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NFL Relocations and League Expansion
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That's an interesting find... still just leveraging you reckon?
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Raiders only two real options are Oakland and LA. 2m pop of San Antonio versus 9m.
Breaking into that market would be difficult too. The Spurs are number 1 in San Antonio and while they keep winning that's the way it will stay.
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Dodger Stadium in play for temporary L.A. location
Posted by Mike Florio on October 7, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT
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The Raiders, in theory, could be leaving the “travesty” of a dirt infield in Oakland for another dirt infield in L.A.
Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reports that Dodger Stadium is “in play” as a potential temporary location for an NFL team. The venue joins the Rose Bowl and the L.A. Coliseum as potential short-term options while a new stadium is built.
PFT reported on Sunday that the NFL believes it’s 12-24 months away from returning to Los Angeles. The team (or teams, if two) would play in a temporary location at first, since one or more years as a lame duck in a current city would be untenable.
The Raiders, Rams, and Chargers currently are regarded as the primary options to relocate.
Posted by Mike Florio on October 7, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT
The Raiders, in theory, could be leaving the “travesty” of a dirt infield in Oakland for another dirt infield in L.A.
Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reports that Dodger Stadium is “in play” as a potential temporary location for an NFL team. The venue joins the Rose Bowl and the L.A. Coliseum as potential short-term options while a new stadium is built.
PFT reported on Sunday that the NFL believes it’s 12-24 months away from returning to Los Angeles. The team (or teams, if two) would play in a temporary location at first, since one or more years as a lame duck in a current city would be untenable.
The Raiders, Rams, and Chargers currently are regarded as the primary options to relocate.
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While playing franchise mode on Madden 25 as Andrew Luck, after 2 seasons the Jags relocated to LA calling themselves the LA All Stars. Stayed in the AFC south too.
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NFL drawing much better at Wembley than England’s soccer team
Posted by Mike Florio on October 9, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT
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Despite the logistical hurdles and chances for competitive imbalance, maybe the NFL should move a team to London. In comparison to England’s national soccer team, the NFL is putting a lot more bums in the seat at Wembley Stadium.
Via BBC.com, a recent match between England and Norway attracted only 40,818 to Wembley. In contrast, the recent Dolphins-Raiders game packed 83,436 into the stands. The next two games to be played there this year, Lions-Falcons and Cowboys-Jaguars, also are sold out.
England’s national team is required to play its matches at Wembley through 2017. After that, the squad could play in other locations throughout the country — especially if an NFL team is headquartered at Wembley.
That could be an overly optimistic timetable for the relocation of a team to London. The more likely reality within the next four years would be further expansion of the current slate of annual games.
Moreover, there’s no guarantee that Wembley would serve as the home for a London-based team. The league’s contract to play there runs through 2016, and other venues could be in play for the future. In July, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal floated the possibility of the NFL building a stadium in partnership with the English Premier League.
Posted by Mike Florio on October 9, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT
Despite the logistical hurdles and chances for competitive imbalance, maybe the NFL should move a team to London. In comparison to England’s national soccer team, the NFL is putting a lot more bums in the seat at Wembley Stadium.
Via BBC.com, a recent match between England and Norway attracted only 40,818 to Wembley. In contrast, the recent Dolphins-Raiders game packed 83,436 into the stands. The next two games to be played there this year, Lions-Falcons and Cowboys-Jaguars, also are sold out.
England’s national team is required to play its matches at Wembley through 2017. After that, the squad could play in other locations throughout the country — especially if an NFL team is headquartered at Wembley.
That could be an overly optimistic timetable for the relocation of a team to London. The more likely reality within the next four years would be further expansion of the current slate of annual games.
Moreover, there’s no guarantee that Wembley would serve as the home for a London-based team. The league’s contract to play there runs through 2016, and other venues could be in play for the future. In July, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal floated the possibility of the NFL building a stadium in partnership with the English Premier League.
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Might have to do with the fact how many times does England play in England....NFL drawing much better at Wembley than England’s soccer team
Posted by Mike Florio on October 9, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT
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Despite the logistical hurdles and chances for competitive imbalance, maybe the NFL should move a team to London. In comparison to England’s national soccer team, the NFL is putting a lot more bums in the seat at Wembley Stadium.
Via BBC.com, a recent match between England and Norway attracted only 40,818 to Wembley. In contrast, the recent Dolphins-Raiders game packed 83,436 into the stands. The next two games to be played there this year, Lions-Falcons and Cowboys-Jaguars, also are sold out.
England’s national team is required to play its matches at Wembley through 2017. After that, the squad could play in other locations throughout the country — especially if an NFL team is headquartered at Wembley.
That could be an overly optimistic timetable for the relocation of a team to London. The more likely reality within the next four years would be further expansion of the current slate of annual games.
Moreover, there’s no guarantee that Wembley would serve as the home for a London-based team. The league’s contract to play there runs through 2016, and other venues could be in play for the future. In July, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal floated the possibility of the NFL building a stadium in partnership with the English Premier League.
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Why would anyone want to relocate to Vegas? That would be a disaster!
Methinks someone has been playing too much Madden...
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Vegas is exactly the kind of place you locate a feeder league team (if that ever eventuates), not a real one.
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LOS ANGELES -- In the strongest terms yet about the prospect of luring professional football back to Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti says an NFL team is "highly likely" to come to the city in the next year.
On Thursday's "Ask the Mayor" segment on radio station KNX, Garcetti said that though the city doesn't want to subsidize a stadium, he thinks the NFL is "finally interested" in Los Angeles again.
According to multiple media reports, NFL team owners received an update on the LA situation from league executives at the league's annual fall meetings in Manhattan this week.
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told the Los Angeles Times that there were references in the meetings to potential new locations, including a couple in the Carson area of south Los Angeles County.
"It hasn't gone backward, but it hasn't gone forward," Tisch said.
Los Angeles hasn't had an NFL franchise since the Raiders and the Rams left after the 1994 season.
On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council's Economic Development Committee considers a six-month extension of an agreement with developer Anschutz Entertainment Group to find a NFL team to play at a downtown stadium. The 2-year-old deal is scheduled to expire next week.
Under the terms of the extension, AEG officials would have until April to find a team, according to a report released Thursday by the city policy analysts. If the company lands a team, it would likely receive an additional six months -- or until Oct. 16, 2015 -- to finish negotiating a three-party agreement involving AEG, the city and the NFL, the Times said.
Garcetti and Councilman Curren Price, who heads the committee, have said they support the extension.
The extension proposal is scheduled to go before the full council on Tuesday
On Thursday's "Ask the Mayor" segment on radio station KNX, Garcetti said that though the city doesn't want to subsidize a stadium, he thinks the NFL is "finally interested" in Los Angeles again.
According to multiple media reports, NFL team owners received an update on the LA situation from league executives at the league's annual fall meetings in Manhattan this week.
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told the Los Angeles Times that there were references in the meetings to potential new locations, including a couple in the Carson area of south Los Angeles County.
"It hasn't gone backward, but it hasn't gone forward," Tisch said.
Los Angeles hasn't had an NFL franchise since the Raiders and the Rams left after the 1994 season.
On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council's Economic Development Committee considers a six-month extension of an agreement with developer Anschutz Entertainment Group to find a NFL team to play at a downtown stadium. The 2-year-old deal is scheduled to expire next week.
Under the terms of the extension, AEG officials would have until April to find a team, according to a report released Thursday by the city policy analysts. If the company lands a team, it would likely receive an additional six months -- or until Oct. 16, 2015 -- to finish negotiating a three-party agreement involving AEG, the city and the NFL, the Times said.
Garcetti and Councilman Curren Price, who heads the committee, have said they support the extension.
The extension proposal is scheduled to go before the full council on Tuesday
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St. Louis could be ramping up efforts to keep Rams
Posted by Mike Florio on October 15, 2014, 8:06 AM EDT
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As talk intensifies that one or two franchises from the Rams, Raiders, or Chargers will return to L.A. (yes, all three once played there), the powers-that-be in St. Louis could be trying to ensure that the Rams don’t make the move.
Brian Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently reported a proposal could soon be coming for an open-air stadium along the St. Louis riverfront between the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge and the Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels. A retractable roof is possible, but a lidless venue seems to be both cheaper and more politically viable.
Burwell calls it a “serious movement” to build an “impressive” new venue in St. Louis. But time is of the essence. Because state and local officials opted not to do what an arbitration panel concluded would be necessary to put the Edward Jones Dome in the top 25 percent of all NFL stadiums, the Rams now have the right to leave after each and every season.
Some think owner Stan Kroenke, who remains silent on pretty much all issues about pretty much everything he owns, already has determined to take the Rams back to L.A., with his recently-purchased acreage in Inglewood becoming the landing spot for the new stadium.
The team’s fans (however many there really are in St. Louis) remain caught in the middle. Burwell writes that Kroenke was booed at halftime of Monday night’s loss to the 49ers, a game that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Greatest Show on Turf.
It’s no surprise he was booed. Kroenke could soon be dropping the curtain on the entire production, and taking it back to the place from which St. Louis lured it, with a new stadium and the promise of major upgrade after 20 years or the ability to exit stage left.
Posted by Mike Florio on October 15, 2014, 8:06 AM EDT
As talk intensifies that one or two franchises from the Rams, Raiders, or Chargers will return to L.A. (yes, all three once played there), the powers-that-be in St. Louis could be trying to ensure that the Rams don’t make the move.
Brian Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently reported a proposal could soon be coming for an open-air stadium along the St. Louis riverfront between the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge and the Lumiere Place Casino and Hotels. A retractable roof is possible, but a lidless venue seems to be both cheaper and more politically viable.
Burwell calls it a “serious movement” to build an “impressive” new venue in St. Louis. But time is of the essence. Because state and local officials opted not to do what an arbitration panel concluded would be necessary to put the Edward Jones Dome in the top 25 percent of all NFL stadiums, the Rams now have the right to leave after each and every season.
Some think owner Stan Kroenke, who remains silent on pretty much all issues about pretty much everything he owns, already has determined to take the Rams back to L.A., with his recently-purchased acreage in Inglewood becoming the landing spot for the new stadium.
The team’s fans (however many there really are in St. Louis) remain caught in the middle. Burwell writes that Kroenke was booed at halftime of Monday night’s loss to the 49ers, a game that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Greatest Show on Turf.
It’s no surprise he was booed. Kroenke could soon be dropping the curtain on the entire production, and taking it back to the place from which St. Louis lured it, with a new stadium and the promise of major upgrade after 20 years or the ability to exit stage left.
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Did you also genuinely make a thumbs up gesture at the computer monitor?did genuinely lol
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Thanks mate. Cos I genuinely hugged the monitor when I 'liked' your above postNo, I must admit that was a little more metaphorical.
Although I did
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Stories floating around tonight that the Raiders are "99% confirmed" to be relocating to Los Angeles next season.
The NFL would be rubbing their hands together;
The Raiders in LA.
The #1 Draft pick.
Jay Gruden returns as HC.
Also stories about how if this happens, the Raiders will move into the NFC West and the Seahawks will move to the AFC West.
The NFL would be rubbing their hands together;
The Raiders in LA.
The #1 Draft pick.
Jay Gruden returns as HC.
Also stories about how if this happens, the Raiders will move into the NFC West and the Seahawks will move to the AFC West.
Nice to see a shake up of the divisions a little bit if this goes ahead... Raiders to the NFC, Seahawks back to the AFC. The NFL wanting to keep the SoCal market even between the conferences.... I guess this is assuming that the Rams are staying put in St.Louis, then the Raiders are moving to the NFC regardless if the Chargers move to L.A. to join the Raiders or not.
San Francisco v Los Angeles would be the new NoCal v SoCal divisional rivalry, a more appealing big city rivalry over Oakland v San Diego we have currently. Seattle on the other hand would be in a position to be the first side to win Super Bowls from both conferences too.
I reckon a division re-shuffle should at least be considered at the end of each scheduling cycle if some existing divisional rivalries have not proven to be a success. Divisions like the NFC East, NFC North and the AFC North are sacrosanct, but the other divisions are a possibility.
San Francisco v Los Angeles would be the new NoCal v SoCal divisional rivalry, a more appealing big city rivalry over Oakland v San Diego we have currently. Seattle on the other hand would be in a position to be the first side to win Super Bowls from both conferences too.
I reckon a division re-shuffle should at least be considered at the end of each scheduling cycle if some existing divisional rivalries have not proven to be a success. Divisions like the NFC East, NFC North and the AFC North are sacrosanct, but the other divisions are a possibility.
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So now there's rumours that BOTH the Raiders and the Rams will move to LA, share a stadium (ala the Jets/Giants), and setup a new, big-market cross-town rivalry.
That would be interesting.
Los Angeles Rams vs Los Angeles Raiders 2018
That would be interesting.
Los Angeles Rams vs Los Angeles Raiders 2018
Nothing better than going back to the 80's.
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"Citing anonymous sources, CBSsports.com recently reported the Raiders and the St. Louis Rams “would both be formalizing plans to move to Los Angeles in 2015” if not for the NFL having control of the process of putting teams into the nation's second-largest market. The Raiders’ lease at O.co Coliseum in Oakland expires after the end of this season."
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I would have loved to see AD's response to this if he were still alive. Just go to court baby
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I would have loved to see AD's response to this if he were still alive. Just go to court baby
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the fact that Jerry Jones is on this LA stadium committee is a good thing for keeping the Raiders in CA. He is a big proponent of a team in LA b/c it's more money in his pockets and he doesn't want another team encroaching on his precious Cowboys territory
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