Exactly. I think the downtown site will not happen. Just the hurdles/time that come with the EIR's would put off any franchise. The best chance is the Chino Hills site near the 60 & 57 freeways. They've got the land there, the freeways, and they wouldn't have to deal with the City of L.A.
Stop making sense. If a stadium deal ever gets done in L.A., of course the stadium will be in or near downtown.
Gotta have all the mayor's pretty little toys all bunched together so he can show them off to his mayor buddies via helicopter tour.
That's what happened in Denver when they decided to build Rockie's Stadium, the Pepsi Center, and the new football stadium all near downtown. No concerns for traffic, just concerns for packing all the people in near their precious "LoDo" lofts.
After the stadium goes in, though, it might finally make sense to start taking the subway. The freeways will be at a standstill.
But the inner city councilmen will fight any plans to build it outside of Downtown.
They have decks of fresh race cards ready for play.
The fans don’t want football in downtown.
The Vikings guy knows all of this.
He is just trying to get money out of Mpls.