knightni Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 21, 2010 -> 06:48 PM) Dear Knightni: Solve our $6.2 billion (and growing) budget deficit and we'll take care of the Vikings. Sincerely; the Minnesota state legislature. I guess you look at it this way. You either go another 400 mil in debt at minimum and keep NFL revenue flowing in your state, or you are still 6.2 billion in debt, you lose even more state business and tourism revenue, and you have millions of pissed off people who will want another team in 5 years that will cost the state 1 billion dollars to bring in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 21, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) Of course, that's not actual money. THERE ya go. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 The other location for the LA stadium in the City of Industry is a way better site. That "city" is a dump, but if you build that stadium, the whole complex will BE THE CITY. It would be kinda bad ass. A s*** ton of parking for tailgating, hotels, movie theaters, just a football capital. And if they kept the Vikings in the North for a few years, I can go to a few Bears games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 If the franchise gets moved, Minneapolis will want to keep "Vikings" I assume. Like Cleveland did the "Browns." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Cue, horrible LA Puns for new team.... The LA Traffic! The LA Smog! The LA Liberals! The LA Coke whores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 L.A. Stallions Similar to The Last Boy Scout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 QUOTE (Cali @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) Cue, horrible LA Puns for new team.... The LA Traffic! The LA Smog! The LA Liberals! The LA Coke whores! what happened to the site they were going to give Al Davis? Is that still a viable option> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) L.A. Stallions Similar to The Last Boy Scout Dude. Go read your PM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) Dude. Go read your PM... What PM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) What PM? Just sent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Ah. Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I feel like I've just entered the twilight zone. Next. How about those... Bears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 The NYT has a look at the behind-the-scenes debate that is emerging between the 2 competing proposals (City of Industry and Downtown). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I hear the new AEG football stadium project in Los Angeles is very close to a stadium naming rights deal with Farmers Insurance, and the insurance company will pay at least $400 million over 20 years if the deal is consummated. Which I expect to happen. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writ...l#ixzz1Ae0UyzCD To save you from looking, AEG is the $1.2 billion dollar, downtown-next-to-Staples center proposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Vikings offer to pay for a third of roofless stadium The lead Minnesota Vikings official pushing for a new, publicly financed stadium says the team will pay about a third of what it would cost to build a stadium without a roof — even if state lawmakers opt for a more expensive covered facility. Lester Bagley told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the Vikings don't need a roof, but understand an outdoor stadium might not get legislative approval when lawmakers take up the debate again in February. Bagley says the Vikings see it as a precedent that the Minnesota Twins paid about one-third of the cost of outdoor Target Field. An outdoor stadium has been estimated to cost at least $700 million, with a permanent or retractable roof likely to add another few hundred million to the total cost. State Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont and the likely stadium bill sponsor, says most lawmakers want a facility like the Metrodome that can host not just NFL football but dozens of other high school and college sports and other public events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Talks Held With Five NFL Teams About Moving To L.A. LOS ANGELES (AP) The president of the sports and entertainment company seeking to build an NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles says he’s spoken to officials from five pro football franchises about a possible move. Anschutz Entertainment Group President and CEO Tim Leiweke told the Orange County Register on Thursday that he has spoken with representatives from the Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars. Leiweke said all those teams are “in the mix,” but conceded, “We’re not packing any (moving) vans right now.” The most recent discussion took place a week ago, said Leiweke, who didn’t specify which team those talks were with. Leiweke also said that AEG owner Philip Anschutz was prepared to acquire a majority stake in an NFL team that would play at the proposed venue and that the company was willing to pay for a team to get out of its current lease. An AEG spokesman did not return a call Friday from The Associated Press. Chargers spokesman Mark Fabiani told the AP that the team is in frequent contact with Leiweke concerning unrelated business, but that a move to Los Angeles has not been discussed. He also said that Chargers owner Alex Spanos and his family were not interested in relinquishing a majority stake of the team. Messages left with the Vikings, Raiders, Rams and Jaguars were not returned. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy declined to comment on whether the league was aware of team discussions with AEG. “Teams are permitted to talk to third parties,” McCarthy said in a statement. AEG’s $1 billion plan for a 72,000-seat stadium on part of the city’s convention center campus is one of two competing proposals that aim to bring pro football back to Los Angeles 15 years after the Rams and Raiders left the nation’s second-largest market within months of one another. Warehouse magnate Ed Roski has permits in place to build a separate 75,000-seat stadium about 15 miles east of Los Angeles, in the city of Industry, but has also not secured a team. The Rams? I didnt know they were even interested in moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:21 PM) Talks Held With Five NFL Teams About Moving To L.A. The Rams? I didnt know they were even interested in moving. Remember, if this is getting published...then each of those teams is also sending a warning shot to their city/state governments saying "give us a bigger blank check." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Remember, if this is getting published...then each of those teams is also sending a warning shot to their city/state governments saying "give us a bigger blank check." It is also sending a message to fans that they don't really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) It is also sending a message to fans that they don't really matter. More than say...locking the doors and threatening to not have a season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) More than say...locking the doors and threatening to not have a season? A specific slap at a local fanbase, versus NFL fans in general? Yes. I know I'd be more pissed at the White Sox looking to leave versus MLB going out on strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) L.A. City Council advances plan for new NFL stadium The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a nonbinding agreement with a developer Tuesday on the general terms on building a privately financed $1.2 billion stadium to lure the return of an NFL team. ..... The council approved a memorandum of understanding with Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc. to develop a stadium, build new parking structures and modernize the city's convention center. The cornerstone of the agreement is that the football stadium would be built without "a single dime of public money," as one council member put it. The plan calls for an NFL team to be playing in a new stadium -- to be called Farmers Field -- in downtown Los Angeles by the 2016 season, officials said. The proposed 72,000-seat stadium would be expandable to 76,000 seats, a city official said. "We plan to kick off in 2016, and if a team were to want to move here before then, they could play in the Rose Bowl or the Coliseum" during the interim, AEG spokesman Michael Roth told CNN. ..... Under Tuesday's agreement, "no documents will be executed to implement this project until an NFL team lease has been executed," Perry wrote to the council. Edited August 10, 2011 by Athomeboy_2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Raiders are moving back. #youhearditherefirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenryan Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Gotta be the Chargers or Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The radio was indicating the Chargers and Raiders would be the front-runner and also felt that it is possible that two teams would be able to play at the new stadium in LA (maybe both squads or one of the California teams + Vikings). Knight - Was that a tweet from a reporter or just your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'd be pretty surprised if it's not the Chargers that end up in Los Angeles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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