We have top-tier men’s franchises (and one second division franchise) in five of America’s most popular sports.
The Arizona Cardinals, our National Football League franchise, moved from St. Louis to Phoenix in 1988. The Arizona Diamondbacks have been in the valley since it’s inclusion into Major League Baseball in 1998 as an expansion franchise. The Arizona Coyotes, of the NHL, have been here since 1996, when they moved from Winnipeg. Phoenix Rising, seeking an expansion bid into Major League Soccer, has had it’s own spot in the professional sports scene in Arizona since 2014.
Finally, the Phoenix Suns have been a Phoenix mainstay since 1968.