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NFL finally returning to Los Angeles? Rams owner to build massive stadium complex
Daily Mai ^ | 01/05/15 | Josh Gardner

Posted on 01/05/2015 10:15:43 AM PST by Enlightened1

The owner of the St. Louis Rams has announced intentions to build a massive new NFL stadium and entertainment complex in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood.

Stan Kroenke revealed the grand plan to the LA Times on Monday. In addition to an 80,000-seat stadium, the billionaire and his partners are proposing an adjacent 6,000-seat performance venue.

Los Angeles was home to the Rams from 1946 to 1994 and, as St. Louis scrambles to come up with a plan for a new stadium in order to retain the team, the City of Angels appears ever more likely to get a pro football team after two decades without one.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: california; inglewood; losangeles; missouri; nfl; rams; stadium; stlouis
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To: SoCal Pubbie

This is actually a pretty good location. Right across from the Forum, close to LAX, easy access from the more affluent neighborhoods. I new stadium with all the other stuff that is built up around it will be good for the area. I am sure St. Louis will come up with incentives to try to keep them. The Dome in St. Louis is only 20 years old. Is that the expected life span of an NFL stadium these days?


41 posted on 01/05/2015 11:04:38 AM PST by mcjordansc
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To: doorgunner69

The locals call it Inglewatts. It used to be a nice town until Obama’s sons started moving West. The 405 freeway kind of became a dividing line. I am not sure if that is still the case.


42 posted on 01/05/2015 11:07:54 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: ilgipper

Move the Cardinals back to St. Louis. Restore the order of the universe.


43 posted on 01/05/2015 11:08:27 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: SoCal Pubbie

well now just waiting for the other shoe to.drop. doesn’t this news make the St.Louis Rams a lame duck franchise as of right now??? Will they play in the Rose Bowl or somewhere else in the L.A. region while waiting for the new stadium? Hard to believe they stay in St. Louis for now assuming this stadium news is a done deal.


44 posted on 01/05/2015 11:09:30 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
If you check the stats, attendance for the Raiders was better in Los Angeles than the long term average after they moved back to Oakland.

Part of the issue with the Raiders today is brand related I think - and the team has been down. Their brand has been soiled irreparably by the association with gangs, hip hop and NWA specifically.

45 posted on 01/05/2015 11:10:11 AM PST by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: mcjordansc

Like most things, it’s not the structural integrity of the stadium there but the “style,” although in this case that’s a bit misleading term. Owners today want stadiums to generate more revenue with improved restaurants, etc. and an adjacent development that makes them money 24/7/365. So by “style” a mean the design- what its intended to do. The dome in St Louis is just a stadium. The Rams want a destination. The Forum in LA is still used, heck even the Sports Arena (a little!) but the teams in Staples Center get a lot more dough out of playing there.


46 posted on 01/05/2015 11:10:19 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Enlightened1

Whatever happened to using a rock quarry in Irwindale?

The Raiders and Rams could share it.


47 posted on 01/05/2015 11:10:20 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: napscoordinator

Same with China Basin in San Fran. It was an old, worn-out industrial district and skid road. The new ball park revitalized the area and you can’t believe the billions of new investment that has flowed into the area. UCSF built their new campus just south of the ball park. Pretty soon, the hipsters will be keep on the move into Bayview / Hunters Point and crowd out the Section 8 cohort. Of course, the redevelopment of the old Candlestick area further south is going to help put the pincer squeeze onto those two high-crime areas.


48 posted on 01/05/2015 11:13:12 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Move the Cardinals back to St. Louis. Restore the order of the universe.

Here Here! Move the Colts back to Baltimore, disband the Ravens while we're at it.
49 posted on 01/05/2015 11:15:55 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The sports talk shows have always said that the league (and any potential stadium developer) wants two teams in the new venue. I heard a while ago that the NFL won’t let any team move there unless THEY are part owners of the stadium. This would also help a team like the Raiders or Chargers swallow renting in a stadium owned by another team (the Rams) because the NFL would be there to keep things equitable. How this announcement fits that scenario I don’t know.

The latest I heard is that no team that can formally ditch their year to year lease (Rams, Raiders, or Chargers) have done so for 2015. As for playing in LA before the new stadium is built, every conversation I’ve heard points to the Rose Bowl.


50 posted on 01/05/2015 11:16:17 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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Rams Owner, Hollywood Park Group Plans To Build New NFL Stadium In Inglewood
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51 posted on 01/05/2015 11:29:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Enlightened1

Inglewood is a great location. In the middle of major work centers of El Segundo - Torrance (Hughes-TRW-Herbalife-Toyota(leaving)) and Santa Monica - Wilshire (studios - tech- finance) to the north.

It would be great to have amounts of decent housing in the area. The 405 can’t handle the traffic.


52 posted on 01/05/2015 11:31:19 AM PST by cicero2k
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To: Enlightened1

From 2014 to 2022, four television networks are paying $39.6 billion for broadcast rights to NFL games. The NFL holds broadcast contracts with CBS Corporation, Comcast, 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation.


53 posted on 01/05/2015 11:33:09 AM PST by Nero Germanicus (PALIN/CRUZ: 2016)
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To: napscoordinator

“I must admit Baltimore was a dump until the stadium moved in and now it is a great city with lots to do around the stadium.”

Yes, right around the stadium/ballpark/aquarium is nice at times, but even the restaurant area of the Inner Harbor can be dangerous, and you certainly don’t want to go even a couple of blocks outside the area. There are regular muggings in the daytime around those office buildings there.


54 posted on 01/05/2015 11:33:41 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Any freepers know the area and can tell us more about Inglewood?

Take it from Dr. Dre....

"Clip in the strap, dippin' through hoods (what hoods?) Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood!"
55 posted on 01/05/2015 11:39:29 AM PST by Daus
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To: Enlightened1

Building it with private money?

If so I am all for it.


56 posted on 01/05/2015 11:40:52 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SoCal Pubbie

dear old Georgia did nothing to field a competitive team


I went to a Monday Night Game, when I first moved to Orange County - Rams vs. Falcons. Some fan put up a neat banner:

ATLANTA, YOU CAN KEEP GEORGIA.

The fans booed like crazy when security took that one down (but not others, nearby).


57 posted on 01/05/2015 11:52:46 AM PST by jttpwalsh
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To: Parley Baer

Yeah, passingly familiar with the area. Went to Westchester HS west of there, so Inglewood was part of the cruising scene in the sixties. Lots of short drag races on Inglewood Blvd.


58 posted on 01/05/2015 11:55:46 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: IamConservative

the issue with the Raiders today is brand related


Yes, it’s been like that, for a long time. I used to work at the Anaheim Theme Park. One of the guys in Security had recently retired from Anaheim P.D., and said doing security (off duty) for Rams games was a coveted assignment - good pay, easy work. They usually had about 50 officers, per game - except when the Raiders came to town. Then, it was 200 officers per game, and that was still not enough.

A cop in Santa Ana was once quoted as saying (back when both teams played in So.Cal) : “Did you ever notice we never have any kids wearing a Rams jacket, that end up in the morgue?” .


59 posted on 01/05/2015 12:03:05 PM PST by jttpwalsh
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To: Enlightened1
Rams need to return to their classic blue and white uniforms.


60 posted on 01/05/2015 12:05:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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