Here are some of the big ones.
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The suit was filed by James Pudlowski, Louis Cross III, Gain Henry and Steve Henry, and was the first lawsuit stemming from the Rams’ departure.
“St. Louis stepped up, in good faith”, she said Wednesday, citing plans to spend $400 million in local and state tax dollars toward a $1.1 billion St. Louis riverfront stadium.
Kroenke also is willing to propose an equity ownership in the stadium in which the other team would be treated as an equal partner.
We don’t doubt that the prospect of a new stadium in L.A. was more enticing than a new stadium in a city where only 50,000 fans per weekend bought tickets, but many feel Kroenke lied from the day he purchased the Rams in 2010.
Where will the games be?
The Rams have plans to build in Inglewood, California, but the stadium won’t be completed until the 2019 season, which will leave the Rams homeless for the next three season.
Fans of the NFL Rams celebrated the team’s return to Los Angeles.
The Coliseum, however, isn’t exactly a brand new venue. But that won’t happen unless the teams can cut a stadium-sharing deal. Since the Coliseum’s willing to host two teams in 2016, that means that Chargers will also be able to move next season if that’s what they want to do.
“This city really will miss its mediocre Rams”.
CNN sent a list of questions to the Rams’ communications department, which included questions about where the Rams will play and practice. The Raiders can commit roughly $500 million (before the new money), leaving more work to do.
The issue is timing – at least as it relates to finalizing something in time for the 2016 season. At the time, the NFL did not allow black football players in the league. USC athletic director Pat Haden, the former Rams quarterback, plans to talk with the Rams soon about returning to the Trojans’ 93-year-old home, which is managed by the school.
The Rams have a year-to-year lease in St. Louis.
After losing two professional football teams – the Cardinals and now the Rams – many leaders and fans in St. Louis are done with the NFL.
It’s unknown if the Rams will be selling personal seat licenses in Los Angeles. The Rams wanted to move to nearby Inglewood, and was approved 30-2 after other options did not get the 24 votes needed for approval.
According to sources, the framework of the deal was forwarded to Chargers owner Dean Spanos late Monday night. If the Chargers don’t take up the Inglewood option within a year, the Raiders will have that option instead. San Diego’s mayor, meanwhile, said Wednesday the city is looking for a fresh start with the team. The Inglewood proposal defeated the Chargers’ joint venture with the Oakland Raiders on a stadium in Carson. The Raiders played in Los Angeles from 1982-94 and now split a facility with baseball’s Athletics, the last remaining NFL-MLB stadium.
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The league will give $100 million to the Chargers and the Raiders if either team builds a new stadium in their current markets. The Chargers are in negotiations to move to LA and the National Football League team has a year long option to change location.
