DTGeek
Active Member
Cities off the top of my head that have two or more 17,000+ seat arenas
Detroit - Palace of Auburn Hills, Joe Louis Arena
Chicago - United Center, Allstate Arena
New York City - Madison Square Garden, Barclay's Center, Nassau Veteran's Colliseum (Uniondale), Prudential Center (Newark), Izod Center (East Rutherford)
Columbus - Value City Arena, Nationwide Arena
Los Angeles - Staples Center, Honda Center (Anaheim), L.A. Forum
Miami - American Airlines Arena, BB&T Center (Fort Lauderdale)
Phoenix - Jobing.com Arena, U.S. Airways Center (Glendale)
San Francisco - HP Pavillion (San Jose), Oracle Arena (Oakland)
Minneapolis - Target Center, Xcel Energy Center (Saint Paul)
A few others that I think you could probably add. A lot of these exist because of college sports being big in the US. If Toronto were an American city we'd probably have at least 2 big arenas in the city proper because UofT and York would each have one.
Louisville - KFC Yum! Center, Freedom Hall
Washington - Verizon Center, Comcast Center (College Park)
Las Vegas - Thomas & Mack Center, MGM Grand Garden Arena
Raleigh - RBC Center, Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill)
Salt Lake City - EnergySolutions Arena, Marriott Center (Provo)