What county is each team's home?

[cleveland408]

The California Seals used to play in Alemeda County.

 

[Shakey Rustie]

British Columbia has Districts, which could serve for this thread. Manitoba also has Districts, doesn't it?

Manitoba has Municipalities, and they are broken down into three areas: Urban, Rural, and Local Government (for Aboriginals who have self-governance).

So the Jets play in the Municipality/City of Winnipeg.

 

[Inkling]

Ottawa is in what was traditionally the county of Carleton.

Yes, but that hasn't existed since 2001. The Sens play in the City of Ottawa...that's all.

Right now the Bell Centre is located Downtown, but before, the Montreal Forum was really close to Verdun (if not IN Verdun), which is a city-within-a-city, in south west Montreal.

The Forum definitely wasn't in Verdun. It is/was downtown too. Closer to Westmount than to Verdun.

 

[Gordie07]

Yes, but that hasn't existed since 2001. The Sens play in the City of Ottawa...that's all.

Hence "what was traditionally", genius.

 

[Crede777]

Ah I see, thanks. Sort of like a municipality I suppose?

We have municipalities too (smaller than counties).

Breakdown is something like this: Country (federal) > State > County > City/Town/Municipality. Neighborhoods or boroughs tend to be informal and smaller.

Columbus is in Franklin county.

 

[Hot Water Bottle]

I'm not sure about all teams but that would not apply to either the California teams, the Blackhawks, or the Blues. I don't think that Anaheim fans (Orange County, CA) like LA fans (Los Angeles County). I know that Sharks fans don't. Sharks fans tend to come from all over the Bay Area (San Francisco city, San Mateo County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Sonoma County, Napa County, Solano County as well as Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, and probably Monterey County) and even into Sacramento (Sacramento County, probably San Joaquin County, possibly Stanislaus and Yolo Counties). I'd guess that San Diego and surrounding areas root for the Ducks but I'm not sure about that. But Orange County is close enough to LA that I'd guess there are Kings fans in OC and Ducks fans in LA county. I'm not sure which team residents of Riverside or San Bernadino Counties root for (in general) but I'd guess there are a lot of hockey fans there.

Southern Illinois, especially the area closest to St. Louis, would be more likely to root for the Blues than the Hawks. I'd guess that there are some Blues' fans throughout the state of Missouri but there don't seem to be that many outside of the larger St. Louis metro area (e.g., not many in SE MO, NE MO, Kansas City unless they are St. Louis transplants). I'd guess that Florida is divided and probably several other areas as well.

I bet that something similar went on with the Hartford Whalers - like Berkshire and Hampden Counties, MA being Whalers country and the rest of MA following the Bruins.

 

[rh71]

is it offseason already?

 

[Hot Water Bottle]

We have municipalities too (smaller than counties).

Breakdown is something like this: Country (federal) > State > County > City/Town/Municipality. Neighborhoods or boroughs tend to be informal and smaller.

Agreed and there also is a lot of regional variation in the nature of county governments. They are powerful in some places and others have weak county systems with very few duties.

 

[mattef]

What seems closest to counties in Quebec are Administrative Regions. But they don't really have the same political role as American counties. In fact, I'm not sure they really have any role beside geographical division. Someone might know more.

That being said, Montreal would be part of the Montreal Region, which includes everything on the island.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Only five provinces (all east of Manitoba) use counties as regional subdivisions, so the Western Canadian teams are all N/A.

wha? I can name 5 counties in Alberta off the top of my head right now

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

oh, Chicago is in Cook County I know that.

 

[mattef]

Right now the Bell Centre is located Downtown, but before, the Montreal Forum was really close to Verdun (if not IN Verdun), which is a city-within-a-city, in south west Montreal.

The Forum definitely wasn't in Verdun. It is/was downtown too. Closer to Westmount than to Verdun.

The Forum was on the western end of the Ville-Marie Borough, right before Westmount, Atwater Street being the limit. If we want to be even more precise, it was in the Shaughnessy Village Neighborhood, in the Ville-Marie Borough. Not at all in Verdun.

Montreal Forum
Quebec (province) > Montreal Region (Administrative Region) > Montreal (City) > Ville-Marie (Borough) > Shaughnessy Village (Neighborhood)

Bell Centre
Quebec (province) > Montreal Region (Administrative Region) > Montreal (City) > Ville-Marie (Borough) > Downtown (Neighborhood)

 

[Drake744]

The Predators play in Davidson County.

More fascinating to me is the complete disconnect between Americans and Canadians on what a county is. I've never even thought twice about the fact that this isn't a common thing outside of the US.

 

[ThatQuietGuy93]

There really isn't county in in the Great White North

 

[Chloraflora]

I know all about counties as an Englishman, back home they take on the same significance as states in terms of local pride.

Regards from Bennington County (Bruins territory).

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

TBL play in Hillsborough County

 

[AZviaNJ]

The Coyotes play in Glendale, which is in East Los Angeles County, er: western Maricopa County (same county as Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa and the East Valley). Approx 3.8m residents.

 

[saskriders]

Counties seems to be one of those differences. We have them here, although in some provinces they have a different name. However there has never been as much attention to counties as there seems to be in the US

 

[Drake744]

Counties seems to be one of those differences. We have them here, although in some provinces they have a different name. However there has never been as much attention to counties as there seems to be in the US

So interesting. So many things are affected "by county" in the US. School systems, courts, jail systems, certain laws, rules/regulations, etc can all vary from county-to-county.

Many Northern/Western US residents will probably laugh at Tennessee for this, but one day this summer I was playing golf in "Sumner" County near Nashville. Before the round I tried to go buy beer at like...11:30 on a Sunday morning. I couldn't because in that county they don't sell alcohol before noon on Sundays. The guy at the gas station said it happens all the time and directed me about 200 feet across the street which was technically in Davidson County (Nashville) where they sell at 10am. On that side of the road I was good to go haha

 

[Voight]

Leafs its pretty much the Golden Horseshoe (Southern Ontario). There are some Sabres, Bruins and Wings fans here along with various other teams but they are the most popular team across the whole region, expect the parts close to the US Borders at Detroit and US Niagara Falls.

 

[Daximus]

British Columbia uses Regions. So I suppose the Canucks would play in the Metro Vancouver Region.

 

[sh724]

Well shows how much this st. charles county hoosier knows

Yea stl has an unusual set up. One of the very few cities in the US that is not part of a county. But if you look at it its pretty easy to differentiate the two. Stl county has the vast majority of the population and way more money. With the exception of north stl the County and city are very much different places.

 

[THall4]

According to Wiki, both Alberta and BC have either counties or regional districts which have the same function...

We do in Alberta but it is for rural areas.

Yup, Wiki is wrong...or mis-interpreted.

We have Leduc County
Strathcona County
Sturgeon County
Parkland County

Did i miss any?

 

[Leafidelity]

There really isn't county in in the Great White North

There absolutely is. I grew up in Norfolk County in Ontario.

 

[Ser Grogu]

Coyotes plays in Glendale, AZ, which is part of Maricopa County

The Arizona Coyotes of Phoenix/Glendale, Maricopa County.