Worst Cities To Be a Sports Fan

If you’re a regular at a Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA or NHL game these days, you’ve probably noticed that the price for your entertainment keeps going up.

That’s rough enough when your hard-earned dollars go to support a championship team, or at least a respectable contender. At least you are getting the hoped-for bang for your buck.

But what if you are shelling out all that dough…and the team you’re rooting for stinks?

That, unfortunately, is the case in too many towns, and the folks at Forbes have noticed. That’s why they came up with their list of “America’s Worst Cities To Be a Sports Fan.” Forbes weighed median income against the cost of a trip to the stadium or arena to determine which town’s fans were getting the rawest deal.

Of the terrible 10, here are the bottom seven, in reverse order:

10.  Pittsburgh

  9.  Cleveland

  8.  Tampa

  7.  Charlotte

  6.  Kansas City

  5.  Cincinnati

  4.  New York

To check out the Top 3, and to see a slideshow about all 10, visit Forbes.com.