Basketball Crowd

Get in the game, and feel what it's like to be in the bleachers at your favorite stadium. Basketball, netball, dodgeball, volleyball, and lacrosse are the only ball games which have been identified as being invented solely by North Americans. Hundreds of men's professional basketball teams sprouted up throughout the 1920s in towns and cities all over the United States. Basketball teams make up approximately 13 percent of franchised sports in the U.S, and an average of 17,558 spectators regularly attend basketball games. The combined revenue from the 30 NBA teams is approximately $3.37 billion and rising. Game on!