America is saturated with professional sports teams. If you don’t live in a city that has one — or a handful — chances are there’s one not too far from home that you can pledge allegiance to. Teams can weave themselves into the fabric of a city’s culture, as with the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys, or bring a new fanbase to life, as with the Vegas Golden Knights or Angel City FC. The demand for American professional sports is insatiable: existing leagues are expanding and new ones are forming, leaving teams’ ownerships to grapple with selecting the perfect locations for new organizations to thrive. After all, building a team from the group up and, more importantly, getting the fans to buy into it is a massive investment. It would be a shame if it didn’t work out.

Plus, on this week’s Fun Friday, in honor of the NHL opening the regul ...