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Cities which hosted a now-defunct NFL team from the league's early years and what markets they are part of now


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Akron, Ohio - now part of the Cleveland Browns market
Canton, Ohio - now part of the Cleveland Browns market
Columbus, Ohio - now part of the territory for both the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns
Dayton, Ohio - now part of the territory for the Cincinnati Bengals
Duluth, Minnesota - together with Superior, Wisconsin, the cities are a battleground territory for the rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings
Evansville, Indiana - now part of the territory for the Indianapolis Colts
Hammond, Indiana - now part of the territory for the Indianapolis Colts
Hartford, Connecticut - now part of the territory for the New England Patriots, who almost relocated here
Kenosha, Wisconsin and Racine, Wisconsin - together, now a battleground territory for the rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, stemming from the fact that both cities are close, but Racine is officially part of the Milwaukee metro area, and Kenosha is is part of the Chicago metro area but also part of the Milwaukee TV market
LaRue, Ohio - now part of the territory for both the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns
Louisville, Kentucky - now part of the territory for the Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans; however, NFL interest in recent times has gravitated towards the Baltimore Ravens, led by former Louisville Cardinals quarterback Lamar Jackson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - not only part of the Green Bay Packers territory, the Packers once played home games here and have official media partners in the city
Muncie, Indiana - now part of the territory for the Indianapolis Colts
Orange, New Jersey - now part of the New York Giants/Jets market
Pottsville, Pennsylvania - now part of the territory for the Philadelphia Eagles
Providence, Rhode Island - now part of the territory for the New England Patriots
Rochester, New York - now part of the territory of the Buffalo Bills
Rock Island, Illinois - part of the Quad Cities, which has a mix of Bears, Packers and Vikings fans
St. Louis, Missouri - hosted NFL as late as 2015, now a mix of Bears and Kansas City Chiefs fans
Toledo, Ohio - now part of the territory for both the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions
Tonawanda, New York - now part of the Buffalo Bills market

 

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I remember when Milwaukee was a relocation option in Madden. 
 

The Packers have a split ticket package for Milwaukee fans who owned tickets when the Packers played at County Stadium. 
Green Ticket Package - Green Bay ticket package / 6 home games/year + 1 preseason home game 

Gold Ticket Package - Milwaukee ticket package / 2 home games/year + 1 preseason home game 

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As anyone who has been to Orange, NJ can attest to, the thought of having an NFL team in Orange is very funny.

The Orange Tornados name does live on, in a way. I think it is East Orange high school that has a huge tornado painted on its football field's scoreboard.

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14 hours ago, pf9 said:

Kenosha, Wisconsin and Racine, Wisconsin - together, now a battleground territory for the rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, stemming from the fact that both cities are close, but Racine is officially part of the Milwaukee metro area, and Kenosha is is part of the Chicago metro area but also part of the Milwaukee TV market

No its not
Kenosha is 1000%  WI and their only connection to Chicago is crapping on them, frequently. Whoever told you that Kenosha is part of Chicago metro is somebody you should ignore

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"

Kenosha County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its population in 2019 was estimated to be 169,561, making it the eighth most populous county in Wisconsin.[1] The county is named after the county seat, Kenosha,[2] the fourth largest city in Wisconsin.[1]

Kenosha County is part of the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is on the west shore of Lake Michigan. The county has traditionally attracted newcomers from suburban Chicago, and in March 2008 the demographers of the Wisconsin Department of Administration reported that Kenosha County's improvements in roads, business's need for personnel, and quality-of-life factors had contributed to a decades-long influx of Illinois transplants, along with the direct rail link to Chicago via Metra's Union Pacific / North Line."

I lifted this from Wikipedia.

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16 minutes ago, pf9 said:

I lifted this from Wikipedia.

That wiki has nothing to do with football or football allegiances
Kenosha is in the state of WI, filled with Chicago-loathing Packer fans and its closer to Milwaukee than it is to Chicago

If this was a "Metro Statistical Area message board" , you might have a case - but this board and your post were about football teams - and from that point of view Kenosha is in WI and Packer country. Carry on

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