3 designs for potential downtown stadium LA

[bws258]

http://www.thelaeventcenter.com/

 

[bws258]

I voted Rams. Seeing a sea of red in the stands yesterday sold it for me.

 

[H8IAST8]

I voted Rams. Seeing a sea of red in the stands yesterday sold it for me.

Speaking of which, why would they put red seats in their stadium?

 

[H8IAST8]

I think the Jags. The market is way too small, and they were having major problems selling tickets last year. Not sure what has happened this year.
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Lincoln is almost as big as Jacksonville, and they have several Fortune 500 companies that could buy up the suites.

 

[HawkPrdatr40]

I selected the Bills.

 

[silvanthalas]

For all the problems facing the Vikings, they have an actual fan base.

The Rams also now have a Columbia, Missouri native in Stan Kroenke owning the team, so I don't see why he'd move them.

My vote is on Jacksonville.

 

[GravyJones]

I want to vote for the 1st design, but I don't know how to pick it.

 

[silvanthalas]

Also, having been around the Staples Center and the LA Convention Center, I'm still trying to figure out how they'd fit a football stadium down there. These images just don't do the vision justice, I guess.

 

[FromFry2Ferentz]

Los Angeles Football Stadium

 

[olivecourt]

I've been following this for awhile... pretty fascinating stuff, and I do think you'll see at least one team (maybe two) in LA in the next 2-3 years. I don't think all of the teams listed in the poll are serious candidates to move (the Rams aren't going anywhere), but there certainly is no shortage of teams in crappy situations.

I'd put my money on Jacksonville. I think the NFL recognizes that they chose the wrong city for expansion and they aren't going to put up a fight to keep the Jags there. They don't have much of a following even when they're playing well, and their stadium isn't nice enough to generate revenue but not crappy enough to build a new one.

As far as the Vikings go, I actually think the Metrodome collapse makes it more likely that a new stadium will be built and the Vikings will stay. They have one of the most passionate followings in the league and a long tradition. I live up here, and when the Metrodome collapsed it feels like there was a sense of "enough's enough, time to build a stadium that doesn't embarrass the state and the franchise." We'll see.

Oh, and just to clarify-- the plan that Fry2Ferentz posted is from a different group that wants to build a stadium in the suburbs. Both groups are privately funded.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

Also, having been around the Staples Center and the LA Convention Center, I'm still trying to figure out how they'd fit a football stadium down there. These images just don't do the vision justice, I guess.

I was thinking the same thing. I've driven through there, and there isn't a whole lot of room.

 

[9YRPLAN]

hey, we are broke and dont care about football....lets spend a bill on a stadium!!

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Yes, lets take NFL football back to LA only so it can be moved in 10 years to another city that gives a ****.

 

[watertower]

They'll need a MLB team to call it home too. Which team might that be?

 

[olivecourt]

Yes, lets take NFL football back to LA only so it can be moved in 10 years to another city that gives a ****.

I'm not nearly as skeptical. There are a ton of NFL fans in southern California, but for years they were watching teams in the LA Coliseum and Anaheim's baseball stadium-- those were dumps even compared to places like the Metrodome that seem so terrible now. Plus one of those teams was owned by Al Davis. Those would be difficult obstacles to get past for any market.

Whichever team moves to LA is going to print their own money. The stadium is going to be state-of-the-art and there are 15 million very willing customers in the area. It's all going to be privately funded, they are going to host multiple Super Bowls, title fights, Final Fours, etc. Plus the infrequency of games is going to make it a super hot ticket, and people are going to go to games just to show that they can. Think of the celebrity scene at Lakers games times ten.

 

[VintageHawkeye]

the poll is missing a response option

 

[bws258]

it is seriously going to be a license to print money, like olive said

I think both proposals have merit, especially since both are primarily privately financed, but having it downtown with Staples and LA Live may be too intriguing to pass up