49ers Fans Take Over SoFi Stadium For NFC Championship Game
The Los Angeles Rams did whatever they could to keep San Francisco 49ers fans out of SoFi Stadium for the NFC Championship Game. Their plans completely failed.
Niners fans absolutely packed SoFi on Sunday, and based on a lot of photos from the game, looked to be more prominent than Rams fans in the building. It is pretty stunning.
More red in the lower level this time. My estimate is 65-70% 49ers fans here pic.twitter.com/BPFrNBe3ZF
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) January 30, 2022
Section in front of press box pic.twitter.com/cKlkATWs6N
— Gary Klein (@LATimesklein) January 30, 2022
I’m gonna say about 67/33 49ers fans roughly as kickoff approaches.
— John Dickinson (@JDJohnDickinson) January 30, 2022
pic.twitter.com/28SsXwVBXs
Looking like a 49ers home game ? pic.twitter.com/qDTULiq0LB
— PFF (@PFF) January 31, 2022
49ers Faithful travel well ?@NFLonFOX | #FTTB pic.twitter.com/NLBRMq2aHF
— FanSided (@FanSided) January 30, 2022
49ers fans showing up early to SOFI pic.twitter.com/hLQOdquOmw
— John Chapman (@JL_Chapman) January 30, 2022
Lot of 49ers fans at SoFi. #WhoseHouse #Rams #49ers pic.twitter.com/8iV00XUMxN
— Dylan Hernández (@dylanohernandez) January 30, 2022
I am seeing a whole lot of Niners fans inside Sofi! #SFvsLAR #FTTB pic.twitter.com/EIwEYsSsPD
— Lindsey Pallares (@lindseylares) January 30, 2022
#49ers’ fan base built different pic.twitter.com/x4h762ZuDn
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) January 30, 2022
?? #NFCChampionshipGame #49ers #Rams 65/35 fan ratio pic.twitter.com/n0VXCbHQLn
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) January 30, 2022
The Rams plan to keep out 49ers fans did not seem to work. pic.twitter.com/ycvatXYGaR
— BetOnline.ag (@betonline_ag) January 30, 2022
Whatever the split, the Rams strategy did not work in a very big way.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) January 30, 2022
The @49ers fans in here are unreal.
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) January 30, 2022
Probably no way to determine - but can’t remember a visitors invasion for a playoff game like this.
Wow. @SoFiStadium
There's no way to know the actual split of fans inside the stadium, but 49ers fans clearly showed up in force. This has happened often since the NFL made the puzzling decision to shove two teams in Los Angeles after a 21-year absence from the market.
The Rams certainly have more fans than than the Chargers, but both franchises have dealt with opposing teams taking over their home stadiums.