Rochester was named the #1 city for minor league sports in the country by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, and with 8 separate professional minor league teams it’s not difficult to see why.

Baseball
Rochester Red Wings
1 Morrie Silver Way
Rochester, NY 14608
(585) 454-1001
www.redwingsbaseball.com

The Red Wings are a Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins playing in the International League.  The team is publicly owned by the fans, and holds the record for the longest professional baseball game ever played, at a whopping 33 innings over the course of 3 separate days.

Hockey
Rochester Americans
1 War Memorial Sq
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 454-5335
www.amerks.com

The “Amerks” compete in the American Hockey League at Blue Cross Arena.  They’re affiliated with the Buffalo Sabres.

Soccer
Rochester Raging Rhinos
460 Oak St
Rochester, NY 14608
(585) 454-5425
www.rhinossoccer.com

The Raging Rhinos play in the US Soccer League, and are the only non-Major League Soccer team to have ever won the US Open Cup since the MLS began in 1996.

Lacrosse
Rochester Knighthawks
1 War Memorial Sq
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 454-5335
www.knighthawks.net

The Knighthawks play at Blue Cross Arena in the National Lacrosse League.  The K-hawks hold the record for consecutive playoff appearances in the indoor lacrosse league.

Rochester Rattlers
460 Oak Street
Rochester, NY 14608
(585) 232-1900
www.rochesterrattlers.com

The Rattlers play field lacrosse in Major League Lacrosse in the Eastern Conference.  They compete at the brand-new Pae Tec Park.

Basketball
Rochester Razorsharks
1 War Memorial Sq
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 232-9190
www.razorsharks.com

The Razorsharks play basketball in the American Basketball Association.  In their first season, they won the league championship and were league leaders in attendance.

Football
Empire State Roar
200 Woodbine Avenue
East Rochester, NY 14445

The Empire State Roar is a team that competes in the Women’s Professional Football League and plays at East Rochester High School.

Rochester Raiders
130 East Main Street, Granite Building 8th floor
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 427-0020

The Rochester Raiders play football in the new Great Lakes Indoor Football League, and hold no affiliation with the Oakland team of the same name in the NFL.

College sports
Although there are numerous colleges and universities in the Rochester area, almost all college sports are played at the NCAA Division III level. The lone exception is the RIT men’s ice hockey team, which moved up to the Division I level in 2005. Hobart College, an hour away from Rochester in Geneva, has a Division I men’s lacrosse team.