NFL struggles in LA

Tour2ma

@boo-fagley said:

When I was living there, if you bought a used car the plates were already on the car and stayed with the vehicle for life. I dont recall any sticker to affix proving that they were valid and up to date. The police would have to run the tag number to find out if the vehicle was registered.

Today you would get busted in a week because they have those licence plate scanners.

Moved here in the mid-70's and there were stickers for the rear plate until they went to the window decal maybe 20 years ago?

But plates used to have to stay with the car. Now seller has the option of keeping (retiring) the plates.

The Gipper

@mark-o said:

Nope...I don't have any clue. Although depends on your definition of "near". I'm about 50-60 miles from downtown LA. So I guess that could be considered near.

Just bustin' your chops, chopper!

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

Sounds like the "I-10 experience"... Trust me, any of that in Texas is all "the Cajun factor".

Louisiana was the worst for Left-Lane-Lovers, but for good reason. The right lane on I-10 across Louisiana used to be a fucking washboard. The left lane was much better, so...

Then after Katrina the LLL's came to Texas... but they get better.

Well, that is going to be part of my route in October, hopefull. So...I-10 is now good to go?

Mark O

USC outdraws the Chargers and Rams combined this past weekend....

For their regular-season home opener at the 27,000-seat StubHub Center, the Chargers attracted 25,381 fans. The Rams, in their Week Two game against Washington, had 56,612 present. That’s a total of 81,993 for a pair of Los Angeles home games played on the same day.

The previous night at the Coliseum, USC drew 84,714 for a game against Texas. Which, obviously, is more than the combined attendance of the two NFL games.

Yes, the Chargers were closer to the stadium maximum than the Rams. But the fact that the Chargers can’t sell 27,000 tickets to an NFL game is alarming, especially since San Diego State drew more than 43,000 to the venue the Chargers abandoned a day earlier.

LondonBrown

Apparently half the soccer stadium were Fins fans as well

Mark O

@londonbrown said:

Apparently half the soccer stadium were Fins fans as well

More than half. Phillip Rivers said after the game the loudest cheers he heard all game was the one when the FG was missed at the end of the game by the Chargers

flyingfooldoug

@the-gipper said:

Why on God's Green Earth would anyone ever choose to live anywhere near LA anyway. Can anyone here explain that?

Must be for the unique weather. You know, floods during a drought followed by fire and then earthquake season.

flyingfooldoug

@mark-o said:

More than half. Phillip Rivers said after the game the loudest cheers he heard all game was the one when the FG was missed at the end of the game by the Chargers

I don't think charging $100 to park helped anything either

The Gipper

@flyingfooldoug said:

I don't think charging $100 to park helped anything either

Seriously? Who owned the lots that were charging that kind of money? Community? Private? The Stadium? The Chargers?

Mark O

@the-gipper said:

Seriously? Who owned the lots that were charging that kind of money? Community? Private? The Stadium? The Chargers?

I don't know but I heard the same thing about $100 to park. Just crazy.... The organization is a total shit show.

Canton Dawg

@mark-o said:

I don't know but I heard the same thing about $100 to park. Just crazy.... The organization is a total shit show.

100 bucks to park??? Yeah...that will really bring'em to the stadium.