More than 8,000 US fans joined the Premier League and NBC Sports at the Premier League Mornings Live fan festival, which took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this weekend.
California knows how to party 🙌
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) October 25, 2021
From sunrise to sunset, the West Coast showed up and showed out at LA Fan Fest! The real stars of the weekend were the fans ⭐️#MyPLMorning pic.twitter.com/359cSK3Ezq
NBC Sports' studio team of host Rebecca Lowe and analysts Robbie Earle, Robbie Mustoe and Tim Howard were joined by special guests including Premier League record goalscorer and Hall of Fame Inductee Alan Shearer, former Watford captain and US Men's National Team defender Jay DeMerit, as well as actor Brendan Hunt who plays Coach Beard in the Ted Lasso TV series.
Coach Beard weighs in on how many @AFCRichmond fans he thinks would be in attendance at our PL Fan Fest in LA 🎤@brendanhunting @TedLasso pic.twitter.com/Nf05dOD5hQ
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) October 24, 2021
In total nearly 8,500 fans lined up from the early hours to attend the two-day event so they could watch Premier League action broadcast live, as well as having their photos taken with the Premier League Trophy and meet mascots and former players.
Indeed, such was the atmosphere generated at the event that a minor earthquake that took place in the vicinity failed to be registered by those attending.
Fan Fest has officially rocked Los Angeles 🌎 #MyPLMorning @NBCSportsSoccer https://t.co/RdYe4KKBw4 pic.twitter.com/s1Uh5nrTvC
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) October 24, 2021
"It is absolutely brilliant to see so many West Coast fans up and out so early in the morning," Shearer said.
"The atmosphere has been fantastic and we have had loads of goals, which has given fans plenty to cheer about."