It was shaping up as what probably would have been the highlight weekend of the season of the BattleHawks, the local entry in the revitalized XFL. A record crowd for this version of the league, which had been on hiatus for 19 years, was expected. And the St. Louis television rating might have eclipsed all regular-season Cardinals and Blues games in the last year.
Los Angeles was supposed to be coming to town and St. Louisans were primed to flock to The Dome to unload their wrath at Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who yanked the team out of St.