Roger Goodell shoots down home-market proposals for Raiders, Chargers, Rams

Wayne Deboe has been through this before. Following conclusion of that season, the then-Anaheim Stadium-based Rams moved to St. Louis and the Raiders returned to Oakland after calling the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum home from 1982-94.

On Friday, Melvin emailed Eric Grubman, the NFL’s point man on Los Angeles, to say that he had heard nothing back on his request to Mark Fabiani, who represents Spanos.

Kroenke’s most noteworthy claims in the proposal, though, were about the city’s economy, which he said “ranks 490 out of 515 US cities and 61st among the 64 largest USA cities in economic growth in recent years”, according to one study. “I only ever said, ‘Raiders.’ I probably won’t ever say ‘L.A. Raiders” this time, either”.

The Chargers, Rams and Raiders all applied for relocation on Monday.

The St. Louis Rams, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders submitted applications for relocation to Los Angeles earlier this week.

” Market research supports that the L.A. market can support two teams”. And it is expected that they will make a recommendation prior to next week’s meeting. “It’s very hard to wait”. Several league owners including those on the NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities have said it would be hard for a franchise to gain approval for relocation if a viable stadium option exists in the team’s current market.

After the meeting, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who did not attend, sent a one-page letter to Goodell saying that he supports the Chargers and Rams sharing the Inglewood stadium.

“We have not seen the report, nor do we expect to, as that would be a matter between the league office and team owners”, it said in a statement. They are the owners of the National Football League franchises.

St. Louis has made a proposal to keep the team that includes league funding and public money. According to the Los Angeles Times, though, the Rams strongly dismissed that stadium plan in their relocation bid to the league.

Oakland, while expressing an interest in keeping the Raiders, has not made a formal stadium proposal.

Another outcome could be 24 of 32 owners approving the application of the Chargers and Raiders to move to Los Angeles and build a $1.6 billion stadium in Carson. Kroenke says it can host two teams, and that he is willing to invest $800 million in equity on his own plus a “reasonable” relocation fee. Under Kroenke’s proposal, the stadium would be owned by both teams as part of a stadium company. Both the mayor and the task force added in their letters that the Rams – and Kroenke – would be welcomed with open arms if the team stays. I don’t know why. “I don’t understand it”. Consensus is building for two teams to simultaneously relocate to L.A. and share the city and a stadium.

The Rams were the first United States professional sporting franchise west of the MS when they left Cleveland for LA in 1946 and were a Southern California staple for five decades.