NFL still confident in Los Angeles market despite attendance for Rams, Chargers gamesLindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY Sports
The optics of the NFL’s first Sunday with two home games in Los Angeles in more than 20 years were undeniably bad.
The Chargers failed to sell out their first home game in the StubHub Center, a 27,000-seat stadium most notably used for Major League Soccer, while the Rams announced an official attendance of 56,612 for their home game against Washington at the Coliseum.
An NFL spokesman on Monday said the league and officials from both teams “remain confident” about the Los Angeles market moving forward.
“To a person, both at the club level and here at the league office, we remain confident that the city of Los Angeles can support in a very strong way two franchises, and we’re committed to making that happen as we work toward the opening of the new stadium,” spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters on a conference call.
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