Football in Los Angeles

Since the stadium in Los Angeles is still being discussed my question is would people in Los Angeles actually attend an indoor football game? I know, the city had the Avengers of the AFL but what about a team that joined let's say the Indoor Football League? Would a team in the IFL still be professional football or would people media, athletes etc consider it a minor league team?

 

"Professional" and "minor league" are not mutually exclusive terms.

And in my experience, people won't pay to watch bad football, unless there's some sort of emotional connection (your kid plays for them, it's your alma mater, etc.).

 

The Avengers papered the house something fierce. I bet it wasn't 10 percent paid.

 

What do you mean?

Also, I mean is the Indoor Football League considered professional or minor league to the average joe and the media? Would a IFL team be a good business or a waist of money?

 

I mean they gave the tickets away.

 

The bigger questions about football in LA is if they build Farmers Field (the AEG project), will anyone come.

 

There's too much else to do in that town, especially given what teams now feel they have to charge (in terms of raw prices) and the hurdles they feel they have to set up (PSLs).

 

Is that like a money belt?

 

Waist of money:

 

There's not an insignificant amount of paranoia in St. Louis that Kroenke is looking this over.

 

IFL is basically a bus-league. They would need teams closer to L.A. than what is near there now (see an IFL team map at: http://www.goifl.com/teams/geographicmap/).

Not sure IFL is ready for L.A. Not sure L.A. would want IFL after having had NFL & AFL.

 

If Arena Football wouldn't play in L.A., then there's no other form of indoor football that would. I think one thing that will work for this incarnation of the league is the realization that it's just not going to fly in New York or LA, so just concentrate on making it work where it is (sorta) popular.