthers.
New Orleans, Louisiana, has the lowest average ticket price for an NFL game, which is 5.9 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 70.8 times higher than in New York, the city with the lowest.
Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the Falcons is known for its low concession prices ($2 hot dogs, $5 beers). WalletHub says they city can keep prices low because the stadium is partially funded by a hotel tax, the stadium has created thousands of jobs and hosted high-profile events such as the Super Bowl and major concerts.
