Home Field Advantage

Ellard80 · Dec 11, 2017

I was at the Minnesota game.. that was a homefield advantage.

Hopefully someday we will have one. The players have done a nice job of keeping quiet about it (which they should), but I'm sure it bothers them to some extent.

Someday... maybe... hopefully...

fearsomefour · Dec 11, 2017

You're always going to have this issue in Cali.
It will get better with more winning but won't totally go away.
Just how it is.

12intheBox · Dec 11, 2017

fearsomefour said:
You're always going to have this issue in Cali.
It will get better with more winning but won't totally go away.
Just how it is.

Why?

I can remember some really intense crowd noise for the 49ers and Raiders when they were good.

What does this team need to do to spark some interest?

Montanaramfan · Dec 11, 2017

It was frustrating watching from my couch in Montana. It did sound like we were on the road against the Eagles. How can it not bother the players? I just hope Gurley and Goff are with the team long enough to truly enjoy a homefield advantage. It would be a shame to waste several years worth of a talented team in a place that doesn't want them. I'm sure most of you L.A. area posters on here were there but it would be nice if we could find another 60,000 out of 13 million who would root for our team and not against them. It's like the Rams are on the road every week. It's not fair to the players. Not sure what Goodell was thinking bringing two teams to L.A. I just hope it doesn't take decades to build that fan base back up.

dieterbrock · Dec 11, 2017

Sure sounded like Rams were at home when Kupp made big plays.

Ellard80 · Dec 11, 2017

fearsomefour said:
You're always going to have this issue in Cali.
It will get better with more winning but won't totally go away.
Just how it is.

Yeah I get this for sure.. it's just disappointing.. and I have family in orange county... so its kind of convenient for me to see a game now that they are in LA.

Ellard80 · Dec 11, 2017

Montanaramfan said:
It was frustrating watching from my couch in Montana. It did sound like we were on the road against the Eagles. How can it not bother the players? I just hope Gurley and Goff are with the team long enough to truly enjoy a homefield advantage. It would be a shame to waste several years worth of a talented team in a place that doesn't want them. I'm sure most of you L.A. area posters on here were there but it would be nice if we could find another 60,000 out of 13 million who would root for our team and not against them. It's like the Rams are on the road every week. It's not fair to the players. Not sure what Goodell was thinking bringing two teams to L.A. I just hope it doesn't take decades to build that fan base back up.

Oh I'm sure it does bother them.

BonifayRam · Dec 11, 2017

There was a very big reason that three NFL teams left the Los Angeles area in the past.

WarnerToBruce · Dec 11, 2017

fearsomefour said:
You're always going to have this issue in Cali.
It will get better with more winning but won't totally go away.
Just how it is.

I disagree. Having a team that CARES about putting together a solid program, a stadium that is conducive to increasing fan influence (via seating proximity, acoustics, etc), and the time to win back the hearts of all those you scorned when you left LA, and you'll have the magic formula for an amazing home field advantage for our Rams. It's good to see the first part finally addressed, the second is being built as we speak, and the third is just going to take some time.

Ever been to a Dodgers, Kings, or Lakers game when we need the fans to kick in? The same amount of transplants in LA, but those venues get ROCKING.

Ram_Rally · Dec 11, 2017

12intheBox said:
Why?

I can remember some really intense crowd noise for the 49ers and Raiders when they were good.

What does this team need to do to spark some interest?

Not sure, but as a long time Lakers fan I remember the crowd not really getting into every game. Even playoffs.

fearsomefour · Dec 11, 2017

12intheBox said:
Why?

I can remember some really intense crowd noise for the 49ers and Raiders when they were good.

What does this team need to do to spark some interest?

Win for a period of time.
LA is a baseball town through and through. Always has been.
When I had season tickets way back in Anaheim the crowds were good, minus the last two years when they were trying to leave.
There were always fans for the visiting team.
Three big reasons for this.
The transplant thing is real. Half the people you meet in So Cal are from other places.
It is very expensive. So, if you do have tickets, someone willing to pay you triple face value for a game you can't watch at home becomes tempting.
Also, it's a destination. As we saw with planes full of people coming out for Sunday's game. You can stay four days, catch the game and so many other touristy things in LA.
Also CA fans are notoriously fair weather. The exceptions would be Oakland (Raiders and A's), Dodgers and Lakers.

fearsomefour · Dec 11, 2017

JackAttack85 said:
I disagree. Having a team that CARES about putting together a solid program, a stadium that is conducive to increasing fan influence (via seating proximity, acoustics, etc), and the time to win back the hearts of all those you scorned when you left LA, and you'll have the magic formula for an amazing home field advantage for our Rams. It's good to see the first part finally addressed, the second is being built as we speak, and the third is just going to take some time.

Ever been to a Dodgers, Kings, or Lakers game when we need the fans to kick in? The same amount of transplants in LA, but those venues get ROCKING.

Spent chunks of every summer at Dodger stadium growing up it seems. Yeah, great crowds.
Like I've said all along LA is a baseball town, then the Lakers, then football.
Ram support was very good for decades in LA. You would always find a fair amount of visiting fans at games it seemed.
I agree it will take some time and some success for it to kick in full bore. Or as least as close to it as LA can muster.

fearsomefour · Dec 11, 2017

BonifayRam said:
There was a very big reason that three NFL teams left the Los Angeles area in the past.

Has nothing to do with butts in seats.
Never did and had even less to do with it now.
The Rams left because they got a sweetheart deal for their skank owner. LA tried to play hardball and wouldn't get a new stadium so they left for greener stadium pastures. Oakland, same thing. Didn't get a new stadium in Oakland but for it upgraded and a sweet heart lease.
Chargers left because they couldn't compete with the Rams (who drew in the 80,000 + range back then) and moved to their own city....that was before huge broadcasting deals, back when butts in seats mattered.

LACHAMP46 · Dec 11, 2017

12intheBox said:
What does this team need to do to spark some interest?

consistently WIN...not just a season...a few games...need some playoff wins...

then a new place helps.....exciting play consistently too....

MadGoat · Dec 11, 2017

Los Angeles has a ticket ownership problem. In Green Bay, Minnesota, or Philly you've got a season ticket holder base that is significantly less likely to sell their seats. Even the Dodgers, in the midst of a historic run of playoff appearances, have a ticket base that is full of ticket brokers. The problem with resale tickets is that when the team is doing well the stadium has plenty of home fans, but if they face a team that travels well, the stadium will be filled with opposing fans.

RedRam · Dec 11, 2017

MadGoat said:
Los Angeles has a ticket ownership problem. In Green Bay, Minnesota, or Philly you've got a season ticket holder base that is significantly less likely to sell their seats. Even the Dodgers, in the midst of a historic run of playoff appearances, have a ticket base that is full of ticket brokers. The problem with resale tickets is that when the team is doing well the stadium has plenty of home fans, but if they face a team that travels well, the stadium will be filled with opposing fans.

None, and I mean NONE, of the season ticket holders in my row or the rows in front or behind me were there. Two Rams fan we're in the seats in front of me. Everybody else were Eagles fans. Pi$$ed me off!!

Merlin · Dec 11, 2017

Oh there's an advantage to playing in LA. It's called not playing in Minnesota or Seattle.

Picked4td · Dec 11, 2017

I think part of the problem is LA is just a nice city to travel to for a road game, especially in the winter. so when you get a big game like the eagles one where the resale value is high, its hard not to take that money and run as a season ticket holder. in contrast, not many people are traveling to Green Bay for a game in December

either way, I personally think home field advantage is severely overrated in the NFL, and theres only a few teams where I think its a real big factor, with the Vikings probably being at the top of the list currently. and the rams played quite well there, aside from a few plays here and there

Kevin · Dec 11, 2017

12intheBox said:
Why?

I can remember some really intense crowd noise for the 49ers and Raiders when they were good.

What does this team need to do to spark some interest?

Build a new stadium and people will come to see it and gawk at the architecture while the game is going on.

But Los Angeles is a big attraction to opposing fans in the middle of winter. Buffalo does not draw like LA does.

JoeBo21 · Dec 11, 2017

Rams are 9-4 on the road this year

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