Looks like LA is a go...

[jacobarch]

Yeah we all know they are talking behind closed doors and why wouldn't they? It's pointless for all 32 teams for them just to come out and say "hey this team is moving for sure next year" They would lose out on a lot of revenue.

At this point all signs are pointing to Inglewood being the place the NFL wants to happen. I still feel carson is just a leverage tactic at this point. The land still hasn't been approved to build anything on because it was previously a landfill. TBH it doesn't really sound like something the NFL will consider viable. In addition with the news that came out yesterday that NFL will consider the Inglewood stadium a viable candidate for the superbowl by 2018-2020 shows which way they are leaning. It's exciting times for LA, either way we'll be getting a team or two in the near future.

 

[jacobarch]

whoa kind of a big statement!


video of Local KTLA saying the Rams will announce in August.

 

[Retroram52]

Interesting indeed. We shall see how Kroneke is going to elevate the Rams to fit the status that LA is own by the Lakers, Kings, and Dodgers.

 

[Retroram52]

Here's a guy you'd think would have a different tune after all of what the former owner did to him, but apparently Eric Dickerson is a Rams fan as well as a former player and he too believes the Rams belong in LA. Difficult to argue with a former player even though the Rams won their only superbowl in St Louis. Read it for yourself.

Eric Dickerson says St. Louis Rams belong back in Los Angeles - St. Louis Rams Blog - ESPN

 

[jacobarch]

Good stuff...

You should see the mass hysteria over on the STLtoday forums about this relocation stuff. It's quite humorous.

 

[Retroram52]

I can only imagine jacobarch!

 

[Battlelyon]

 

[Retroram52]

And the noose tightens as I have maintained all along the Rams were going back to LA as of two years ago and even when the majority of us were on the SEEBS boards.

 

[shopson67]

I can't imagine anyone in LA wanting the Chargers. The Rams and Raiders both have history in LA and would be welcomed back much more enthusiastically (I don't think the Chargers' 1 year in LA in 1960 resonates much). Chargers are the best team right now of the three, but that's not at issue here.

 

[Vitamike]

So I went to the Dallas Training camp here in Oxnard CA to see our Rams & I also found this story on it too!

St. Louis Rams fans turn out in force for Oxnard training-camp practice

There were a lot of Rams fans!



Jared Cook called it 'Live' and it was!

He had this takeaway...

"It was live," Rams tight end Jared Cook said. "I just couldn't believe it, man. I think we had a lot more fans than Dallas."

He was right, there were way more Rams fans than Cowboy fans.

They had two scrimmages going at once most of the Cowboy fans were watching their offense vs our defense and we watched our defense for awhile and found a good mix of Rams fans among the Cowboy fans.

We then went to the other scrimmage which was our offense vs their defense and it was a sea of Rams fans with pretty much no Cowboys fans. 20 rows of bleachers on the Rams side compared to the 5 rows of bleacher on the Boys side.

I wouldn't say it was 2-1 in favor of the Rams but it wasn't too far away from that.

Chants of 'Whose House? Rams House!' dominated the practice field and chants of 'LA Rams' rang throughout the early evening practice and up to the departure of the Rams buses.

It was a blast.

I'll share more in a bit.

 

[jacobarch]

I can't wait, I'll be there today!

 

[Vitamike]

Have fun Jacob! I know it's a little late so I hope you got there early. The $5 parking was limited and the neighborhood parking was restricted. We ended up parking at a local city park so if you get this and need alternate parking, it is Sierra Linda Park, 1040 Indigo Pl. Oxnard, CA 93036. Just make sure you park on the same side of the street as the park.

 

[jacobarch]

Yeah we got here early around 2 so there was plenty of parking left over. Not as packed as it was yesterday tho. And people are confused why they canceled the Rams only practice tomorrow. Rumor has it some rams players were up to no good last night. We'll see what they come up with.

 

[Vitamike]

Yeah we got here early around 2 so there was plenty of parking left over. Not as packed as it was yesterday tho. And people are confused why they canceled the Rams only practice tomorrow. Rumor has it some rams players were up to no good last night. We'll see what they come up with.

Thought it might be lighter today with many taking a 3 day weekend to make the 2 hour plus trek to the southern central coast community of Oxnard.

We cruised on down to Mandalay Bay and had some Pizza & Beer at Toppers Pizza! It too was a good pick! Packed house with lots of TV's, right on the Marina, good pizza, and well, .... beer!

 

[zeke2829]

It doesn't really matter to me where they end up(LA?, St Louis?, Mexico?, Canada? I will support them whatever city they play in.

What really matters to me is, I just hope the fans will show up at home and not sell out on game day. It makes me sick to see more opposing fans in our own stadium.

 

[jacobarch]

yeah, it's a bummer when that happens. however, wherever they play they will run into that problem unless they start winning games. No one wants to pay for season tickets with a losing team.

 

[Vitamike]

EMPTY HOUSE: Starters for both teams played the first half and some went even deeper before a sparse crowd in the Rams' first home game of the preseason. The team said 37,460 tickets were distributed, about half-capacity at the Edward Jones Dome that appeared to be no more than one-fourth full.

Threat of a franchise move back to the West Coast combined with an 11-year drought without a winning record has cut into enthusiasm. Rams owner Stan Kroenke has purchased land with the intention of building a new stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood.
NFL Recap - Indianapolis Colts at St. Louis Rams - Aug 29, 2015 - CBSSports.com Game Recap

Wow, no more than one-forth full?

St Louis is making this just too easy for Stan to move our team back to LA.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

I have been waiting all my life for Roman Gabriel to return back to the house (town) he built.

Will the Blue-n-White return as well?

 

[Retroram52]

That is very true, Vita. I am seeing that the Kroneke is being supported by the league and St Louis isn't doing much anymore.

Mrwallace2ku, I would love to see the Blue and white unis return or even some variation of the original red and black unis that the Cleveland Rams had when they were incepted into the league back-in-the-day.

 

[Rambunctious]

If they do move back I'm getting season tickets. I'm sure they would play at the Rose Bowl or Angel stadium for a couple of seasons but I don't care.