MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
It's kind of crazy. Basically, the Rams signed a lease with the dome where the dome had to be a top tier stadium or else the Rams had the option to void the remainder of the 30 year lease and go year to year. This "top tier stadium" thing was never defined per say, just had to be top tier with suites and amenities and all that shyt. A few years ago, the Rams and the people owning the dome disagreed on the cost to renovate the dome to make it "top tier." It went to arbitration, and the arbitrator ruled that the Rams and Kroenke had the proposal that is closer to the language of being "top tier."You know whats crazy? The Rams' current stadium is less than 25 years old, yet there's talks of a NEW STADIUM.In the talks of a new stadium, do any critics bring up that the Rams don't need a new venue because they already have a relatively new stadium?
What this shyt all means is that the people in STL created whatever lease was most favorable to the Rams to move them here, not thinking that 20 years later there'd be an owner here that would use that as leverage to void the lease and move the team to another city.