Looks like LA is a go...

[Vitamike]

It will be the place to be for NFL home games Snake Eyes!

I can't wait!

 

[Retroram52]

I really like those architectural renditions. Good stuff and a excellent new/old home for the Rams.

 

[Battlelyon]

NFL could move only one team to L.A., indefinitely
Posted by Mike Florio on September 23, 2015, 9:44 AM EDT
AP
It’s been presumed that two teams will return to Los Angeles. The only question is which of the two teams that once were in L.A. will go back.

The question may have changed in recent weeks.

Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL may ultimately move only one team to Los Angeles. And that would happen not as a short-term thing, but as an indefinite move that could result in a second team never going to Los Angeles.

The shift comes from the league’s intense desire to get it right in L.A. Although it would be a lot easier to build a stadium with private money if 20 games per year are played there, instantly assigning two teams to a market that for 20 years has had none may not be the best way to reconnect with Los Angeles.

If only one team goes, that team likely would be the Rams, since owner Stan Kroenke already has plans in place to fund privately a one-team stadium in Inglewood. The proposed project in Carson hinges on two teams: the Chargers and the Raiders.

A one-team market in L.A. likely would hinge on working something out for the Chargers in San Diego, which may not be easy to do without public money. It could be even harder if the Chargers are dead-set on leaving — and if owner Dean Spanos has the votes to block Kroenke from moving to L.A. alone.

Meanwhile, Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reports that the L.A. relocation process soon will shift from league-office personnel to a key group of owners and Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The so-called Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities (they need a clunkier name for it, I think) consists of Steelers owner Art Rooney II, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, Texans owner Bob McNair, and Giants co-owner John Mara. Ultimately, 24 owners will have to agree with whatever this group recommends, but there’s currently no reason to suspect a rebellion.

Unless the recommendation is that the Rams will get L.A., the Chargers will stay in San Diego, and the Raiders will continue to float aimlessly. At that point, Spanos and Raiders owner Mark Davis could cobble together nine votes aimed at blocking the move, which could eventually force Kroenke to move in violation of the league’s relocation policy — perhaps setting the stage for another high-profile NFL loss in a court of law.

 

[shopson67]

Kroenke isn't relying on tax money to build his stadium. He can build and move and fight the NFL in court if he really wants to, a la Al Davis.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, he himself has billions of dollars and he is married to one of the Walmart brats who has even more billions. I can state with a modicum of certainty that he is proceeding on his own without blinking an eye toward what the owners of the Chargers and Raiders are considering. Even if Goodell/Kraft fight his move, Kroneke is proceeding forward because he basically doesn't want to have his franchise in St Louis anymore. Kroneke thinks the town is baseball-focused and it is a dumpy-ass town for losers (inside rumor).

 

[Rambunctious]

Something to definitely look forward to. How cool is that?

 

[ozarkram]

Yep, he himself has billions of dollars and he is married to one of the Walmart brats who has even more billions. I can state with a modicum of certainty that he is proceeding on his own without blinking an eye toward what the owners of the Chargers and Raiders are considering. Even if Goodell/Kraft fight his move, Kroneke is proceeding forward because he basically doesn't want to have his franchise in St Louis anymore. Kroneke thinks the town is baseball-focused and it is a dumpy-ass town for losers (inside rumor).

Would love to know the source of that rumor. But rumors being what they are.

 

[Retroram52]

You can find that source by reading ozark.

 

[ozarkram]

You can find that source by reading ozark.

Not quite sure how to respond to this. I think I will just leave the rumors to those that spread them.

 

[tabascojet]

Tldr you st louis fans hear the rumor that jaguars will be your replacement team once a new stadium deal is in place? Any legs to this?

 

[tabascojet]

Nevermind went back a page and saw jags mentioned....

 

[jacobarch]

No it's just another rumor. Like Ozark said, everything we hear at this point is just that, a rumor.

 

[Battlelyon]

It's official now...

Terry Bradshaw: "The #Rams are gone... All of the FOX guys are hearing that they're moving."

 

[Retroram52]

Yea. Everything is just a rumor! lol.

 

[tabascojet]

how soon 2017?

 

[Battlelyon]

More like 2016

 

[tabascojet]

More like 2016

so play in collesium until inglewood is finished?

 

[Retroram52]

That is what I am hearing and reading Snake Eyes. Yep, Tobascojet, the lease with the EJD is up at the end of the 2015 season and the Rams will be gone to play in the LA Coliseum until the new place is done. Man, talk about a lot of nostalgia. Fred Dryer and Vince Ferragamo have recently stated they are glad the Rams are coming back to LA to play again in the coliseum. Wow!!

 

[Battlelyon]

Nothing is official but the official rumor come February Rams are moving

 

[Retroram52]

Correcto Mondo Snake Eyes! Vita must be stoked beyond belief!!