A generation-long stadium and arena construction boom (and the massive debt service that came with it) helped stabilize big league sports, as fewer franchises relocated over the past 10 years than any of the previous six decades.
* Scheduled to open Notes: Venue names are listed as what they were at the time of the team’s final season. The San Francisco 49ers moved 40 miles away to Santa Clara and retained the team’s name despite playing in a different Census-designated market.