New Orleans is smallest NBA market; not OKC!

[Laramie]

Your market is composed of: Population & Media TV Households:

Population:

Oklahoma City #44 ranks ahead of Salt Lake City #48 and New Orleans #51.

Source: Table of U - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... ical_Areas



TV Media Households:


Oklahoma City #45 ranks ahead of Memphis #47 and New Orleans #53.

Source: DMA Rankings - US TV Households by Market


Conclusion: New Orleans is the smallest market in the NBA.

[betts]

Yes, and I believe the reason SLC's television market is ranked higher is because the entire state's population counts, whereas we have Tulsa, Lawton and Ada as separate tv markets. Technically, both NO and SLC are smaller markets.

[redland]

Yes, and I believe the reason SLC's television market is ranked higher is because the entire state's population counts, whereas we have Tulsa, Lawton and Ada as separate tv markets. Technically, both NO and SLC are smaller markets.

Well that is what the definition of "market" is. Yes, people throughout Utah watch SLC television; in Oklahoma a hefty portion of the state watches TV from Tulsa (and Lawton and Ada.) They cut into OKC's market and don't make OKCs market bigger than SLC's. It is what is is.
Incidentally, the NBA aside, it also worthy of note that OKC's market is bigger than than that of three other "major league" cities: Jacksonville, Buffalo, and of course Green Bay

[betts]

Well that is what the definition of "market" is. Yes, people throughout Utah watch SLC television; in Oklahoma a hefty portion of the state watches TV from Tulsa (and Lawton and Ada.) They cut into OKC's market and don't make OKCs market bigger than SLC's. It is what is is.
Incidentally, the NBA aside, it also worthy of note that OKC's market is bigger than than that of three other "major league" cities: Jacksonville, Buffalo, and of course Green Bay

I essentially agree with you. But, when we're talking about an NBA market, boundaries like Tulsa, Lawton and Ada don't really act like they do with local programming. There's every reason to hope people in all four television markets will be able to watch our new team play, which, for that sport, makes us a bigger market than SLC.

[BDP]

I think we should just wait and see if the team can get a TV contract in the Tulsa market. In the end that will be all that matter, because we can claim Tulsa as part of a statewide market, but it doesn't matter if that market is not generating revenue.

[Luke]

If the whole state can be considered a market, hypothetically speaking, where would that rank among the other markets?

[Laramie]

I didn't realize that Salt Lake City counted the whole state. If that's the case, let's look at Oklahoma's numbers:

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Oklahoma City 676,850
Tulsa 519,820
Wichita Fallls-Lawton 152,310
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1,348,980


Just the state markets in Oklahoma's three major areas gives us the same a market area comparable to that of St. Louis.

Sherman, TX-Ada, OK 125,550
Fort Smith, AK 289,080
Wichita, KS 446,520

An excess of 850,000 just on the borders (861,150).

I can understand why Mark Cuban didn't want Oklahoma City in the NBA.

Bennett says that Wichita, KS and Tulsa are requesting a lots of people signing up for season ticket requests.

I would love to see those numbers.

Wichita is 154 miles from Oklahoma City
Wichita is 178 miles from Kansas City, KS/MO


I think the Wichita area is a great basketball area and will support OKC's NBA experience.

[betts]

If the whole state can be considered a market, hypothetically speaking, where would that rank among the other markets?

If you simply combine Oklahoma City and Tulsa, without including the Lawton and Ardmore markets (they both contain Texas televsions so it's difficult to figure those out) we would rank 22nd.