Chargers fans fed up with stadium saga

For more than two decades, National Football League owners seeking to finance new stadiums with public money used Los Angeles as a bargaining chip, threatening to move to the City of Angels if they didn’t get what they wanted.

The decision ends the NFL’s 21-year absence from the nation’s second-largest media market. The league gave the Chargers a one-year window to decide if the team wants to play in Inglewood with the Rams, and if the Chargers take a pass, the Raiders would be given a chance to move.

“Relocation is a painful process”. “We never were able to get to the level of detail where they could see how we can leave room for development and still have the parking and tailgating they want”. Eric Garcetti is the current Mayor of Los Angeles. “We can not wait to welcome the Rams and perhaps the others soon”, he added.

Both the Chargers and Raiders could receive an extra $100 million from the NFL to build stadiums in their home markets, on top of the $200 million the league already offers for such projects.

“I will be working over the next several weeks to explore the options that we have now created for ourselves to determine the best path forward for the Chargers”, Spanos said following the owners’ vote Tuesday. The San Diego Chargers have the option to join them. In the meantime, they’re expected to play at USC’s stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, according to CBS Sports.

No NFL franchise has moved since the Houston Oilers went to Tennessee in 1997.

Griffin said he is disappointed with Spanos, but the city certainly shares the blame.

The question remains whether or not San Diegans will support Spanos should he decide to keep the Chargers in San Diego.

If Los Angeles were to be selected as the host city for the Olympics in 2024, the LA Coliseum would be used as main venue for the events. “This was not a vote against St. Louis, which is a great city”. He purchased a personal seat license when the Rams moved here in the mid-1990s.

Kroenke, owner of a sports empire that includes the Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Arsenal soccer team, recently shared his thoughts on leaving St. Louis in a lengthy interview with the Los Angeles Times.

No agreements have been made for another team to come to St. Louis, but Schaaf said his proposal is still important if a future deal is made.

The four point to a statement Rams COO Kevin Demoff made on the team’s website back in 2012: “Our goal is to build a victor in St. Louis not only in 2012, but in 2022, 2032 and beyond”.

Oakland is still in debt from a renovation 20 years ago when the Raiders moved back from Los Angeles.