There has been talk for many months now about the idea of the NFL having a team in Los Angeles again sooner than later. It appears that the time for that is about to happen. The Los Angeles Times reported on Monday that St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke has teamed up with the owners of the Hollywood Park site he bought last year to build an NFL stadium on the site.
The racetrack closed last year and Kroenke is planning to build an 80,000-seat stadium and 6,000-seat performance venue according to the newspaper. This is very big news on two fronts. First off, it would bring the NFL back to Los Angeles for the first time since the Rams moved to St. Louis in 1994. It would also leave St. Louis without a football team yet again after the Cardinals have left in the late 1980s.
The next question is whether or not the Rams will be the only team using this stadium. Would the Oakland Raiders come back south and see if they can share the new building with the Rams? That is always very possible. Southern California and the Los Angeles/Inglewood area appear set on getting professional football back in their backyard.
