If the St. Louis Battlehawks ride a home-field advantage all the way to the team's first United Football League championship, the first step would be winning a conference championship game Sunday night at the Dome at America’s Center against the D.C. Defenders.

The Battlehawks led the UFL in attendance again this season, with nearly 30,000 fans at each game at the Dome.

The other seven teams in the upstart spring football league averaged fewer than 10,000 fans.

The league had identified St. Louis as the host city for one of the conference championships and league title games earlier this season, for stadium availability reasons. That was well before the Battlehawks had cemented the best record in the UFL. After a mixed start, St. Louis won six straight and ended the season with an 8-2 r

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