St. Louis welcomed back their beloved Battlehawks in grand style, more than 40,000 fans showed up for the team’s Universal Football League (UFL) home opener.
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The St. Louis Battlehawks set an all-new attendance record during their home opener in Week 2, outdoing their previous best.
An astounding crowd of 40,317 welcomed them home as they faced off against the Arlington Renegades, a spectacle unheard of in recent times.
March 12, 2023, was the last time St. Louis saw such immense crowd numbers, set at 38,310. However, this recent surge surpassed it by a fair margin, reinforcing the city’s love for the Battlehawks and the UFL.
In contrast, Memphis had a much quieter home opener, only attracting 8,791 spectators.
As they hosted the San Antonio Brahmas, one couldn’t help but notice the stark disparity between this relatively underwhelming crowd and the sea of supporters that St. Louis pulled.
San Diego, Oakland, and possibly Kansas City are all ripe for planting the UFL seeds.
The league should seriously consider branching out to these locations where NFL withdrawal still looms, an approach that has worked well for them so far.
