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Related: About this forumRams owner buys 60 acres in Los Angeles area
espn.com / 1-31-14
ST. LOUIS -- According to reports in the Los Angeles Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, by way of an affiliated holding company, recently purchased a 60-acre tract of land in Inglewood, California.
The reports indicate that the land is located between the Forum and Hollywood Park and could serve as a possible spot for development of a new NFL stadium according to the Times' sources.
Kroenke has made much of his fortune by way of land development and has long owned large amounts of land in California and elsewhere. Whether this move is simply adding to his land or being used for other means related to his football team remains to be seen.
What is known is that a clause in the Rams' lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis is set to kick in at the end of the 2014 season. So long as the stadium hasn't been upgraded to one of the eight best venues in the NFL before that time, the Rams' lease will then become a year-to-year proposition beginning in 2015.
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Yavin4
(35,445 posts)It would make the NFC west a professional version of the Pac-10.
Auggie
(31,182 posts)Not good for fans in St. Louis though
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)Easy peasy. Lemon squeazy.
Auggie
(31,182 posts)They're not moving: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000213537/article/jacksonville-jaguars-agree-on-63-million-stadium-upgrade-plan
Teams still in limbo (no long-term deal in place), I believe, are the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders.
St. Louis could make sense for either team since they play Denver and Kansas City in the division.
Iggo
(47,563 posts)1. Team wants new or improved stadium.
2. Team threatens to move to L.A.
3. Team gets new or improved stadium.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)for that very reason.