Rams Fans Sue Team, Alleging False Statements Prior To LA Move
Yet, somehow, Dean Spanos thinks he can still squeeze San Diego, especially now that he knows he has an open invitation in Los Angeles. Now San Diegans will have to make a five hour round trip drive to see them play.
Losing an National Football League franchise is traumatic for any city, but it should hit St. Louis especially hard, with its reputation of being such a great sports city.
They’ve also got to decide what to wear: The current uniforms or their classic LA blue and gold? “They have to start selling tickets if they are going to L.A. They are going to be competing with the Rams who are already selling tickets”, he said.
It’s the stadium where the Rams first played in LA more than half a century ago.
The franchise hasn’t publicly announced how it will do any of that.
“St. Louis stepped up, in good faith”, she said on Wednesday, citing plans to spend $400 million in local and state tax dollars on a $1.1 billion St. Louis riverfront stadium a “massive” public investment.
“Don’t believe that’s going to fill the gap”, said Davis. Now that the vacancy in Southern California has been filled, that threat is eliminated. The Rams trashed the project and said it would lead to financial ruin.
Although the Rams haven’t confirmed that plan, Kroenke lives in Malibu, and Thousand Oaks is only a picturesque canyon drive away. So I wish they would’ve told us this before they went through this whole pretend process.
Besides the lawsuit, Rams owner Kroenke is being raked over the coals by civic leaders and the St. Louis press.
The New York Giants will promote offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo to be their new coach.
“The way Jack Nicholson is to the LA Lakers, maybe you want to get some celebrities on the bandwagon to build some excitement”. Also, the league year begins March 9, and the Chargers will have a tough time signing free agents if it’s uncertain where they will be playing. We still need to clarify once and for all that this executive overreach can’t happen.
The Hollywood Park Casino stands on the grounds of the former Hollywood Park horse-racing track in Inglewood, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. However, since the team isn’t moving to Los Angeles at least for now, there’s renewed talk of the possibility of the Raiders sharing Levi’s Stadium with the San Francisco 49ers.
The decision brings professional football back to Los Angeles and with it, jobs, economic development, and other benefits to Inglewood. League owners voted 30-2 on Tuesday night to approve the Rams’ application to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles.
So now that we’ve got the Rams coming to the Los Angeles area, the big question is: Will the Chargers dump San Diego and join the Rams in Inglewood?