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Do You Know the Top Two Outdoor Sports in America?
June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I was reading an article the other day talking about television networks and their advertising revenues when I came across this interesting fact. The 2 most popular outdoor sports are not football, baseball, or soccer, and obviously it’s not basketball, either since those events are held mainly indoors.
They keep statistics on how many people go to these events and how many people are directly involved and then they plug it into some formula to rank popularity. Remember we are talking about sports that are strictly outdoors.
Birdwatching is one of the 2 most popular outdoor activities or sports. No Joke. Birdwatching or birding. Birdwatching as a sport is a little like bass fishing tournaments, humans and nature, not teams against teams. Birding is similar to fishing as a sport because there are bird spotting and bird identification competitions.
I was amazed to learn how many people are birding these days and it is a low-cost hobby or sport to participate in. Oh, the expenses? Many birders invest in a quality pair of birding binoculars and a good birding guide to get the most out of their birdwatching trips. So if you are going to do serious fishing, you will spend about the same amount.
No kidding. I could not believe the second most popular sport is NASCAR racing. But looking at the stats I can see how they got to that conclusion. What makes this such an incredibly popular sport is that there are hundreds of thousands of fans attending the NASCAR events, and there are a lot of them being held all around the country. I was astounded by this discovery.
It would take 5 or 6 sold out games at Fenway Park to equal the attendance of one popular NASCAR event. What makes this so popular? There are lots of NASCAR events all over the country and thousands of fans go to NASCAR events. They did the stats. That is how they came up with birdwatching and NASCAR as the top two outdoor sports
How about you? Did you guess correctly? Did you know the two most popular outdoor sports in America are birdwatching and NASCAR racing?
NASCAR racing is one of Daniel’s interests so you can see some interesting articles and pick up schedules and news at his site. You just might be surprised to discover other interesting facts there too. Like Birdwatching?
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