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Yesterday AEG Chief Tim Leiweke, who is the main person that is pushing to get an NFL team back into Los Angeles, announced that they have agreed to a huge deal with Farmer's Insurance for the naming rights to the future NFL stadium. The stadium is to be called Farmer's Field and the proposed site to be built will be next to The Staples Center.
Many attempts have been made to bring a NFL team to Los Angeles but Mr Leiweke has been the most successful. Now there are still many questions as who will be that team that moves to Los Angeles or how some of the features or promises in the stadium proposals will be accomplished, but today's announcement is a huge indictor that the reality of a NFL team in Los Angeles will become true.
Now the stadium cannot be built until a NFL team has agreed to move to Los Angeles and no one has mentioned which teams have been contacted. At the announcement, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did mentioned that he did have a secret meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently to discuss the NFL to Los Angeles proposal and has spoken to at least one league owner about the move. Mayor Villaraigosa hinted that the pictures that were shown in a video montage at the announcement included one of those interested teams. The video montage showed some highlights of Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and the fans of the San Diego Chargers. Also it is known that Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and the Oakland Raiders may be looking for new homes.
I myself don't put too much thought into this as it seems to be a never ending story. Then again, they are making some significant moves to bring a team to L.A. Let's see what happens. Hopefully this story has a happy ending.
For more info on yesterday's event, go to L.A Times
Grip
Many attempts have been made to bring a NFL team to Los Angeles but Mr Leiweke has been the most successful. Now there are still many questions as who will be that team that moves to Los Angeles or how some of the features or promises in the stadium proposals will be accomplished, but today's announcement is a huge indictor that the reality of a NFL team in Los Angeles will become true.
Now the stadium cannot be built until a NFL team has agreed to move to Los Angeles and no one has mentioned which teams have been contacted. At the announcement, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did mentioned that he did have a secret meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently to discuss the NFL to Los Angeles proposal and has spoken to at least one league owner about the move. Mayor Villaraigosa hinted that the pictures that were shown in a video montage at the announcement included one of those interested teams. The video montage showed some highlights of Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and the fans of the San Diego Chargers. Also it is known that Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, and the Oakland Raiders may be looking for new homes.
I myself don't put too much thought into this as it seems to be a never ending story. Then again, they are making some significant moves to bring a team to L.A. Let's see what happens. Hopefully this story has a happy ending.
For more info on yesterday's event, go to L.A Times
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