According to Deadline, the world’s entertainment hub is poised to bring the team back following a vote today by National Football League team owners, which came out favorably for the move 30 to 2. Where would they play? “Downtown is a little bit more challenging and we can’t put our city in that position if we don’t know if the Chargers are staying”, Goldsmith said.
“The one thing about L.A.is everyone is from somewhere else”, Pankey said. Goodell said in a press conference.
In 1946, Cleveland Rams owner Dan Reeves uprooted the franchise and moved it to Los Angeles and its new home at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. “I don’t want to say we had home field advantage all the time, but it was a good time for me and for the area”. When the Rams turned in their relocation application in early January, they noted that any team trying to survive in St. Louis would suffer “financial ruin”.
Longtime fan Jeff Griffin said that the year-long deadline to make a choice is more like two months.
The San Diego Chargers are stuck in a tough spot all over again. “We understand the emotions involved of our fans”.
Stan Kroenke reflected on the complexity of the process, “This has been the most hard process of my professional career”.
But there is a complication: That new stadium, at the site of the old Hollywood Park Racetrack, won’t be ready until 2019.
“He’s in complete control”, Roberts said of Kroenke.
Spanos is not expected to pursue a deal with the Rams and a new stadium in San Diego at the same.
“At some point, there’s a go/no-go date”, he said.
Carter thinks the team’s marketing department will need a smart plan to re-introduce the Rams, who broke hearts in 1994 with their departure. “It’s a win”, said Sherman.
“The entire project will create a total of 40,000 jobs counting construction and ongoing operations”, he said. Hiring preference from stadium jobs will be given to Inglewood residents, with a goal of hiring at least 35% from the community. “For them to be gone, the city not to have a football team, there is going to be a giant hole there”. Economically, it will push us into the mainstream.
In 2007, Antonio Villaraigosa, who was the Los Angeles Mayor at the time, admitted to having an affair with Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas. “I’ll always feel that way about Missouri”, he told the L.A. Times. City aldermen had already approved about $150 million, but some Republican legislative leaders were pushing for a public vote on state funding. Revenues from the project will also fund new after-school activities, such as mentoring and anti-gang programs. The team’s lease with O.co Coliseum expired at the end of the 2015 season, which means they’re technically free to do anything and owner Mark Davis didn’t exactly commit to playing in Oakland next season.