Ram's Owner Plans To Build Stadium In L.A.

[mraynrand]

Cleveland would like to speak with you about the Rams.

Duce Staley is in negotiations with the Bears

[Tyrion Lannister]

Ah. The way it should be.

Now, let's get the Cards back to St. Louis, the Colts to Baltimore and The Ravens to......... Indy?

The Ravens should go back to Cleveland.

[smuggler]

Those ships have sailed. The people in Baltimore don't want the Colts anymore. Houston doesn't care about the Titans.

[mraynrand]

The Ravens should go back to Cleveland.

they do - once every year.

[Tyrion Lannister]

they do - once every year.

But I bet Browns fans wish they could go back to the start. Modell robbed Browns fans of at least 2 SBs.

Returning the Neo-Browns back to glory, nobody said it was easy, but nobody ever said it would be this hard.

[pbmax]

Stan Kroenke is headed to the League Meetings with drawn up plans for his LA/Inglewood Stadium proposal. I called this a bluff, at least a bluff about 100% privately financed, but there is more money than just Kroenke behind it:

What makes Kroenke different is that he is an NFL owner, and the league's second-richest owner at that. His team also has a deep and nostalgic connection to L.A., and he — along with development partner San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group — has nearly 300 acres of prime stadium land the league itself tried to buy.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-stadium-inglewood-20150322-column.html

That means three things:
1. That much acreage and they obviously will be building, or selling land to build, more than just an NFL stadium.
2. There is room for two teams, which will increase revenue to the owner of the stadium (though Kroenke claims he doesn't need this, and prefers sole occupancy)
3. They have pictures

A completely self-financed stadium would be a rarity, but it does seem a step closer to reality. However, this is the fourth LA project to get to the pictures and presentations phase. Two of them have folded without a shovel of dirt being moved. So there is still a long way to go. Carson is also putting a plan together to host the Chargers and Raiders.

[mraynrand]

Is there a promise of hosting a SB? When that happens, it's a done deal.


Dear architect: no beams across the roof - shadows are terrible for football.

[pbmax]

Is there a promise of hosting a SB? When that happens, it's a done deal.


Dear architect: no beams across the roof - shadows are terrible for football.

If he has any sense of humor, it will make a herringbone effect on the field, rendering the telecast as players playing on top of static.

[mraynrand]

If he has any sense of humor, it will make a herringbone effect on the field, rendering the telecast as players playing on top of static.

I can see Harlan trying to adjust the horizontal drift on his 70's vintage black and white.

[pbmax]

I can see Harlan trying to adjust the horizontal drift on his 70's vintage black and white.

I wonder if you could green screen a game onto an ad for beer. Sorta like the ice in hockey.

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I wonder if you could green screen a game onto an ad for beer. Sorta like the ice in hockey.

its basically the same thing as the first down marker, or the down and yardage on the field, isn't it?

didn't they try this in preseason this last year? it did not go over well

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[Rastak]

LOL, that's awesome...I forgot about he "Slap ya Mama" controversy....

[red]

this is the one that probably was the final nail in the coffin

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keep in mind, that was showing up on the field right around the time the ray rice video came out

nfl will do anything for a buck