![]() It's great news for the league packed houses make games feel more important, which in turn draws more interest from the casual viewer. Louis has shown a willingness to keep turning out for games before-they have already re-opened the 300 level for this week's game against D.C., for example. ![]() Louis here, but the three other teams involved didn't have the novelty of home openers to draw fans, and St. Obviously, the XFL benefitted from the return of football to St. They all featured multiple teams with their first ever home game, which naturally draws a larger crowd of interested onlookers. It is, however, the fifth-largest cumulative attendance since the AAF kicked off our spring football resurgence in 2019, and each of the four larger weeks happened earlier in their respective seasons. likely lowered the Defenders crowd, and it's a hard sell for anyone in Orlando to go see a Guardians game right now. That isn't quite a modern spring record-a cold night in D.C. Louis and a strong weekend crowd in Seattle, the XFL drew 74,947 fans to their four games last weekend. Admittedly, this was probably 40% actual Battlehawks fans and 60% people wanting to give Stan Kroenke the finger, but it produced the best atmosphere in the XFL so far. And if anything, it could have been larger-there was more demand for tickets, but not enough employees or staff to really fill the building out yet. You have to dial all the way back to the Ohio Glory of the World League of American Football, who drew 41,853 to Ohio Stadium in a win over the Frankfurt Galaxy, to find a larger crowd for American spring football. ![]() for a long, long time-more than anyone in any incarnation of the XFL, more than anyone in the AAF or modern USFL, anyone. It's more fans than we have seen attend a spring football game in the U.S. The Battlehawks drew 38,310 fans to The Dome for their game against the Renegades, a number which will ultimately be more significant than any amount of points scored or yards gained. Louis as the Battlehawks opened their home schedule. The biggest news, of course, was the packed house in St. Let's check in on the health of the league before getting to this week's matchups. XFL - Week 5 marks the halfway point of the XFL season, and we have some catching up to do! The league is coming off of a week more exciting for what happened off the field rather than on it, but they hit some milestones worth recording.
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