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Old 01-13-2016, 12:30 AM   #2037
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Rams pulled up shop in LA to go chase a better stadium in 1995, and now that's turned around. (The Angels then transformed the that multipurpose stadium into a baseball only stadium, and its very nice)

Ironically, same day that got approved in '95, the owner sold 30% of the Rams to the current owner, who since took full ownership, has now moved them back to LA, to a better stadium.

Article below also assumed LA would have a team in a few years.

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-04-...8_1_rams-owner

So to wrap up St. Louis, 4 winning seasons out of 21. 5 trips to the playoffs, 1 SB. The building they played in had the atmosphere of a warehouse.

Likely to play in the LA Coliseum for 3 seasons. NFC West will truly be west, with Arizona the only non-oceanfront city.

NFL is a lot different than it was in 1995. And, stadium issues seemed to have been the biggest issue for the Rams (and Raiders) in LA. That seems a non issue now for the Rams.

Who knows what happens with San Diego. League has given them $100m, which they could use to work out a stadium deal back in San Diego. Otherwise, they can be a tenant of the Rams-owned LA stadium.

As always, who really knows whats going on with the Raiders. They have no lease, have a terrible stadium, but a quirky owner who's unpredictable.
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