Saint Louis and San Diego have seen concrete plans on the table, whereas Oakland has not put forward any plans for a new stadium.
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Oakland might not be losing the Raiders.
That is the indication from a column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing the possibility of a curveball in the proceedings.
All 32 team owners will meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Houston with the expectation they will vote on which team(s) will be allowed to move to Los Angeles.
The Rams, Chargers and Raiders all have submitted applications to relocate to Los Angeles in 2016. “It takes great courage to do something like that”.
However, now the question is whether it will be one or two and which of the three franchises will get the green light.
Blame it on Kroenke, but also give him credit. St Louis ranks 11th in terms of suites per the number of companies over $50 million in sales, 14th in population per stadium/arena seat, and 18th in high income households per club seat – all important ratios in assessing potential demand for a professional sports team.
Asked about Jones’ compromise proposal, a Chargers representative told the Daily News that Spanos remained committed to partnering with the Raiders.
Apparently it wasn’t enough for the Rams to pack up their gear and leave behind a useless dome taxpayers built for them. “We stand ready to work with the Raiders and the National Football League to make that happen in a way that is responsible to the team, the fans and the taxpayers”.
All three teams are dissatisfied with their current stadiums. The leadership in each city agrees in the inadequacy of the current stadium and the lack of a timely response. “We’ve had nine different proposals that we’ve made, and all of them were basically rejected by the city”. If Chargers only (it’s close to 24) or Rams only (it’s not almost as close to 24) can’t get it done, Chargers-Rams could. And there are other possible outcomes, including one that would see both the Rams and the Chargers in Los Angeles. Because when the Rams decided to make their move there, this (relocation attempt) was a move to protect our business more than anything. But what if the ballot measure didn’t pass?
Rams owner Stan Kroenke hopes to return the franchise to the area where it spent 49 seasons from 1946-94.
In Carson, a $1.7 billion open-air stadium would be built on 168 acres next to the 405 Freeway.
The same company that designed Jerry Jones’ monument to himself in Dallas has come up with drawings for the old Hollywood Park site Kroenke already controls. Six weeks after Kroenke announced his stadium plan in January 2015, the Raiders and Chargers announced their own joint stadium plan in nearby Carson.
Saturday evening, an NFL spokesman confirmed that Goodell had sent the report, and that the action is prescribed in the league’s relocation guidelines, but said the NFL had no further comment.
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“What would you say to [Stan Kronke] if was here right now?”. After that, owners will scrutinize the Carson and Inglewood projects and ultimately vote on which one they believe will have the best long-term success in Los Angeles.
