National Football League committee recommends Raiders-Chargers stadium venture in Carson

A committee of National Football League owners has recommended a proposal for a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson that is backed by the San Diego Chargers, the NFL said Tuesday.

Since Kroenke’s initial move, the Chargers – teaming up with the Raiders – have a proposal for a stadium in Carson, about 20 miles south of downtown L.A. That plan is estimated at $1.7 billion.

The NFL’s owners are meeting in Houston starting Tuesday to formally decide the fate of the three teams that want to move to Los Angeles.

“It’s a long, tedious process”, New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said at the December meetings in the Dallas area. Davis said the “world is a possibility” for the Raiders and a team-issued statement did not mention Oakland.

“We could have already gained voter approval of a stadium under the plan laid out this summer by the city and county”, Melvin said.

But with the Coliseum growing more outdated and suffering from occasional sewage backups and other infrastructure problems, a new stadium is essential.

Well, well, well, interesting that one of the most powerful owners in the league has hopped on the wagon of the Chargers and Rams going to Inglewood. But for fans of St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders, the anxiety might be at all-time high. They could focus first on deciding which team or teams they want in Los Angeles or on which of the two competing stadium options they prefer. Louis Rams are each vying to become the team that brings professional football back to the greater L.A. area. It was just reported on ESPN that a lot of owners support Chargers’ owner Dean Spanos for sentimental reasons-“heart” was the word that was used. We remain confident that the Raiders can build a new stadium in Oakland without a direct public subsidy, .

When the Raiders and Rams left Los Angeles in 1995, they did so in the spring, well after the season had come to a close.

For what it’s worth, as much as the Rams started this on their own, the team would be open to pairing up with the Chargers.

The Raiders agreed to back out of the deal in exchange for additional loan money from the league that will be put to a new stadium in their home market.

The Chargers played at the Coliseum in their inaugural 1960 season when they were a member of the American Football League, then moved to San Diego in 1961.

Goodell says NFL policy limits the league’s contribution to $100 million, and Kroenke has largely ignored the plan. Such a maneuver could mean that the Raiders return to Oakland in the short term but can explore relocating to other cities, among them San Diego, St. Louis or joining the San Francisco 49ers in their new stadium in Santa Clara.