Stadium task force responds to Kroenke’s slams on St. Louis

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.

Chris Melvin, San Diego’s lead negotiator with the San Diego Chargers blamed the team, alleging the Chargers “created their own uncertainty” when it comes to a new stadium”.

“We were not prepared, however, 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”, the letter said.

Earlier Saturday, CBSSports.com NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported on a potential Rams-Chargers partnership, which further complicates the picture. The task force notes that the Rams “will control the building and be able to program it as they desire” – potentially increasing team revenue, particularly with other uses. The Chargers would have no new stadium in San Diego while the Rams and possibly even the Raiders move into Kroenke’s stadium two hours up the road.

This group, known as the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, is expected to make a formal recommendation to its fellow owners, the sources said.

On Thursday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a dartboard with Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s face as the bull’s-eye.

But they believed they didn’t when Kroenke made his move.

“If the Rams are denied L.A., they could be allowed to move to another market such as London, Toronto or even San Diego – which could siphon fans from all over Southern California”.

The Jones proposal would likely require the league cutting a deal with Davis, with one scenario the league providing $100 to $200 million on top of a $200 million loan from special stadium fund for a new 50,000-seat venue in Oakland.

Big ideas: The Inglewood stadium is the anchor of a large entertainment hub being built on the sprawling land in Inglewood, and Kroenke envisions it hosting National Football League events such as combine and Pro Bowl.

“Nobody knows for sure until the vote is taken”, Chargers owner Dean Spanos said when he emerged from league headquarters before walking with his entourage of attorneys and financial experts toward their hotel.

The people of St. Louis are in a tizzy, and not just because the team they lifted from Los Angeles could soon be heading back home. The Chargers and Raiders have teamed to propose a stadium in Carson; the Rams want to build a stadium in Inglewood. Many of those proposals were with other cities in San Diego County and didn’t include financing plans from the team.

The land is available, but it’s not like in a year’s time they’d be playing in said mega-stadium, and because each club is petitioning to play the 2016 campaign in greater L.A., the cit(ies) involved would have to work something out.

The crowd raised banners, waved signs and chanted slogans while marching near the historic stadium that could be the Rams’ home again this fall if the league approves their move.