<P> Montreal, the second-most populous Canadian city, had the Montreal Expos MLB team, which moved to Washington, D.C. It still hosts the NHL's Canadiens and the CFL's Alouettes . Montreal also once had an NFL farm team, the WLAF Montreal Machine, before the WLAF became exclusively European . Additionally, Montreal is home to Canada's third MLS team, the Montreal Impact since 2012 . </P> <P> Vancouver, the third-most populous Canadian metropolitan area, had the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team, which moved to Memphis . It still hosts the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, CFL's BC Lions and MLS's Vancouver Whitecaps FC . </P> <P> Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Atlanta formerly hosted teams in all four major sports leagues . </P> <Ul> <Li> St. Louis was briefly a four - sport city (MLB's Cardinals, NFL's Cardinals, NBA's Hawks, and NHL's Blues) from 1967, when the NHL expanded, until 1968, when the Hawks left for Atlanta . </Li> <Li> Kansas City had all four sports (MLB's Royals, NFL's Chiefs, NBA's Kings, and NHL's Scouts) from 1974 to 1976 . After two unsuccessful years in Kansas City, the Scouts moved to Denver (and later to New Jersey). The Kings moved to Sacramento in 1985 . </Li> <Li> Cleveland briefly held four - sport status (MLB's Indians, NFL's Browns, NBA's Cavaliers, and NHL's Barons) when the Oakland Seals moved there in 1976 as the Cleveland Barons, only to lose it when the Barons merged with the Minnesota North Stars (currently the Dallas Stars) in 1978 . The original Browns moved to Baltimore to become the Ravens in 1996; however, Cleveland regained NFL football in 1999 . </Li> <Li> Atlanta featured teams from all four sports from 1972 to 1980, as the home of the NHL's Flames (the team moved to Calgary) and from 1999 to 2011, as home of the Thrashers (who moved to Winnipeg). </Li> </Ul>

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