Syracuse, New York is a top-division minor-league city in every major sport that has such a system. Its teams include the Syracuse SkyChiefs of AAA Baseball, the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL, and the Syracuse Salty Dogs of soccer's A-League. Syracuse has had top-level pro teams in the past, but these have failed. Most notable are the Syracuse Nationals, a NBA team which played seventeen seasons in Syracuse (1947-1963) before moving to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Syracuse Stars which became a Major League Baseball team in 1879 but didn't finish their first season. Currently there is one top-league professional team in Syracuse, the Syracuse Sting of the Women's Professional Football League.
The most attended sporting events in Syracuse are those of the Division ISyracuse University Orange. Its Carrier Dome can hold over 33,000 and 50,000 people, for basketball and football respectively, making it the largest domed stadium in the Northeastern United States and the largest on a college campus. Especially the Orange's basketball games have been making use of the Dome's capacity over the past few years. The third most attended college sporting events are lacrosse games. The Syracuse University Orange often draw over 6,000 fans, while the Division IILe Moyne College Dolphins are very popular as well. In 2004 both teams won their respective divisions' national championship.
Syracuse is also a relatively large convention city, with a downtown convention complex and the Empire Expo Center directly west of the city, which hosts the annual Great New York State Fair.
Syracuse was named after the original Syracuse, a city on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, which shares some similarities with this one, including a formerly-important salt industry and a neighboring town of Salina.
Syracuse University was chartered in 1870 as a Methodist-Episcopal institution; it has grown from a few classrooms located in downtown Syracuse into a major research institution.
The most attended sporting events in Syracuse are those of the Division I Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States.
The Syracuse University Orange often draw over 6,000 fans, while the Division IILe Moyne CollegeLe Moyne College is a private, co-education Roman Catholic college in the United States.
Syracuse SkyChiefs Syracuse SkyChiefs are a minor league baseball team based in Syracuse, New York, once known as simply the Syracuse Chiefs.
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