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Half of Americans say local sports teams are important to their city

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Aug. 20 to 25, 2025, 51% of Americans said their local sports team is at least somewhat important to their city. Including 25% who said very important and 25% who said somewhat important.

About one in five said their local sports team is unimportant to their city (21%), with 13% who said very unimportant and 7% who said somewhat unimportant. Another 29% were neutral.

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Topline scale

51% of Americans say their local sports team is at least somewhat important to their city.

How important is your local sports team to your city?

  • Neutral 28.7%
  • Very important 25.4%
  • Somewhat important 25.3%
  • Very unimportant 13.5%
  • Somewhat unimportant 7.1%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.1%

ASA Omnibus Survey

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-08-20 → 2025-08-25
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.1%
Module
ASA Omnibus Survey

Source

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    Half of Americans say local sports teams are important to their cityreports.verasight.io/reports/asa-omnibus-survey

Citation

ASA Omnibus Survey, fielded August 20-25, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.1%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/asa-omnibus-survey#how-important-is-your-local-sports-team-to-your-city

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.