A plan to build an NFL stadium on the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack was approved unanimously by the Inglewood city council Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Inglewood council approves NFL stadium plan
An 80,000-seat stadium led by Stan Kroenke received a green light from the Inglewood city council Tuesday night.
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The stadium plan, spearheaded by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, was originally created in January and would create an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, a suburb just southwest of downtown Los Angeles. According to the L.A. Times, an economic impact report commissioned by the city estimated that the privately funded stadium would be the most expensive in U.S. history at about $1.86 billion.
With Kroenke leading the way on the project, the presumable tenant of the stadium would likely be the Rams, although there are still more hurdles to cross before any construction can start. No team has filed for relocation with the NFL and St. Louis is mounting an effort to keep the Rams with a stadium plan still in the preliminary stages.
Last week, the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders released a joint statement detailing a proposal to build a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson that could serve as the home for both teams. The project still needs 8,041 signatures to get the proposed stadium on a ballot, but the Carson city council could follow the same bath as Inglewood and bypass a public vote by voting on the initiative in city council.
The Rams, Chargers and Raiders have all previously called Los Angeles home. For the Chargers, however, it was only in LA for the 1960 American Football League season before a relocation to San Diego in 1961. The Rams and Raiders both left the city after the 1994 NFL season.
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