Season-opening games for the NFL are often a hot ticket, but not so much in Los Angeles.
Sparse attendance at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum for the Rams’ 46-9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts prompted Twitter to blitz hard with mockery on Sunday.
The 93,000-plus stadium had a paid attendance of 60,128 (that’s tickets sold), yet it looked less than half-full, Pro Football Talk reported. Wiseacres on social media estimated even fewer than that.
Live look at the LA Coliseum crowd with the Rams up 24-3 #NFLSunday #RamsUp #LARvsIND pic.twitter.com/i8Iv17S3US
— Drew Rice (@Drew__Rice) September 10, 2017
Los Angeles has football fever and they have it BAD pic.twitter.com/nvQOg1kp6l
— Clemzingis (@TheClemReport) September 10, 2017
WNBA attendance at the rams colts game pic.twitter.com/5kVaFAHLjB
— Gordon Bombay (@080_jus) September 10, 2017
In contrast, USC drew 77,614 at the Coliseum on Saturday for its game against Stanford. There were even $6 tickets available for the Rams’ game and that didn’t seem to help.
LA Rams set a new attendance record with 12 fans in the stadium today! pic.twitter.com/4uHJL4Cgbs
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 10, 2017
LA Rams be like:
— 360°FantasyFootball (@360FFB) September 10, 2017
"Our fans are so loyal" pic.twitter.com/GCJ0SBTtCV
The Rams in LA have worse attendance than most NCAA teams. Shove it, @NFL pic.twitter.com/eoIxUNZKkU
— John Drury (@jdrury12) September 10, 2017
Look, #Rams crowd looks awful BUT this same crowd would PACK THE HELL outta the middle school stadium #Chargers play at ... pic.twitter.com/qzIXJ4yWOC
— JustNotSports (@JustNotSports) September 10, 2017
This is just embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/wmCNDJIyvL
— Andy Ruther (@AndyRuther) September 10, 2017
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