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The culture of New York City is reflected in its size and ethnic diversity. Many American cultural movements first emerged in the city. The Harlem Renaissance established the African-American renaissance in the United States. Large numbers of Italian Americans and Jews emigrated to New York throughout the twentieth century, significantly influencing the culture and image of New York City. American modern dance developed in New York in the early 20th century. The city was the top venue for jazz in the 1940s, expressionism in the 1950s and home to hip hop, punk rock, and the Beat Generation. The City of New York is an important center for music, film, theater, dance and visual art. Artists have been drawn into the city by opportunity, as the city government funds the arts with a larger annual budget than the National Endowment for the Arts, and New York is a major center of the global art market which grew up along with national and international media centers. ==Sports== (詳細はheadquarters of the National Football League,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Football League Company Information )〕 Major League Baseball,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Major League Baseball Company Information )〕 the National Basketball Association,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Basketball Association, Inc. Company Information )〕 the National Hockey League,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Hockey League Company Information )〕 and Major League Soccer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Major League Soccer, L.L.C. Company Information )〕 The New York metropolitan area hosts the most sports teams in these five professional leagues. Five of the ten most expensive stadiums ever built worldwide (MetLife Stadium, the new Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Citi Field, and Barclay's Center) are located in the New York metropolitan area. New York has been described as the "Capital of Baseball". There have been 35 Major League Baseball World Series and 73 pennants won by New York teams. It is one of only five metro areas (Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore–Washington, and the San Francisco Bay Area being the others) to have two baseball teams. Additionally, there have been 14 World Series in which two New York City teams played each other, known as a Subway Series and occurring most recently in . No other metropolitan area has had this happen more than once (Chicago in , St. Louis in , and the San Francisco Bay Area in ). The city's two current Major League Baseball teams are the New York Mets and the New York Yankees,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp )〕 who compete in six games of interleague play every regular season that has also come to be called the Subway Series. The Yankees have won a record 27 championships,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thefreeresource.com/new-york-yankees-facts-history-stats-and-resources )〕 while the Mets have won the World Series twice. The city also was once home to the Brooklyn Dodgers (now the Los Angeles Dodgers), who won the World Series once,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline01.jsp )〕 and the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants), who won the World Series five times. Both teams moved to California in 1958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dodgers-giants.com/ )〕 There are also two Minor League Baseball teams in the city, the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees. The city is represented in the National Football League by the New York Giants and the New York Jets, although both teams play their home games at MetLife Stadium in nearby East Rutherford, New Jersey, which hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014. The New York Rangers represent the city in the National Hockey League. The New York Islanders, who currently play in Nassau County on Long Island,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://espn.go.com/travel/stadium/_/s/nhl/id/12 )〕 will become the second team in the city after their move to Brooklyn in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/8545550/new-york-islanders-following-nets-brooklyn )〕 Also within the metropolitan area are the New Jersey Devils, who play in nearby Newark, New Jersey. The city's National Basketball Association teams include the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks, while the city's Women's National Basketball Association team is the New York Liberty. The first national college-level basketball championship, the National Invitation Tournament, was held in New York in 1938 and remains in the city. In soccer, New York City is represented by New York City FC of Major League Soccer, who play their home games at Yankee Stadium. The New York Red Bulls play their home games at Red Bull Arena in nearby Harrison, New Jersey. Historically, the city is known for the New York Cosmos, the highly successful former professional soccer team which was the American home of Pelé, one of the world's most famous soccer players. Queens is host of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, one of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://2010.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/years.html )〕 The New York Marathon is one of the world's largest, and the 2004–2006 events hold the top three places in the marathons with the largest number of finishers, including 37,866 finishers in 2006.〔(World's Largest Marathons ), Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS). Retrieved June 28, 2007.〕 The Millrose Games is an annual track and field meet whose featured event is the Wanamaker Mile. Boxing is also a prominent part of the city's sporting scene, with events like the Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves being held at Madison Square Garden each year. Many sports are associated with New York's immigrant communities. Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in the 1930s. A street in Clason Point in the Bronx has been renamed Stickball Boulevard, as tribute to New York's most known street sport. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Culture of New York City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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