Outside The Continental United States
Alaska and Hawaii have never had a major league team, mainly due to their distance from the U.S. mainland, and that the states were admitted to the union in 1959, when most of the major sports leagues were emerging leagues. While the chances that Alaska's largest city of Anchorage could attract a major team are virtually zero, due to its relatively small population, unattractive cold climate, and undersized venues, Honolulu has adequate population and large enough venues to host a team. Honolulu used to be home to a WFL franchise, and has been host of the annual NFL Pro Bowl since 1980, except in 2010. Nowadays, most of Hawaii's population tends to support Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay Area teams, and Alaska's population tends to support either Seattle teams or Western Canadian-based teams such as the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers.
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