There's no fan support in STL
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http://cover32.com/rams/2015/09/02/a-fe ... ones-dome/
A few thoughts on all those empty seats at the Edward Jones Dome
Heading into the St. Louis Rams first game of the season, well, preseason that is, many had their eyes on the kind of presence fans would have with the possible loss of their second NFL franchise on the line. In being brutally honest, the showing was brutal. The announced ticket distribution was 37,460, as reported by Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
But, as fellow Rams bloggers Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Shank and I discussed, it was obvious that all of those fans didn’t make it to the game. We each estimate around 25,000 seats were actually filled. The aftermath on Twitter showed around the same number having been eyeballed by a multitude of others as well. And what’s even worse, by the start/middle of the 4th quarter, there was no doubt fewer than 10,000 fans left in the stadium, many of whom were wearing Colts attire.
And 15 minutes after the final kneel down, the echo of Andrew Siciliano saying, “See you guys next week” to the preseason crew could be heard a few sections away.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying all of this as a slight to Rams fans.
There are plenty of variables at stake that make going to a game for a casual fan seem ridiculous. Not to mention it being just the preseason and people not wanting to waste hard-earned money on what has so far been a very mediocre product on the field. But, as Randy Karraker of 101 ESPN pointed out, an EJD ticket director reportedly informed him that as of the day of the game, only 40,000 tickets had been sold for the Rams home opener against Seattle. Though to be fair, it has not been confirmed whether that is counting secondary markets or not.
Another foreboding sign has been the dramatic drop in ticket prices on the aforementioned secondary markets such as StubHub for example. As fellow cover32 writer Robert Forehand brought to my attention, the cheapest ticket prices on StubHub are currently sitting at just over $40, good for the 3rd cheapest prices for Week 1 games, down nearly $10 from just a couple days ago, by my own viewing. The cheapest ticket price for a Rams home game the season? Just $15.
It’s becoming glaringly obvious fan support is quickly withering away, but just as had happened when the Rams left Los Angeles in the first place, it’s possible as fans, we’re just making it even harder for owners and the NFL to see keeping a franchise in St. Louis a possibility.
A few thoughts on all those empty seats at the Edward Jones Dome
Heading into the St. Louis Rams first game of the season, well, preseason that is, many had their eyes on the kind of presence fans would have with the possible loss of their second NFL franchise on the line. In being brutally honest, the showing was brutal. The announced ticket distribution was 37,460, as reported by Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
But, as fellow Rams bloggers Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Shank and I discussed, it was obvious that all of those fans didn’t make it to the game. We each estimate around 25,000 seats were actually filled. The aftermath on Twitter showed around the same number having been eyeballed by a multitude of others as well. And what’s even worse, by the start/middle of the 4th quarter, there was no doubt fewer than 10,000 fans left in the stadium, many of whom were wearing Colts attire.
And 15 minutes after the final kneel down, the echo of Andrew Siciliano saying, “See you guys next week” to the preseason crew could be heard a few sections away.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying all of this as a slight to Rams fans.
There are plenty of variables at stake that make going to a game for a casual fan seem ridiculous. Not to mention it being just the preseason and people not wanting to waste hard-earned money on what has so far been a very mediocre product on the field. But, as Randy Karraker of 101 ESPN pointed out, an EJD ticket director reportedly informed him that as of the day of the game, only 40,000 tickets had been sold for the Rams home opener against Seattle. Though to be fair, it has not been confirmed whether that is counting secondary markets or not.
Another foreboding sign has been the dramatic drop in ticket prices on the aforementioned secondary markets such as StubHub for example. As fellow cover32 writer Robert Forehand brought to my attention, the cheapest ticket prices on StubHub are currently sitting at just over $40, good for the 3rd cheapest prices for Week 1 games, down nearly $10 from just a couple days ago, by my own viewing. The cheapest ticket price for a Rams home game the season? Just $15.
It’s becoming glaringly obvious fan support is quickly withering away, but just as had happened when the Rams left Los Angeles in the first place, it’s possible as fans, we’re just making it even harder for owners and the NFL to see keeping a franchise in St. Louis a possibility.
