The Big Four Stadiums With the Most In-Demand Neighborhoods
Whether it’s tailgating, enjoying a post-game drink or just soaking in the atmosphere, a stadium’s surrounding areas can be a key factor for sports fans when measuring the gameday experience.
But which “Big Four” stadiums have the hottest, most in-demand neighborhoods?
Well, to find out, the team here at RotoGrinders analyzed market hotness, demand and the time taken to sell a property for each ZIP code with a “big four” league stadium and arena. This methodology let us come up with final totals and rank the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL stadiums with the most in-demand neighborhoods!
MetLife Stadium
The New York Giants and New York Jets’ MetLife Stadium is home to the hottest neighborhood in sports.
Using data released by Realtor.com, our data found that the neighborhood surrounding MetLife in East Rutherford, New Jersey, has the highest market hotness score at 98.98.
This, combined with the fact that the area also had the second-best scores for demand (98.41) and median days on the market (22), meant the stadium’s neighborhood had a whopping total score of 99.53 out of 100.
Gillette Stadium
Closely following MetLife Stadium was Gillette Stadium, home to the six-time Super Bowl champion, New England Patriots.
Like MetLife, Gillette had a total score over 99 in our index. This impressive score results from the stadium’s ZIP code having the highest demand score in our study (99.56) while also boasting the second-highest market hotness score (98.54).
Nearby properties in Foxborough, Massachusetts, were on the market for an average of 23.75 days, and this was only bettered by four stadiums in our study.
Highmark Stadium
Rounding off the top three was the Buffalo Bills’ Highmark Stadium in New York. Top three scores in market hotness (94.34) and demand (97.99) helped the stadium’s neighborhood achieve an impressive total score of 96.61.
Top 20 Stadiums With the Most In-Demand Neighborhoods
The top 20 big four stadiums with the most in-demand neighborhoods can be seen below:
| Rank | League | Team | Stadium | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFL | New York Giants/New York Jets | MetLife Stadium | 99.53 |
| 2 | NFL | New England Patriots | Gillette Stadium | 99.17 |
| 3 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | Highmark Stadium | 96.61 |
| 4 | MLB | Milwaukee Brewers | American Family Field | 93.92 |
| 5 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | 88.00 |
| 6 | MLB | Los Angeles Angels | Angel Stadium | 79.42 |
| 7 | MLB | Athletics | Sutter Health Park | 75.96 |
| 8 | NHL | Minnesota Wild | Xcel Energy Center | 75.61 |
| 9 | MLB/NFL | Cincinnati Reds/Cincinnati Bengals | Great American Ball Park/Paycor Stadium | 72.28 |
| 10 | MLB | Chicago Cubs | Wrigley Field | 70.67 |
| 11 | NHL | New York Islanders | UBS Arena | 66.25 |
| 12 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | Huntington Bank Field | 64.35 |
| 13 | NHL | Anaheim Ducks | Honda Center | 59.47 |
| 14 | NHL | Carolina Hurricanes | Lenovo Center | 58.20 |
| 15 | NBA/NHL | Chicago Bulls/Chicago Blackhawks | United Center | 57.98 |
| 16 | NBA/NFL | Charlotte Hornets/Carolina Panthers | Spectrum Center/Bank of America Stadium | 57.53 |
| 17 | NHL | New Jersey Devils | Prudential Center | 56.88 |
| 18 | NBA | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | 56.61 |
| 19 | NBA/NHL/MLB | Detroit Pistons/Detroit Red Wings/Detroit Tigers | Little Caesars Arena/Comerica Park | 55.92 |
| 20 | NBA/NHL | Boston Celtics/Boston Bruins | TD Garden | 55.90 |
Stadiums With Not-So-Hot Neighborhoods
When looking at the other end of the rankings, the New Orleans Pelicans’ Smoothie King Center was ranked as the stadium with the least in-demand neighborhood. The Louisiana neighborhood surrounding the arena had the highest number of median days on the market at 120.25 and had a bottom-three hotness score of just 4. These factors combined led to a measly total score of 2.69.
Finishing just ahead of the Smoothie King Center with a score of 5.11 was the New York Yankees’ Yankee Stadium.
The ballpark, located in the Bronx, has the second least in-demand neighborhood with a hotness rating of 1.85. No location in this study had a lower score in this metric.
To make matters worse, the stadium’s location ranked second worst in demand score and median days on the market, scoring 0.41 and 105.5 in these metrics, respectively.
Despite Smoothie King Center Yankee Stadium’s low rankings, visitors can still find them to be good places to see the outcome of their picks when using the best DFS sites.
Methodology
We compiled the ZIP codes of each American big four sports team’s stadiums and analyzed these ZIP codes using data from Realtor.com.
The specific metrics from Realtor.com we looked at for each ZIP code were:
- Hotness Score* – the higher the better
- Demand Score** – the higher the better
- Median Days on Market *** – the lower the better
Each team was then given a normalized score out of 100 based on how well they performed in the metrics above.
Teams were put together if they share a home arena and/or their teams share the same ZIP code.
Data correct as of June 2025
*The Hotness score is an equally weighted composite metric of a geography’s supply score and demand score.
**The demand score is an index representing a ZIP code, county or metro’s unique listing page viewers per property ranking compared to other ZIP codes, counties, or metros.
***The median number of days property listings spend on the market within the specified geography during the specified month. Time spent on the market is defined as the time between the initial listing of a property and either its closing date or the date it is taken off the market.