Kroenke heralds Rams’ return after “long road” back to LA

But what about writers from St. Louis? “If that’s not what’s going to happen, I’ll probably do what I had originally planned on – a historical type tribute site to the Los Angeles Rams”. In recent years have had the lowest attendance in the NFL. The Cardinals left for Arizona in 1987, and St. Louis was without football until the Rams arrived from Los Angeles in 1995. The decision “sent a loud and clear message”.

“The Chargers don’t have as much money, and they’re not participating in this grander development”, said Noll. “… They could say, ‘Look, San Diego, we have a deal with the Rams”.

They will want to capture the attention of the town’s glitz and glamour in a similar fashion to how the Lakers are able to attract. I mean, it was dishonest. The NFL and the networks have accommodated them, allowing them to watch three games each Sunday, including the weekly network doubleheader (whose later games were often marquee matchups).

Until the Rams fire Jeff Fisher as their head coach, I don’t see the Rams doing anything in the National Football League, but being a hyped train that will brake done on its way to its destination.

Dave Peacock, co-chairman of the St. Louis stadium task force, wasn’t as adamant, but seemed resigned to life without the NFL.

Such a “rally ’round the flag” phenomenon presents itself in tough times, said Tim Bono, a lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Although heartless to fans, a team accountant sitting at a desk crunching numbers likely decided that these players’ no longer had any value. In the end, he said, he realized the deck was stacked against St. Louis, perhaps the whole time.

The Inglewood stadium isn’t expected to be completed until 2019.

In today’s money the Edward Jones Dome cost $435 million to build and in 2009 the club begins a modest $30 million dollar renovation, among other smaller renovations in the coming years. City aldermen had already approved about $150 million, but some Republican legislative leaders were pushing for a public vote on state funding. But he also said officials in the AFC wild-card game correctly stuck with their call, saying there was not enough “clear evidence” to overturn it.

After failing to reach an agreement with the city of San Diego on a new stadium to replace the aging and out-dated Jack Murphy Stadium-screw corporate naming rights in this blog, dammit!-Spanos is now in a proverbial pickle of either being a glorified tenant under Kroenke in LA or crawling back to San Diego with his tail between his legs to ask for a new lease.

Across the St. Louis region, the mood was melancholy, with more than a hint of anger.

David Hill, a former chairman of Fox Sports, said that the market is no more fertile for football now than it was 20 years ago.

Nineteen years later, fans of the St. Louis Rams are the latest victims of franchise relocation, and unfortunately, there is no potential expansion team in sight to fill that void. Many expressed anger with Kroenke. The debt will remain until at least 2021. Slay said the city’s annual $5 million bond payment had been offset by revenue generated by the team.

The Convention & Visitor Center leases the Dome to the Rams for their football games for approximately $500,000 per year. It’s not exactly like hosting the Super Bowl in Los Angeles but creating an environment where students, faculty, and campus visitors flock to the area will be an interesting study to see how the future unfolds in and around Notre Dame Stadium.

Slay said the loss of the Rams is a “short-term blow” to the city’s ego, but St. Louis will survive.