Rams move unlikely

[Rambunctious]

For 2015......

By now you’ve heard it, discussed it, and maybe even fretted over the question: Could Sunday’s contest against the New York Giants be the Rams’ final home game played in St. Louis?
Not the last game of the 2014 season. But the final game as in … forever.

Is this The End? Will the Rams call Los Angeles home in 2015?

Answer: Highly doubtful.

 

[Rambunctious]

Let’s begin with a local update on the activities of former Anheuser-Busch executive Dave Peacock, who along with St. Louis attorney Bob Blitz heads the task force organized by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to cultivate a long-term stadium solution in St. Louis:

To confirm a report that first appeared in the New York Times this week, Peacock met with NFL executive vice president Eric Grubman in New York late last month to apprise the league of the new-stadium initiative in St. Louis. According to league sources, Peacock revealed preliminary plans for a stadium near the Mississippi River north of the Gateway Arch, and discussed other potential sites.

Peacock recently had a preliminary meeting with high-level Rams executives to give the team a progress report on his stadium efforts. According to league sources, Peacock used the meeting to describe potential stadium locations and funding sources. Rams owner Stan Kroenke did not attend the meeting but was briefed on the details.

A public update on the new stadium project is expected from Gov. Nixon in the coming days. According to league sources, Nixon wants to ease the fans’ concerns over Sunday’s game being the team’s final contest in St. Louis. Nixon’s desire is to assure fans that Peacock and Blitz are making headway on the save-the-Rams mission.
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[Rambunctious]

According to league sources, it is anticipated that Nixon’s initial update will be followed by a public unveiling of preliminary stadium plans — sometime around the first of the year.

The first round of meetings apparently went well. According to league sources, Grubman traveled to St. Louis for last Thursday night’s game between the Cardinals and Rams at the Edward Jones Dome. Grubman had additional, informal discussions with Peacock and Rams executives during the game. - See more at: http://www.*******************/articles/rams-move-unlikely-for-2015-334140.html#sthash.RsE0PXHJ.dpuf

 

[ksudodger]

And as of this morning, according to multiple reports, Roger Godell has informed ownership of the Rams,Raiders and Chargers that there will not be a team in LA, at least for 2015. He said that any team desiring to move to LA should focus on 2016 as a timetable. This is good news for the St Louis folks who are close to a deal on a new stadium site.

 

[27mtrcougar]

And as of this morning, according to multiple reports, Roger Godell has informed ownership of the Rams,Raiders and Chargers that there will not be a team in LA, at least for 2015. He said that any team desiring to move to LA should focus on 2016 as a timetable. This is good news for the St Louis folks who are close to a deal on a new stadium site.

Hell yeah! I can't wait to see this new stadium plans. I heard possibly an open air stadium similar to Seattle on the river front.

 

[DJ]

The Raiders will most likely be the team to move back to Los Angeles.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

The Raiders will most likely be the team to move back to Los Angeles.

I guess there was nothing to the rumors they were talking about moving to San Antonio?

 

[Vitamike]

The NFL Will Not Move A Team To Los Angeles For 2015

The NFL Will Not Move A Team To Los Angeles For 2015

The three most likely NFL teams to move to Los Angeles—the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, and St. Louis Rams—will be staying where they are next season. All three of those teams have expiring leases with their current stadiums, but the NFL won't move a franchise to L.A. until a permanent site for the team is established.
Here are the particulars, via NFL.com:

The Chargers made the announcement earlier in the week that they are staying in San Diego next season, a clear sign that no one would be there next season. Had they thought another team could move to L.A. this year, they would've stayed in play. League sources confirmed this, saying neither of the other two teams whose leases allow them to move — the Rams and the Raiders are the others — will move this year.
Before the Raiders, the Rams or the Chargers bolt, the league decided the focus should be on finding the best site before finding the best team or teams for Los Angeles. There is no scenario that involves a team heading to Los Angeles in a temporary site and then figuring out a stadium later.
With that in mind, the spotlight now shines on three sites: Hollywood Park, where Rams owner Stan Kroenke owns land; Carson, California, which has 172 acres that has been scouted by at least two NFL teams; and AEG's site that would create a downtown stadium. Those spots have shown themselves to be the viable ones.
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The teams have been saying the "right things" about the situation, promising they will pursue every option to remain in their current city. But the NFL is going to move back to Los Angeles sooner rather than later. And when it happens, it will happen quickly, and whichever team moves won't be looking back as they haul out of town.

This just sounds like the Rams

 

[Retroram52]

Yea Vita. The ghost of Robert Irsay and those Mayflower trucks leaving Baltimore in the dead of night come to mind. The Rams apparently still have a remnant of Irsay in them somewhere.