Demand forces Rams to expand first L.A. preseason game to nearly 91,000 seats

A lot of people are ready to have football back in Los Angeles

Los Angelenos might think of Todd Gurley as that guy from the burger commercial, but they're making up for their early ignorance by bringing perhaps too much enthusiasm to preseason football.

According to The Los Angeles Times, close to 91,000 fans could be in attendance for the Rams' preseason home opener against the Cowboys on Saturday, which would completely fill the Coliseum. Sam Farmer included in his report that the team's regular-season home opener against the Seahawks in September will also feature additional seating.

The last part makes sense, given it'll be the first regular-season game in L.A. in over 20 years. And that game will come against a perennial powerhouse.The first part doesn't really make sense, because, you know, it's a preseason game.

Below, Farmer explained the method behind the Rams' ticket-selling machine:

Due to high ticket demand for those games in particular, the Rams will make seats available in areas of the Coliseum they originally planned not to sell -- mostly the upper level corners.

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The Rams sold slightly more than 70,000 season tickets, then made 10,000 more single-game tickets available for their nine home dates (two exhibition and seven regular-season games). So that 80,000-plus constitutes a sellout.

There was still significant demand for the preseason opener and the Sept. 18 home opener against the Seahawks, so the Rams opted to keep selling.

Earlier this week, CBS Sports' NFL team helped John Breech compile power rankings for the best and worst fan bases in the NFL. Collectively, we ranked Rams fans last. I would now like to apologize to the 91,000 fans who plan on showing up to a preseason game that No. 1 pick Jared Goff probably won't even start.

Sure, there'll probably be some Cowboys fans there -- after all, they ranked first in our power rankings -- but as Farmer pointed out in his article, the Cowboys had their first preseason game last year in San Diego, and that game drew an attendance of less than 60,000 spectators.

The point being, while Rams fans in St. Louis are rightfully pissed, Rams fans in L.A. are crazy in love.