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Report: 1 or 2 NFL Teams Will Relocate To Los Angeles In 2015 or ’16
CBSLA.com) ^
| October 5, 2014 8:22 PM
Posted on 10/06/2014 10:37:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) LA football fans have been waiting nearly 20 years for a team to call their own.
LA is the second largest TV market, host to plenty of baseball, basketball and hockey franchises, not to mention college teams. But the idea of a pro football team in this area has been nothing more than rumor for decades.
According to a report, one or two NFL teams are on the way, fairly soon.
As the 20th anniversary of the NFLs departure from Los Angeles, the NFL seems closer than ever to returning, said the report. Per a league source, the current plan is that the NFL will send one or two teams back to Los Angeles within the next 12 to 24 months.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is also buzzing about NFL in Los Angeles. He told ESPN in July that he believes there will not just be one team, but two teams within the next 2-3 years and that the NFL will return to downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has several locations that would be desirable for would-be franchise movers. The three proposed sites are Chavez Ravine next to Dodgers Stadium, AEGs downtown LA next to Staples Center and Stan Kroenkes Hollywood Park. Ed Roskis stadium proposal in the City of Industry is not a viable destination, the report said.
Likely candidates for relocation are the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams.
On Oct 3, 101 ESPN reported that Stan Kroenkes St. Louis Rams was close to making the decision to relocate his team back to Los Angeles.
The Rose Bowl or Los Angeles Coliseum could be used as a temporary home until a new stadium is completed.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: losangeles; nfl
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To: BenLurkin
If the Rams or Raiders are moving to L.A., they might consider a mascot name change to suit the local culture:
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:36:16 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: WayneS
How about better stadium deal and a potentially WAY bigger fan base?
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:38:16 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Wow, you are the first person on FR who knows how to spell “Washington” correctly.
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:38:26 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
To: RayChuang88
But San Diego doesn’t suck anywhere near as much as Los Angeles...
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: NYRepublican72
The problem is that no one except for the NFL and a few wealthy interests really cares about having a pro football team in L.A. Using taxpayer money to build a stadium for a wealthy team is a political non-starter here.
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:48:11 AM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waits)
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
I think the two competing LA projects were both self-financed. The problem will be with the enviro-Nazis in the state that will delay and delay and delay.
To: oh8eleven
I am SO SICK of taxpayers subsidizing stadiums "for the good of the community". In Cuyahoga County, we pay an 8% sales tax because of the supposed dire financial needs in the country.
So what do the county councilpersons do? They vote by a small majority to give a few million to a new super scoreboard for the Browns. Yup, they used the ol' trick of everyone who could get away with it voting for it.
It's all such a scam for taxpayers to subsidize millionaires. Why not just sell shares of stock to build and maintain stadiums?
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:56:25 AM PDT
by
grania
To: The KG9 Kid
They were 'good' only one year (1979) and that was largely because of a fluke.
I can't even stand to see their team logo and helmet graphic. Provokes instant disgust.
Five division championships in a row, and several NFC championship games is NOT a "fluke". They might have even made it to more than one Super Bowl had it not been for that fact that the Vikings played outdoors in those days, and when the Rams finally had a home game, they played in mudslides.
Great defense. Great offensive line.
Oh, and the Rams INVENTED the logo'd helmet. The rest of the league (except the Browns) copied them.
You should live your next life in Cleveland or Detroit.
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posted on
10/06/2014 11:56:28 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
To: grania
It's all such a scam for taxpayers to subsidize millionaires.
And it's not just the owners who are millionaires. Almost every player in the league is a multi-millionaire or close to it.
Why they don't get tapped to fork over a few bucks to support the GAME they play, is a crime too.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:05:06 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
It’s not just the owners and players who don’t need subsidizing. Going to a football game....the cost of tickets, parking, food is way out of reach for a majority of people who are being taxed to pay for it.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:08:01 PM PDT
by
grania
To: NYRepublican72
Old Stadium. Then NFL owners are using LA to get new facilities built. Once a team actually moves to LA all the other teams lose their way of threatening cities with a move to get a new stadium. What city is going shake their taxpayers for cash with the threat of the Portland Bills or the Portland Vikings (Portland, Oregon is the next largest metro area after LA without a team nearby)?
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:13:09 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: BenLurkin
What player in their right mind would want pay those taxes?
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:20:19 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: BenLurkin
Hey Art Modell, are you listening?What an opportunity for a team(s), making money hand over fist, to totally screw their fans
And yes, I know he is dead.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:27:04 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: KarlInOhio
Once a team actually moves to LA all the other teams lose their way of threatening cities with a move to get a new stadium. What city is going shake their taxpayers for cash with the threat of the Portland Bills or the Portland Vikings (Portland, Oregon is the next largest metro area after LA without a team nearby)? San Antonio, Portland, St. Louis if it loses the Rams, San Diego if it loses the Chargers. There's always another sucker somewhere.
To: Cyman
And yes, I know he is dead.
I'll bet his grave's location is a secret.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:30:04 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: gr8eman
I should have put “</sarc>” after the comment.
To: BenLurkin
LA has lost 3 professional football teams.
I am a true blue Chargers Fan. I realize they started as the LA Chargers in 1960, and moved to San Diego in 1961. If they “return” to LA, I will get rid of my jerseys, and stop following the team.
Now, if the Rams and/or Raiders go back to LA, I’m fine with that.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:57:16 PM PDT
by
ro_dreaming
(Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. ItÂ’s been found hard and not tried')
To: ScottinVA
“Raiders” is already okay with a million Angelenos, notwithstanding their ethnicity.
I personally would rather see the Rams come back.
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posted on
10/06/2014 12:58:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: ro_dreaming
Maybe they'll return to wearing Dodger Blue jerseys -- that way you can keep wearing the Navy ones.
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posted on
10/06/2014 1:02:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: martin_fierro
The Los Angeles Faggers
The Los Angles Trannies
“Trannies on the twenty, reaches in . . . “
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posted on
10/06/2014 1:04:44 PM PDT
by
Colehill1999
(Obama - he has become death, destroyer of the world.)
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