Name the 2 Most Popular Outdoor Sports

21.06.2009 | Author: Daniel McGonagle | Posted in Rycling, sports
by Daniel McGonagle

I was reading an article the other day talking about television networks and their advertising revenues when I came across this interesting fact. The article was giving data about the two most popular outdoor sports in the USA.

Some sports enthusiasts keep statistics on how many people go to all kinds of events. Of course they do, they need to know where to put their advertising dollars. How many people are directly involved is one measure of popularity. This is only regarding sports that are entirely 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.

However, what makes this such an incredibly popular event 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. It would take 5 or 6 sold out games at Fenway Park to equal the attendance of one popular NASCAR event. That is how they came up with birdwatching and NASCAR as the top two outdoor sports

It was a little reassuring that when I told other people about what I read in the paper, they were surprised to learn 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?

About the Author:
NASCAR racing is exciting and popular. Daniel McGonagle’s site captures the information and has schedules for you. Daniel never imagined birdwatching would be as popular as NASCAR racing.

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