Ram Fever in St. Louis: Seat Orders Booming

Any doubts about St. Louis’ passion for football were put to rest with Wednesday’s news that the city has received 72,000 orders for personal seat licenses, far surpassing the sales goal of 50,000 by the start of the 1995 season.

There were more PSL requests in three weeks than seats (65,300) available in the new domed stadium the Rams plan to call home next fall. Even the highest-priced PSLs ($4,500) were sold out.

“I was personally very much surprised,” said former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who headed the city’s negotiations with the Rams. “I had made an estimate of 35,000. . . . I’m happy I was wrong.”

St. Louis has also sold 6,000 of 6,200 club seats in the new stadium.

NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has called a special owners’ meeting for Feb. 16 in Dallas to discuss the Rams’ proposal for transfer, which must be approved by 23 of 30 owners. That vote will probably come at the March 12-17 league meetings in Phoenix.