Posted on 01/05/2015 10:15:43 AM PST by Enlightened1
This is actually a pretty good location. Right across from the Forum, close to LAX, easy access from the more affluent neighborhoods. I new stadium with all the other stuff that is built up around it will be good for the area. I am sure St. Louis will come up with incentives to try to keep them. The Dome in St. Louis is only 20 years old. Is that the expected life span of an NFL stadium these days?
The locals call it Inglewatts. It used to be a nice town until Obama’s sons started moving West. The 405 freeway kind of became a dividing line. I am not sure if that is still the case.
Move the Cardinals back to St. Louis. Restore the order of the universe.
well now just waiting for the other shoe to.drop. doesn’t this news make the St.Louis Rams a lame duck franchise as of right now??? Will they play in the Rose Bowl or somewhere else in the L.A. region while waiting for the new stadium? Hard to believe they stay in St. Louis for now assuming this stadium news is a done deal.
Part of the issue with the Raiders today is brand related I think - and the team has been down. Their brand has been soiled irreparably by the association with gangs, hip hop and NWA specifically.
Like most things, it’s not the structural integrity of the stadium there but the “style,” although in this case that’s a bit misleading term. Owners today want stadiums to generate more revenue with improved restaurants, etc. and an adjacent development that makes them money 24/7/365. So by “style” a mean the design- what its intended to do. The dome in St Louis is just a stadium. The Rams want a destination. The Forum in LA is still used, heck even the Sports Arena (a little!) but the teams in Staples Center get a lot more dough out of playing there.
Whatever happened to using a rock quarry in Irwindale?
The Raiders and Rams could share it.
Same with China Basin in San Fran. It was an old, worn-out industrial district and skid road. The new ball park revitalized the area and you can’t believe the billions of new investment that has flowed into the area. UCSF built their new campus just south of the ball park. Pretty soon, the hipsters will be keep on the move into Bayview / Hunters Point and crowd out the Section 8 cohort. Of course, the redevelopment of the old Candlestick area further south is going to help put the pincer squeeze onto those two high-crime areas.
The sports talk shows have always said that the league (and any potential stadium developer) wants two teams in the new venue. I heard a while ago that the NFL won’t let any team move there unless THEY are part owners of the stadium. This would also help a team like the Raiders or Chargers swallow renting in a stadium owned by another team (the Rams) because the NFL would be there to keep things equitable. How this announcement fits that scenario I don’t know.
The latest I heard is that no team that can formally ditch their year to year lease (Rams, Raiders, or Chargers) have done so for 2015. As for playing in LA before the new stadium is built, every conversation I’ve heard points to the Rose Bowl.
Rams Owner, Hollywood Park Group Plans To Build New NFL Stadium In Inglewood
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Inglewood is a great location. In the middle of major work centers of El Segundo - Torrance (Hughes-TRW-Herbalife-Toyota(leaving)) and Santa Monica - Wilshire (studios - tech- finance) to the north.
It would be great to have amounts of decent housing in the area. The 405 can’t handle the traffic.
From 2014 to 2022, four television networks are paying $39.6 billion for broadcast rights to NFL games. The NFL holds broadcast contracts with CBS Corporation, Comcast, 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company/Hearst Corporation.
“I must admit Baltimore was a dump until the stadium moved in and now it is a great city with lots to do around the stadium.”
Yes, right around the stadium/ballpark/aquarium is nice at times, but even the restaurant area of the Inner Harbor can be dangerous, and you certainly don’t want to go even a couple of blocks outside the area. There are regular muggings in the daytime around those office buildings there.
Building it with private money?
If so I am all for it.
dear old Georgia did nothing to field a competitive team
ATLANTA, YOU CAN KEEP GEORGIA.
The fans booed like crazy when security took that one down (but not others, nearby).
Yeah, passingly familiar with the area. Went to Westchester HS west of there, so Inglewood was part of the cruising scene in the sixties. Lots of short drag races on Inglewood Blvd.
the issue with the Raiders today is brand related
A cop in Santa Ana was once quoted as saying (back when both teams played in So.Cal) : “Did you ever notice we never have any kids wearing a Rams jacket, that end up in the morgue?” .
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