Peoria

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• Sports teams in Peoria include the AHL ice hockey team, the Peoria Rivermen, and the Midwest League baseball team, the Peoria Chiefs.
  
  
• One of the major companies that have located their headquarters in Peoria is Caterpiller.
  
  
• The question, "Will it play in Peoria?" is a traditional question asking whether something will appeal to mainstream America. The phrase dates back to the Vaudeville era, and was possibly coined by Groucho Marx. The phrase was revived during Richard Nixon's Presidency when John Ehrlichman was heard to use the phrase.
  
  
• In history, Peoria was often used as a test market (for example by companies introducing new products), because it was in the population center of the United States, and its demographic make-up closely reflected that of the United States as a whole. Today, other cities, such as Albany, Greensboro and Santa Barbara, are more used as test markets.

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