| Sports |
| Enthusiastic and knowledgable fans give the city a reputation
as "a good sports town" or even "Baseball City
USA." In 2000 - 2001, The Sporting News rated St. Louis
the nation's "Best Sports City." Although the city
has or had professional football, hockey, basketball teams,
it is baseball that is arguably the epicenter of the city's
sporting life. The St. Louis Cardinals, one of the oldest franchises
in Major League Baseball, have accumulated nine World Series
titles since 1892, second only to the New York Yankees. (The
2005 baseball season will be the last played at historic Busch
Stadium; a new Busch Stadium is to be built, with views of the
Saint Louis skyline and the Gateway Arch.) |
| Club |
Sport |
League |
Stadium |
Logo |
| St. Louis
Cardinals |
Baseball |
Major League
Baseball: NL |
Busch Stadium |
| St. Louis Rams |
Football |
National
Football League: NFC |
Edward Jones
Dome |
| St. Louis Blues |
Hockey |
National Hockey
League |
Savvis Center |
| St. Louis
Steamers |
Soccer |
Major
Indoor Soccer League |
Savvis Center |
| River City Rage |
Arena Football |
National
Indoor Football League |
Family
Arena |
|
Edward Jones Dome, Saint-Louis
|
|
| On April 4, 2005, North Carolina won the NCAA Men's Division
I Basketball Championship Final Four at Edward Jones Dome. |
| The Savvis Center will host the 2007 Frozen Four college ice
hockey tournament on April 5 and April 7, 2007. |
| In April 2009 Edward Jones Dome will host the NCAA Women's
Division I Basketball Championship Final Four. |
| Gateway International Speedway host NASCAR event in nearby
Madison, Illinois. |
| The Savvis Center hosts the annual "Braggin' Rights"
game, a men's college basketball rivalry game between Illinois
and Missouri. St. Louis is roughly equidistant from the two
campuses. |
| Other Sports teams |
| Gateway Grizzlies- Minor League Baseball team and member of
the Frontier League which, plays at GMC Stadium in Sauget, Illinois |
| River City Rascals - Minor League Baseball team and member
of the Frontier League, which plays at T.R. Hughes Stadium in
O'Fallon, Missouri |
| Missouri River Otters- Member of the United Hockey League,
which plays at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri |
