The Chargers, Rams and Oakland Raiders all filed for relocation to Los Angeles earlier in the week, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has sent a report to all 32 teams in the NFL, to update them on the potential relocation of a team to Los Angeles and assist them with facts in the matter, as per the relocation policy, a source who has read the memo told NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport. It marked the first time any team had formally requested to fill the L.A. vacancy since the Raiders and Rams left the area in 1995.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell flew to Minneapolis to warn state legislators that Los Angeles was a viable option, and shortly after that lawmakers approved a deal to finance a new stadium for the Vikings, scheduled to be open for the 2016 season. Tune into 10News starting at 11 p.m. Monday night for the latest developments in the Chargers possible move to Los Angeles. The stadium task force said it was not prepared “for the cruel attack and false claims made by our local team owner, to his League peers, in an attempt to punish and embarrass St. Louis – a city whose residents and businesses have loyally supported the Rams for more than two decades”.
Goodell’s report says each of the teams has worked, without success, for many years to improve its stadium situation and identifies problems with each home market’s response to the situation.
Allies of the Carson project view the proposal as a delaying tactic by Kroenke and his supporters and part of a strategy in which National Football League officials and key owners put pressure on Spanos to agree to join the Rams in Inglewood. Kroenke says it can host two teams, and that he is willing to invest $800 million in equity on his own plus a “reasonable” relocation fee.
League owners will gather for a special meeting in Houston on Tuesday and Wednesday to resolve the uncertainty. The postseason is upon us with 12 teams vying for the right to play in the 50th Super Bowl on February 8, the golden anniversary of the golden child and how apropos that will be.
The Rams, Raiders and Chargers have all applied to relocate to Los Angeles.
The Jones proposal also follows a November 27 letter from Kroenke to the league’s six-owner Committee on NFL Opportunities in which the Rams owner said he was receptive to a second team acquiring an ownership stake in the Inglewood stadium.
Oakland didn’t submit a finalized stadium proposal, and San Diego’s pledge of $350 million toward a new football stadium is contingent on a public vote.
“I bleed blue and gold, just like you guys do”, Lansford said to the crowd.
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In a written statement Saturday, the St. Louis stadium task force said it is “confident our proposal will speak extremely well” for the city as owners deliberate in Houston.
