the return of NFL team to Los Angeles?

Question

Los Angeles don't have the NFL team since Rams and Raiders are moved out from Los Angeles to St. Louis and Oakland. The people in southern California are watch the UCLA-USC game all time, but the college football is not enough popular game in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles need to have the NFL team again as California governor Arnold S. wants Los Angeles to have two teams. Los Angeles still talking on new stadiums with NFL as if the NFL team would play in Rose Bowl or USC stadium, and in Anaheim.

The question means if NFL decides to bring the NFL team back to Los Angeles.

Answer 1

Arnold should just focus on getting one team instead of two. It's an embarrassment to the city of Los Angeles that they can't get a decent stadium built to support a professional football team. Thirteen years without pro football in the second biggest city in the country is easily the biggest failure of the NFL, which usually doesn't make too many mistakes.

Answer 2

The Los Angeles Rams originally played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and moved to Anaheim in 1980, because it was a smaller venue and easier to sell out. Plus the fact that the Coliseum was old and was basically just a concrete bowl (no luxury accommodations and the infrastructure was kind of falling apart). In 1992, the Rams were badly managed by ownership, especially personnel moves. They could only draw about 30,000 fans per game. So, owner Georgia Frontiere moved the team to St. Louis. The Raiders actually originated in Oakland. After the Rams moved to Anaheim, Al Davis moved his team to Los Angeles to take advantage of the Southern California market, playing their games at the LA Coliseum. Davis wanted the city of Los Angeles to finance refurbishing of the Coliseum or building a new stadium to replace it. But, the city refused. So, in 1995, Davis moved the team back to Oakland, after Alameda County had agreed to renovate the Oakland Coliseum. And, LA was left without a team. At the time, there were only 31 teams in the NFL (this imbalance is actually what started the practice of having bye weeks). When the league decided to add an expansion team, both Los Angeles and Houston were the top candidates. But, officials in the city of Los Angeles couldn't agree on the specifics of a proposal to the NFL and Houston won out. With 32 teams in the league (2 conferences, each with 4 divisions, and each division with 4 teams), that balance prevented the NFL from considering any more expansion teams. So, the only way for a city to acquire a franchise was to lure another team away from their city. Until recently, very few teams wanted to or were able to move to another city. Either ownership was committed to a particular city or they were legally locked into a particular city (like a stadium lease). They would also have to get a commitment from a city to build a new stadium before they could agree to move. This created a stalemate between cities and any teams that would consider moving. Over the last couple of years, a development group (Majestic Realty) has been working on plans for developing a football complex somewhere in the Los Angeles area and they've reached an agreement with the City of Industry on a location for an NFL stadium that Majestic would actually pay to build. There are a lot of NFL teams who would find that attractive, including the Jaguars, Bills, Chargers, Raiders, Rams, and Vikings. The problem is that Majestic wants at least part ownership of the team that moves into their facility in exchange for building it. So, that automatically eliminates the Rams, Vikings, and Chargers. Al Davis would consider it, but he doesn't want to hand over control of the team to additional investors (he currently has minority investment partners, but he retains the title of Managing General Partner, meaning he retains 100% control of the team). So, that leaves the Jaguars and the Bills as the most likely teams to move to LA. And, it's kind of a Catch 22, where Majestic has to get a commitment from a team prior to building the stadium. But, the teams are reluctant to commit to a move without a facility in place. So, look for someone to commit to LA in the next year or two. Then, expect that it will take at least a couple years to build the facility. But, Los Angeles should have an NFL franchise in place within the next 5 years or so.

Answer 3

I don't see it happening anytime soon... i've been hoping we would get a team again but the nfl thinks it's doing fine without a team in LA and the city has been trying to work with the NFL but nothing has been happening... we have plenty of places to fit a stadium... I live down the street from the Anaheim area where the Angels and Ducks play and they were talking of building a 3rd stadium right in that area for a football team... sure the traffic would be worse than spiders wrapped in nightmares but at least football would be back.. prolly wont happen anytime soon

Answer 4

If L.A really wanted football they would have gotten a team by now. Remember the Texans were originally supposed to go to L.A. The NFL even designed the expansion selection so it would favor L.A!!They delayed the announcement a few times just so L.A could get it together! But they didn't and Houston got the franchise. L.A is a Laker,Dodger and whoever college is winning at the time city. The NFL isn't missed there.

Answer 5

LA don't need a team, they are whatever type fans. If the team is ok or sorry its whatever but when they have a chance to win a title its we love our team. Take USC i didnt even knew they still had a football team until Pete took over, and now USC is ever where and Hollywood fans like snoop, and Will Farrell are all on the bandwagon. Please spare me the bull, LA doesn't need a team, they will just drive it away like they did two franchise, one happen to win one since being gone, and the other making a appearance. I would put a team in Vegas, San Antonio, or Mexico before i bring a team back to LA

Answer 6

There is a reason teams get moved out of LA. The NFL is watered down enough and doesn't need to add anymore teams. LA can vote for the niners!!

Answer 7

It's a mystery to me how a major American city like L.A. doesn't have a professional football team. I don't know what the circumstances were why they lost not 1 but 2 N.F.L. teams, but the National Football League doesn't look right without a team from L.A. I'm from the east coast, so don't really care if they do have 1, but a city of L.A.'s stature should be represented.

Answer 8

The NFL is whack. They want a team in LA and noone supported them. They let Fart Model move the Cleveland Browns and all the games were sold out. Go figure.

Answer 9

We actually don't want a pro team here. Especially if it's another cities backwash like the Lions. With no pro team here we get to watch five games on Sunday. Two in the morning, two in the afternoon and one at night. After parting and watching USC beat everyone who comes to town. No one wants to pay $75-$100 to see a pro team lose.

USC #1 Fight on!

Answer 10

There is a reason that LA cant keep a football team.