ST. LOUIS -- A loud and often rowdy crowd greeted NFL executives Tuesday as St. Louis Rams fans at a public hearing made their case for keeping the team in Missouri amid talk of a relocation.
About 1,500 people, many wearing Rams jerseys, stood and chanted "St. Louis Rams!" as NFL executives walked onto the Peabody Opera House stage. The crowd cheered when Dave Peacock, co-leader of the effort to build a new riverfront stadium in St. Louis, was briefly introduced. Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff received scattered boos.
The league is hosting three meetings as part of the process to decide which team or teams get to relocate to the Los Angeles area, the nation's second-largest market, which has been without a franchise since the Rams moved to St.