Goodell reportedly said each market had “ample opportunity but did not develop their proposals sufficiently to ensure the retention of its National Football League team”.
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A San Diego City and County proposal for a $1.1 billion stadium at Mission Valley is not considered viable by league officials and owners because of concerns about the legality of an expedited environmental review process and the fact that the earliest a vote on public funding for the stadium could be held is next June.
That is particularly stark news to St. Louis, which has approved a $400 million contribution to a $1.1 billion stadium it hoped would keep the Rams locked in St. Louis.
Slay started with Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s suggestion that he and the franchise have made significant efforts to reach an agreement for a new stadium in St. Louis.
“Iger has a lot of juice in the L.A. market”, Ganis said. The report does not green-light a move for any of the teams, but if 24 league owners approve a move, the country’s second-largest market would have an NFL team (or two) for the first time since the 1994 season.
There’s one more team in the City of Angels relocation mix – the Oakland Raiders.
In one scenario, the Chargers would move to Los Angeles alone, leaving one spot open for either Oakland or St. Louis later down the line. Oakland had to see that coming as they only provided a conceptual stadium proposal.
Nothing is final yet, but that lack of confidence seems warranted given that Kroenke and Goodell have so far scoffed at the city and state’s proposal to put more than 0 million in public tax money toward a new stadium on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Kahane said that if the Raiders do move, “I’m not driving to L.A. But I’ll still be here watching them”. There could even be a case made that they rightfully belong back in LA, and that’s where they will go.
Inglewood, which is in the approach path to Los Angeles International Airport, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration since November to address the agency’s concerns that the stadium could interfere with its radar.
It’s also possible that one team could get approval to move, either the Chargers or the Rams, with the possibility of the other team heading to Los Angeles later if no stadium deal can be reached in their home market. The Rams are pitching a competing $1.86 billion stadium in Inglewood.
That group, along with the stadium and finance committees, emerged without revealing a clear favorite in advance of next week’s two-day special meeting in Houston of all 32 team owners.
That is the indication from a column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing the possibility of a curveball in the proceedings.
It means being forced to return to a substandard stadium in the city they just tried to leave.
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During an August NFL meeting on the Los Angeles situation in suburban Chicago, Kroenke was asked during his presentation on the Inglewood project by Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey if the stadium could host two franchises. The team sold out every home game from its arrival until 2006, but attendance in recent years has been near the bottom of the league.
