Inglewood approves stadium plan, including Rams' owner as partner
On Tuesday night, the Inglewood, Calif., City Council approved plans to build a football stadium including St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke as a partner, which clears the way for the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area, the Associated Press reported.
On Tuesday night, the Inglewood, Calif., City Council approved plans to build a football stadium including St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke as a partner, which clears the way for the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area, the Associated Press reported.
The council approved the $2 billion plan with a 5-0 vote after a meeting with several hours of public comment and many vocal Rams fans wearing jerseys in attendance. The vote adopts a new redevelopment plan without calling a public vote, enabling construction and avoiding environmental review of issues such as noise, traffic and air pollution.
It adds the 80,000 seat, 60-acre stadium to an existing 2009 plan to redevelop the former Hollywood Park racetrack site with homes, offices, stores, parks and open space and a hotel.
New urgency came to the issue last week with the announcement the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers are planning a shared stadium in suburban Carson if they don't get their current hometowns to provide money to replace older stadiums. Another stadium plan remains alive for downtown Los Angeles, but has no team attached, the AP reported.
