Ah, the age old question. If the Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams, fell to the ground tonight, would anyone be around to hear it?
Yes, my friends, it's time for our Annual St. Louis bashing!
St. Louis is so bad they have to create their own magazine (The Sporting News) to be voted the best fans.
Memo from the United States to St. Louis: You are not an East Coast city. Stop believing that you are.
If Axl Rose thinks St. Louis sucks then so do I.
I've been to one Rams game in my life and, let me tell you, it's a shocking experience. Tailgating is replaced by stops at White Castle or Imo's Pizza on the way out to the stadium, rowdy fans in the parking lot are replaced by folks who sound and look like they're headed to a funeral (I guess, in some respects, they kind of are) and the first step into the stadium....
...Well, it ain't pretty. My first Rams game, I was picked up by a friend, let's call him Scooter, and he was dressed in khakis and a collared shirt. Yes, business casual for a football game. I know, I know, you don't believe me but it's the truth. That's just how they dress.
No one yells, there is no Tomahawk Chop, no DE - FENSE...nothing. It's like a yacht club. No wonder the team has picked second in the draft two years in a row. It's unbelievable.
Of course the title to this post could be a legitimate question because the Rams attendance is about as disappointing as the boring, corporate dome they play in. The Rams had the third WORST attendance in 2008. Only the Lions and Raiders had less fans attend games than the Rams.
The Chiefs alone had 113,000 more fans attend a game in 2008 than the city across the state.
So, tonight the Chiefs play in the poor man's Kansas City, they'll run out of that dome to the boos of over 8,000 people and we'll watch our No. 3 overall pick take down their No. 2 overall pick.
Kansas City is watching (and possibly only Kansas City), Chiefs, so do us proud.
GO CHIEFS!
Date
Visiting team
Home team
Stadium
August 19, 1996
St. Louis Rams 34
Kansas City Chiefs 30
Arrowhead Stadium
August 22, 1997
Kansas City Chiefs 13
St. Louis Rams 14
Trans World Dome
August 28, 1998
St. Louis Rams 10
Kansas City Chiefs 6
Arrowhead Stadium
August 31, 2001
Kansas City Chiefs 17
St. Louis Rams 21
Edward Jones Dome
August 30, 2002
St. Louis Rams 16
Kansas City Chiefs 23
Arrowhead Stadium
August 28, 2003
Kansas City Chiefs 22
St. Louis Rams 6
Edward Jones Dome
August 23, 2004
St. Louis Rams 7
Kansas City Chiefs 24
Arrowhead Stadium
September 2, 2005
Kansas City Chiefs 23
St. Louis Rams 27
Edward Jones Dome
August 26, 2006
St. Louis Rams 12
Kansas City Chiefs 16
Arrowhead Stadium
August 30, 2007
Kansas City Chiefs 3
St. Louis Rams 10
Edward Jones Dome
August 28, 2008
St. Louis Rams 17
Kansas City Chiefs 21
Arrowhead Stadium