Louis Rams announce move to Los Angeles (10 images)
Who knows, but it sounds like Davis is open to anything.
The Rams will leave St. Louis and return to the team’s former home in the Los Angeles area this year, ending a football drought in the nation’s second-largest market that has lingered since the end of the 1994 season.
Keep in mind, Spanos had just spent the past 12 months playing an intense, emotional chess game against Kroenke in which the Chargers’ and Raiders’ Carson relocation bid was pitted against Kroenke’s Inglewood stadium proposal.
The NFL on Tuesday approved the Rams’ move back to Los Angeles.
“It is bittersweet”, Kroenke said. “We understand the emotions involved with our fans”. How they deal with them and just what direction they head will influence the success of the National Football League in Southern California.
JAMES LINDSEY: They screwed us.
Q. The Raiders have a creaky, old stadium and the city isn’t even close to a proposal for a new one. Still, all parties were more concerned with the potential long-range benefits. The Rams owner has proposed a move to Los Angeles, CA.
“NFL has framework of stadium deal between the rams/chargers”. The Chargers have a yearlong option to join the Rams, followed by the Oakland Raiders if the San Diego franchise declines.
The Chargers and the city have been at odds since 2000, when owner Alex Spanos said his team needed to replace Qualcomm Stadium. The citys plan would build on the same site. “This has really been excruciating for everyone”.
“St. Louis, it’s not a vote against the city and the attractive people in St. Louis”, Jones said. Many expressed anger with Kroenke. Nixon added that there would be a thorough review of the NFL’s decision before determining what next steps to take.
When the Rams spent two days in Oxnard, California, last August for training camp, a widespread rumor claimed the Rams are interested in building a permanent base in Thousand Oaks, the upscale suburb 35 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. It’s been a great tradition for us to go out there and play.
The Kroenke family also owns a professional hockey team, the Colorado Avalanche, and one St. Louis Rams fan who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Avalanche made it personal. Many were already anticipating the move. I’m sorry, I cancel the order because of the traffic, ‘ ” Esquivel said. Logos can’t be changed, so you’re stuck with the modern one, but at least the uniform options include the throwbacks. “You stay on the west coast”. My Ram-ily out here wouldnt let the dream die, and now were waking up to a new reality. “The Rams are coming home!”
“We were unsuccessful in being able to get the kind of facilities we wanted to get done in their home markets, so the excitement we feel in getting the Rams back to Los Angeles is balanced by the disappointment we feel in not being able to get it done in San Diego, St Louis and Oakland”, Goodell said. “We’re trying to figure that out”.