When the Rams left in 2016, they created a wake of heartbreak and rage. Louis: We have to talk about that scorned city. I got season tickets and have supported them ever since." "I’m a huge football fan and decided I wouldn't be a fan of a team until someone moved here. "I’m 32 years old, born and raised in L.A.," he said. There are also folks like Peter Lau, who reserved his NFL fandom for a team he could call his own. There are the fans like the Castanons, who had a soft spot for the team already and latched onto it when it returned from St. Which brings me back to the question I’ve heard a lot of people outside - and even in - California asking: Who is a Rams fan?īased on an anecdotal collection of evidence from a lot of people on the internet and in this city, I’ve come up with a few rough categories. They have two to choose from: the Chargers’ baby blue and marigold or the Ram’s royal blue and McDonald’s yellow.īut thanks to the sprawling nature of this place and its massive population, there’s room for more than one team in each sport. fans don’t even have one set blue-and-yellow NFL combination. Los Angeles can’t light up one single color. The whole city lit up red, even after the Chiefs lost. Patrick Mahomes was hawking a doctor’s office on one sign and plumbing systems on another. When I was in Kansas City for the AFC Championship, every single billboard had a Chiefs player on it. the way there are pockets of neighborhoods, and the type of fandom is different. If you live on the west side, Silver Lake might as well be Brooklyn (which, let’s be honest, it already kind of is), and the real Brooklyn might actually be easier to get to. If you live on the east side, going to Venice is a day trip. fans are as decentralized as the city itself. No one team will ever own the heart of this place because this place doesn’t have one heart. is different from a small-market city, and it’s different from many big ones. team, and particularly a recent transplant, to have the kind of fan base with which, say, the Cincinnati Bengals are blessed. After all, 49ers fans outnumbered Rams fans at the NFC Championship, and a local news station interviewed a guy in a Cowboys jersey after the Rams' win.īut it’s a tall ask to expect any L.A. The stars just aligned."Īdrian will be the first to admit that Rams fans don’t show up the way other fan bases do. And we're pumped to see our home team in their home stadium at the Super Bowl. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing for us. We’re just absolutely thrilled," Adrian said. But the Castanons’ fandom really blossomed when the team came back six years ago. His father loved the Rams when they played in L.A., and he continued rooting for the team when it moved to St. If it isn't too hot, Adrian will wear his Rams Robe, a reversible fluffy bathrobe with team colors on one side and an embroidered logo on the other.Īdrian grew up a huge USC fan in Southern California.
They even have super fans, such as Adrian and Alana Castanon, who hold season tickets and will be attending the Super Bowl despite the astronomical price to get into the stadium. Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, the Los Angeles Rams do have fans. This is a place that expects the Lakers to be in the Finals every year, and if they aren’t, fans consider the season a waste of time. Not only is there a lack of waterways through Los Angeles, but also the place itself is so vast and there are so many sports teams that a lot of people are wondering if anyone here will care. If the Rams win Sunday, a boat parade that captures the attention of the whole city will probably not happen. He cemented the city’s nickname of Champa Bay. Brady drank "avocado tequila." He threw the Lombardi Trophy from one boat to another as though it were a real football, not a metal one attached to a stand. The place was rapt as the celebratory boat parade wound through its waters.
The Super Bowl might not have technically been a home game for Tampa, but the city lit up after the win. The city had found a new savior in Tom Brady, and he brought the team its first championship in almost 20 years. When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in Tampa last season, fans were ecstatic.
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