page_title: Syracuse, New York
section_title: Current teams
hierarchical_section_title: Syracuse, New York / Sports / Current teams
caption_attribution_description: photo of Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse, NY, taken by me on May 19, 2004
context_page_description: Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and Yonkers.
  At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,252, and its metropolitan area had a population of 662,577. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse, a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily.
  The city has functioned as a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then of the railway network. Today, Syracuse is at the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90. Its airport is the largest in the region.
context_section_description: Professional teams in Syracuse include:
  Syracuse Mets (International League affiliate of the New York Mets) Stadium: NBT Bank Stadium
  Syracuse Crunch (American Hockey League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning) Arena: War Memorial at Oncenter
  College teams in Syracuse include:
  Syracuse University Orange (NCAA Division I-A), stadium: Carrier Dome
  Le Moyne College Dolphins (NCAA Division II)
  Onondaga Community College Lazers (NJCAA)
  SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry Mighty Oaks (USCAA)
  Syracuse University sports are by far the most attended sporting events in the Syracuse area. Basketball games often draw over 30,000 fans, and football games over 40,000. The university has bred dozens of famous professional players since starting an athletics program in the late nineteenth century, including all-time greats Jim Brown, Larry Csonka and Dave Bing. Both teams play in the Carrier Dome.
  It was suddenly announced in June 2018 that the Syracuse Silver Knights would move to Utica, NY. They will be playing as Utica City FC in the Adirondack Bank Center.
caption: NBT Bank Stadium is home to the Syracuse Mets baseball team.
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