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Related: About this forumThe Rams' $5 billion stadium complex is bigger than Disneyland. It might be perfect for L.A.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. Before off-track betting gutted the allure of Hollywood Park Racetrack and before Los Angeless Staples Center coaxed the Lakers and Kings away from the Forum, Inglewood was known as the City of Champions.
Today, from a window of his ninth-floor office, Mayor James T. Butts Jr. sees his city rising again after hard times and double-digit unemployment further damaged Inglewoods psyche following the loss of its identity as a sports mecca. The future is taking shape in the concrete pillars and sloped canopy roof of a transformative new stadium that will serve as home to the Super Bowl-bound Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers when the worlds most expensive sports complex opens in 2020.
The citys brand has changed, Butts said with a broad smile in a recent interview. Weve gone from being known for high crime, poverty and failing infrastructure to the next big thing.
The development of a new stadium comes at a fortuitous time for the NFL as it seeks to reclaim a foothold in the countrys second-largest media market after a 22-year absence. That goal only will be buoyed by the emergence of the high-scoring Rams, who play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, as one of the leagues most dynamic young teams in just the third season since their return to Los Angeles.
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rampartc
(5,435 posts)bond issues must be repaid by the taxpayers, to get the support of the taxpayers the rams had to go to the superbowl, which partially explains the bad call vs the saints.
the nfl has again proved that theu are selling entertainment, wwe style, rather than competative sport.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)with the developers; they loan the city the money (80-100 million dollars) for the works, then the city pays them back from stadium fees once the stadium is operating in the black; zero tax dollars are involved.
Auggie
(31,186 posts)Just behind the Las Vegas stadium in terms of cost are New Yorks MetLife, home of the Giants and Jets it was privately funded but built on land owned by the state of New Jersey and Atlantas Mercedes-Benz Stadium, host of this years Super Bowl. Each cost $1.6 billion. The Falcons home is owned by the state of Georgia and was constructed with help from roughly $600 million in public funds.