Rumor Rams going back to LA?

[dora_da_destroyer]

These clowns haven't won anything since 99. I can assure you they will not be missed. Stl would much rather have an NBA team.

My team hasn't won a SB since 95 but I'd miss them if they left

 

[Captain Crunch]

Put the Raiders back in LA.

 

[G.O.A.T]

Rams owner planning L.A. stadium

LOS ANGELES -- The St. Louis Rams could be headed back home to Los Angeles as early as 2016.

A year after purchasing 60 acres of land in Inglewood adjacent to the Forum and Hollywood Park, Rams owner Stan Kroenke has teamed up with the owners of the Hollywood Park site to build an NFL stadium, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Stockbridge Capital Group, which owns the 238-acre Hollywood Park site, already had plans for a mixed-use community on the land that formerly housed the famed thoroughbred racing track which closed last year. Those plans will now include an 80,000-seat stadium and a 6,000-seat performance venue, the companies told the newspaper.

St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke plans to build an 80,000-seat stadium and a 6,000-seat performance venue on the land that formerly housed famed thoroughbred racing track Hollywood Park, according to a report.
There have been many proposed stadium plans that have come and gone in the hopes of bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles after the city lost both the Raiders and Rams after the 1994 season, but none of those plans were ever backed by a current NFL owner capable of moving his team into the country's second-largest market.

The Rams are expected to convert their lease at St. Louis' Edward Jones Dome to a year-to-year agreement later this month and, if the team and the city fail to come to an agreement to build a new stadium, the Rams could move back to the area it called home from 1946 to 1994.

"We are excited to unveil an expanded plan that will bring a world-class sports and entertainment district to Hollywood Park," Terry Fancher, founder of Stockbridge, said in a statement to the Times. "We are committed to working with [the Kroenke Group] to build a project that will put Inglewood back on the map as home of the truly great sports and entertainment venues."

Developers of the project told the Times that no tax dollars would be used for the construction project, including the stadium, which could be completed by 2018. Before construction can begin, however, the project must pass several political and environmental hurdles and the Rams must, of course, commit to moving back to Los Angeles after this upcoming season.

Any NFL franchise interested in relocating for next season would have to apply between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15 of that year, according to league bylaws, and prove it has exhausted all attempts to remain in its current location. The earliest a team could relocate to Los Angeles would be January 2016 after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said no teams would be moving to Los Angeles for the upcoming season.

The two teams that have always made the most sense to relocate to Los Angeles are the last two NFL teams to leave Los Angeles 20 years ago: the Oakland Raiders and the Rams.

The Raiders' lease to play at the O.co Coliseum, formerly known as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, has expired and the team is now on a year-to-year agreement. Meanwhile, the Rams can get out of their lease agreement with the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission to play at the Edward Jones Dome as well.

The third team in play for L.A., the San Diego Chargers, can announce their intention to leave San Diego between Feb. 1 and May 1 of each year through 2020 if they pay an early termination fee tied to the bonds used to expand Qualcomm Stadium in 1997.

The original plan for Hollywood Park, which is three miles east of the Los Angeles International Airport, included the construction of 2,995 homes, 620,000 square feet of retail space and 25 acres of parks. A major park called Champion Park is slated to be constructed as part of the first phase.

There are also two other stadium proposals currently on the table for NFL stadiums in Los Angeles. The Anschutz Entertainment Group, the company behind Farmers Field, a proposed $1.5 billion football stadium and convention center expansion in downtown Los Angeles, got a six-month extension in October to its existing agreement with the city of Los Angeles for the project.

AEG requested an extension to allow for additional time to pursue an NFL team and also to further assess and develop an alternative development plan for the expansion and modernization of the Convention Center and the potential construction of another large hotel at L.A Live.

They committed to spend up to $600,000 over the next six months to commission designs for a proposed alternative plan for the convention center expansion and improvement, as well as the possibility of an additional 750-room hotel adjacent to L.A. Live and the Convention Center.

A competing stadium proposed by real estate magnate Ed Roski in the City of Industry has been "shovel ready" for years but, as is the case with Farmers Field, needs a long-term commitment from an NFL team before construction can begin.

Roski's 600 acres in the City of Industry could be used for commercial development if a stadium never materializes. Nearly 20 years ago, NFL owners approved a plan to build a new, privately-financed $200 million stadium in Hollywood Park in order to keep the Raiders in town after the Rams had already bolted for St. Louis.

The stadium would have been the home of the Raiders, at least two future Super Bowls and potentially a second NFL team. Raiders owner Al Davis, however, balked at the idea of sharing a stadium with a second team and headed back to Oakland.

Two decades later, the NFL could be looking at a return to Los Angeles and to the last, best stadium proposal the city had to keep the NFL in the first place.

 

[The God Poster]

What other major city could go 20 yrs without a NFL team and not give a fukk?

lets see who you gone be rooting for

Where they gonna play? Where the money coming from?

Just another owner threatened the city with a move to l.a. and not even moving

receipts have now been notarized

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Now bring back these

 

[klientel]

I'm a Rams fan and don't give 2 fukks about the city of St Louis. I can't wait for this move to happen.

 

[andre patton]

I'm not really a fan of the inglewood move. I would much rather see the new convention center, stadium, high rise hotel move. I think it will be much better for the city of Los Angeles as well as DTLA. The area has been revitalized so much with the staples center, I would love to see LA have a more vibrant downtown scene. LA is so spread out, the downtown area has no identity. shyt downtown San Diego gets more crackin than downtown LA. Downtown Fullerton gets more crackin then downtown LA.

I also find it odd...LA/OC has got to be the only major city thats on a body of water...yet none of its sports team utilizes any of the beachfront property.

fun fact: the rams only been in st louis for 19 years. they spent 48 years in the greater Los Angeles area.





dont nobody out here give a fukk about the Rams or want them back tho

I came in here to post this. Then I saw I already said it 3 months ago.

I still think its a "fun fact" because everyone thinks the Rams were only in LA for a couple years or whatever...and nowadays they are so synonymous with St Louis. But the truth is the Rams played in LA for 50 years.

Also, fun fact, the NFL was still segregated in the 40s. But LA wouldnt let the Rams come to LA unless they allowed nikkas to play on the team...therefore the Rams became the first (post ww2) team to allow black players.

Its still to the Rams tho. But I must admit, I want to see professional footbal in southern california. I live in San Diego so I havent seen a pro-team in SoCal since the Raiders left. I actually think the Raiders should play a couple pre-season games in SoCal every year, but thats for another thread.

 

[NatiboyB]

fukk racist ass ST Louis and Missouri guess the police can burn their jerseys now...but don't they still have to play in STL one more season?