Looks like LA is a go...

[DJ Fieri]

Watching the end of Criminal Minds.....Ed Asner has gone to shit.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

So stan is going to sue the NFL for giving him an extra 100m to build a stadium in STL?? It would be the city of San Diego or Oakland suing the NFL I believe.

The NFL can't just GIVE him 100mil...Do you not get that??? The limit is 200mil, anything more at this point would be a BIG problem after the illegal "wink and nod" we have heard about

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Watching the end of Criminal Minds.....Ed Asner has gone to shit.

As has the show for the most part since Prentiss left.

 

[27mtrcougar]

The NFL can't just GIVE him 100mil...Do you not get that??? The limit is 200mil, anything more at this point would be a BIG problem after the illegal "wink and nod" we have heard about

Actually they can pretty much do whatever they want if the owners agreed to it. but it's not stan suing. It would be Oakland or San Diego which I doubt they would even do.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Actually they can pretty much do whatever they want if the owners agreed to it. but it's not stan suing. It would be Oakland or San Diego which I doubt they would even do.

Chances are, no one will get the votes to relocate, but at least one team will for sure...If Stan doesn't get the votes, you can bet on him suing. He has the most advanced plan and the stadium is being built as we speak.

 

[Rambunctious]

Build it and they will come...

hey hows my new off season Avi?

 

[DJ Fieri]

NO ONE has been a saint in this process. Spanos has been a complete sleazeball, but yet he's still in the mix

This. I detest Spanos.

 

[DJ Fieri]

As has the show for the most part since Prentiss left.

Yeah.....not a lot on right now.

 

[27mtrcougar]

Chances are, no one will get the votes to relocate, but at least one team will for sure...If Stan doesn't get the votes, you can bet on him suing. He has the most advanced plan and the stadium is being built as we speak.

I don't believe they're working on the stadium. they're working on the housing and all the entertainment crap but not the stadium.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

I don't believe they're working on the stadium. they're working on the housing and all the entertainment crap but not the stadium.

What exactly are you basing that on?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Night, folks.....5am gets here early.

Too fucking early for me.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Yeah.....not a lot on right now.

The Dirty Dozen storyline they got going on right now might be interesting but overall the past 3+ seasons have been very lackluster with Jeanne Tripplehorn, JLH and Aisha Taylor trying to fill the Prentiss void and failing.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I don't believe they're working on the stadium. they're working on the housing and all the entertainment crap but not the stadium.

Wrong. Now.....I'm gone.

 

[27mtrcougar]

What exactly are you basing that on?

That is the report I saw when those rumors came out a couple weeks ago. It's the entertainment and all the housing stuff not the actual stadium. Because he's building that regardless what happens. Now reports come out today that he is going to build a stadium no matter what. And I'll believe that when I see It. it would make no sense to build a $2 billion stadium to sit. A soccer game here in there isnt going to do anything.

 

[27mtrcougar]

Wrong. Now.....I'm gone.

I'm sure we would be hearing a lot more about that if it was actually happening.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

That is the report I saw when those rumors came out a couple weeks ago. It's the entertainment and all the housing stuff not the actual stadium. Because he's building that regardless what happens. Now reports come out today that he is going to build a stadium no matter what. And I'll believe that when I see It. it would make no sense to build a $2 billion stadium to sit. A soccer game here in there isnt going to do anything.

That's what you don't get...It wouldn't sit. There are PLENTY of L.A. events which would fill it on a yearly basis. You think 8 freakin days/games a year are going to make THAT huge of a difference??? The stadium/complex he's going to build could be the difference between L.A. getting an Olympics or not. That's BILLIONS of dollars to the L.A. area alone...

 

[Battlelyon]

I bet only the Chargers get the vote to relocate, but the Rams move too. Spanos like any rich man is a businessman first, and will come to an agreement with Stan over Inglewood.

 

[Battlelyon]

St. Louis Rams' relocation bid contends they have the best plan for L.A. and NFL
Sam Farmer and Nathan FennoContact Reporters

The Inglewood stadium proposal backed by the St. Louis Rams is vastly superior to the rival plan in Carson and could be a financial windfall for the NFL, the franchise argued in its relocation application submitted to the league Monday.

The 29-page document obtained Tuesday by The Times lays out the team's rationale for why it should be able to leave St. Louis and how it believes such a move would ultimately strengthen the NFL.

"The Rams' Inglewood project presents the league and all of the member clubs with the best opportunity for successful long-term operations in Los Angeles," the application said.

San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders also applied to relocate as well, touting their joint project in Carson that's projected to open in 2019 and detailing the reasons why they believe they should be allowed to leave their current markets.


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League owners will gather for a special meeting in Houston next week in hopes of resolving the L.A. quandary.

The NFL's stadium, finance and L.A. committees meet Wednesday and Thursday of this week at league headquarters in New York to discuss the situation.

Although the developers at the Inglewood site have long said their stadium would be ready for the 2018 season, the Rams' application targets 2019 as the proposed start date. There was no elaboration on the change for the $1.86-billion project that the Rams describe as "shovel ready."

The document provides a rare look into a landmark moment in the NFL's two-decade quest to return to L.A.; this is the first time teams have formally asked to relocate to the country's second-largest market.

The application is divided into three parts: discussing the strengths of the Inglewood plan, explaining why the Rams have a right to move after two decades in St. Louis, and outlining how the league will benefit from the team's relocation.

Pro Bowl. The neighboring performance venue could be home to the NFL draft, NFL Honors and other league-themed events such as NFL Films premieres. Some of the office space in the planned mixed-use development around the stadium could accommodate the NFL Network, NFL Media and NFL Digital, allowing them "dynamic new space just three miles from their current Culver City location."

The Rams argue that they have the strongest L.A. fan base of the three teams seeking to relocate.



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The development was unprecedented since...

In an aggressive move Monday to end the [URL='http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/football/nfl-ORSPT000007-topic.html']NFL's two-decade absence from Los Angeles, three franchises — the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams — submitted relocation applications to the league on the first day they were eligible to do so.

The development was unprecedented since...

(Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno)
"Polling throughout the relocation process has consistently shown the Rams as a single team have more fan support than the Chargers and Raiders combined," the application said.

The document cites a marketing focus group the NFL held in L.A. in August in which "30 out of 53 respondents preferred the Rams to relocate, followed by 17 votes for the Chargers and six for the Raiders."

The same focus group sessions showed that more than 90% of the attendees preferred the Inglewood site, the Rams said.

The application sounds more like a legal document when it veers into discussion about the Rams' lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis and why the team thinks it is free to move.

"Twelve years of fruitless talks culminating in an intense one-year exchange of proposals in an agreed-upon process that cost the parties more than $7 million meets any standard of good-faith community engagement," the application said.

Some of the strongest language is reserved for the $1.1-billion riverfront stadium deal being proposed by St. Louis, in which the Rams would be responsible for all stadium operations and maintenance costs for the stadium's first 30 years. The Rams say that would increase their current rent by a factor of 20.

A spokesman for the St. Louis stadium task force said the Rams' assessment of their experience in the city "is inaccurate and extremely disappointing."

"We have a spectacular stadium proposal that delivers the certainty the NFL has asked for, and we are and will continue to be an excellent home for the St. Louis Rams," said Jim Woodcock.

The St. Louis plan calls for the league and the Rams to kick in at least $710 million toward the project, with $355 million in public contributions. That's short of the $400 million the St. Louis stadium task force promised league owners two months ago, the Rams said.

The Rams' application argues that even "the most cursory analysis of the St. Louis financial proposal makes no economic sense for an NFL team."

A heading in bold emphasizes the point: "No NFL Club Would Be Interested In The … New St. Louis Stadium."
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[27mtrcougar]

St. Louis Rams' relocation bid contends they have the best plan for L.A. and NFL
Sam Farmer and Nathan FennoContact Reporters

The Inglewood stadium proposal backed by the St. Louis Rams is vastly superior to the rival plan in Carson and could be a financial windfall for the NFL, the franchise argued in its relocation application submitted to the league Monday.

The 29-page document obtained Tuesday by The Times lays out the team's rationale for why it should be able to leave St. Louis and how it believes such a move would ultimately strengthen the NFL.

"The Rams' Inglewood project presents the league and all of the member clubs with the best opportunity for successful long-term operations in Los Angeles," the application said.

San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders also applied to relocate as well, touting their joint project in Carson that's projected to open in 2019 and detailing the reasons why they believe they should be allowed to leave their current markets.

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League owners will gather for a special meeting in Houston next week in hopes of resolving the L.A. quandary.

The NFL's stadium, finance and L.A. committees meet Wednesday and Thursday of this week at league headquarters in New York to discuss the situation.

Although the developers at the Inglewood site have long said their stadium would be ready for the 2018 season, the Rams' application targets 2019 as the proposed start date. There was no elaboration on the change for the $1.86-billion project that the Rams describe as "shovel ready."

The document provides a rare look into a landmark moment in the NFL's two-decade quest to return to L.A.; this is the first time teams have formally asked to relocate to the country's second-largest market.

The application is divided into three parts: discussing the strengths of the Inglewood plan, explaining why the Rams have a right to move after two decades in St. Louis, and outlining how the league will benefit from the team's relocation.

Pro Bowl. The neighboring performance venue could be home to the NFL draft, NFL Honors and other league-themed events such as NFL Films premieres. Some of the office space in the planned mixed-use development around the stadium could accommodate the NFL Network, NFL Media and NFL Digital, allowing them "dynamic new space just three miles from their current Culver City location."

The Rams argue that they have the strongest L.A. fan base of the three teams seeking to relocate.

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In an aggressive move Monday to end the NFL's two-decade absence from Los Angeles, three franchises — the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams — submitted relocation applications to the league on the first day they were eligible to do so.

The development was unprecedented since...

In an aggressive move Monday to end the NFL's two-decade absence from Los Angeles, three franchises — the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams — submitted relocation applications to the league on the first day they were eligible to do so.

The development was unprecedented since...

(Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno)
"Polling throughout the relocation process has consistently shown the Rams as a single team have more fan support than the Chargers and Raiders combined," the application said.

The document cites a marketing focus group the NFL held in L.A. in August in which "30 out of 53 respondents preferred the Rams to relocate, followed by 17 votes for the Chargers and six for the Raiders."

The same focus group sessions showed that more than 90% of the attendees preferred the Inglewood site, the Rams said.

The application sounds more like a legal document when it veers into discussion about the Rams' lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis and why the team thinks it is free to move.

"Twelve years of fruitless talks culminating in an intense one-year exchange of proposals in an agreed-upon process that cost the parties more than $7 million meets any standard of good-faith community engagement," the application said.

Some of the strongest language is reserved for the $1.1-billion riverfront stadium deal being proposed by St. Louis, in which the Rams would be responsible for all stadium operations and maintenance costs for the stadium's first 30 years. The Rams say that would increase their current rent by a factor of 20.

A spokesman for the St. Louis stadium task force said the Rams' assessment of their experience in the city "is inaccurate and extremely disappointing."

"We have a spectacular stadium proposal that delivers the certainty the NFL has asked for, and we are and will continue to be an excellent home for the St. Louis Rams," said Jim Woodcock.

The St. Louis plan calls for the league and the Rams to kick in at least $710 million toward the project, with $355 million in public contributions. That's short of the $400 million the St. Louis stadium task force promised league owners two months ago, the Rams said.

The Rams' application argues that even "the most cursory analysis of the St. Louis financial proposal makes no economic sense for an NFL team."

A heading in bold emphasizes the point: "No NFL Club Would Be Interested In The … New St. Louis Stadium."

This is what I don't get? Saint Louis has the best plan... Well yeah they do. Oakland and San Diego don't have a plan to put on the table. Therefore it's a joke even be thinking about the Rams moving out of St. Louis when the other teams have been trying to get a stadium for a decade.

 

[shopson67]

This is what I don't get? Saint Louis has the best plan... Well yeah they do. Oakland and San Diego don't have a plan to put on the table. Therefore it's a joke even be thinking about the Rams moving out of St. Louis when the other teams have been trying to get a stadium for a decade.

St. Louis' plan to keep the Rams involves a $300M loan from the NFL, which so far is a no-go.