The St. Louis Rams are moving to Los Angeles.
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The Chargers’ option to pair with the Rams in Los Angeles lasts for one year. He said the relocation process has been “excruciating for everyone”. (The Rams paid a meager $500,000 per year to use the dome.) And then there’s the more than million in public funds used to develop a $1 billion riverfront stadium proposal to keep the Rams-a pitch NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell knocked as “inadequate” and “unsatisfactory”. “In some ways a bittersweet moment, because we were unable to get the kind of facilities done we wanted in their markets”. The stadium plan was deemed inadequate, however, opening the way for Tuesday’s decision that also gives the San Diego Chargers the first option at sharing a new $1.86 billion stadium planned by Rams owner Stan Kroenke in Inglewood, Calif. “Today, with the National Football League returning home, Los Angeles cements itself as the epicenter of the sports world”, he said.
The Chargers have denied a published report that the team is close to reaching a deal with the Rams to join them in Inglewood, ProFootballTalk.com reported.
The Chargers have until next January to decide on the Inglewood option.
No NFL franchise has moved since the Houston Oilers went to Tennessee in 1997. But if he wants to be in Los Angeles, Spanos has no other choice. “Including meeting between 2 teams”.
The city’s original agreement with the Rams allowed the team to bail if the St. Louis stadium did not rank among the top tier of league venues, he said. The city has claimed that the Chargers didn’t negotiate in good faith and had several misrepresentations in their relocation bid. “San Diego isn’t going to change now that they are against the wall, so the move to LA is needed as a fresh start with the financial boom being the most sought after for the owners”.
The suit, filed in St. Louis Circuit Court, alleges the Rams violated the state’s Merchandising Practices Act with, in part, “deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise”.
Fans seemed to direct as much anger at the league, which dismissed the city’s stadium plan – and its $400 million contribution – as insufficient.
And if the Rams truly hope to succeed, it would really help for local boy Jeff Fisher to put a winning team on the field.
The Rams have a year-to-year lease in St. Louis. Rams employees spent Wednesday learning about the months of work ahead, and spokesman Artis Twyman said the team hasn’t made any logistical decisions yet about the move.
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When the Times asked him if he had a hard time deciding whether to leave the city, Kroenke said he had no choice, lest he become a “victim”. “They want a new stadium, they want to make lots of money with the new stadium and in the LA market they will be able to get everything that the owners want in that department”.
