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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: africas seed on April 26, 2006, 09:12:56 AM
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with the recent news of COliseum upgrades as well as the san diego chargers owner stating they may not have enough money to support the team it looks even more likely that LA will get a long overdue nfl franchise.
City officials hope renovations will lure NFL teamAssociated Press
LOS ANGELES -- City officials next week will pitch their plans to the NFL for an $800 million upgrade of the aging Los Angeles Coliseum in hopes of luring a professional football team back to town.
Anaheim also is in the running and the city has offered to sell a 50-acre plot in the Angel Stadium parking lot to the NFL under market value, according to the Los Angeles Times. Other details of the Anaheim deal have not been made public.
The 67,000-seat reconstruction would include 15,000 club seats, 500 luxury boxes and state-of-the-art amenities. It would be constructed within the shell of the existing Coliseum, which hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.
The Coliseum is used by the University of Southern California football team but it hasn't hosted a professional team since the Raiders in 1994. They returned to Oakland the next year.
In October, the City Council agreed to allow for up to $25 million in local tax revenues generated by a stadium renovation to be earmarked for redevelopment projects around the Coliseum.
However, city officials have resisted pledges to supply money for actual stadium construction, especially at a time when the budget is running hundreds of millions of dollars in the red.
City officials hope the NFL will agree to pay for the new stadium.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other city and county officials will urge the NFL on May 2 in Dallas to place an existing or an expansion team in town.
"Los Angeles is a great sports town," Villaraigosa said at Tuesday's news conference at the Coliseum, where city officials outlined the renovation plans.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said he believes a decision should be made soon and that nothing would be gained by further prolonging the process.
"There's a recognition among the owners that it's time to make a decision," he told the Los Angeles Times before an appearance at a Disneyland hotel. "We have a great fan base that supports its teams," he said.
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2008.
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2008.
I hope so. L.A. needs a football team. USC can't carry the load forever.
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
LOL...How 'bout Sparks.
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
LOL...How 'bout Sparks.
HOW ABOUT HOCKEY :laugh:
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
LOL...How 'bout Sparks.
of corse bro! lisa lesli and her giraffe lookin ass FO LIFE! gotta love tomika dixon too
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
LOL...How 'bout Sparks.
HOW ABOUT HOCKEY :laugh:
yeah that like soccer i go for the teams but i don't really watch lol
Hockey
1. The mighty DUcks (cuz those movies were THEEEE SHIT growing up)
2. The kings, c'mon they had the Great one
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would that be bad if i had three football teams,lol. i mean c'mon i gotta support the LA sports scene i mean check it out
Baseball i root for:
1. the dodgers
2. the angels
Basketball
1. The Lakers
2. The Bruins
Football
1. Raiders (formally of LA)
2. Cowboys (only LA team i go for
3. Avengers
4. Xtreme (the ONLY XFL champions!)
5. Trojans
soccer (even though i don't watch it :laugh:)
1.Galaxy
LOL...How 'bout Sparks.
HOW ABOUT HOCKEY :laugh:
yeah that like soccer i go for the teams but i don't really watch lol
Hockey
1. The mighty DUcks (cuz those movies were THEEEE SHIT growing up)
2. The kings, c'mon they had the Great one
yeah i dont watch it..but i guess the fun part about it is the fight :laugh:
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yea those mighty ducks movies are classics,i could watch them over and over again growin up
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yea those mighty ducks movies are classics,i could watch them over and over again growin up
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fuckin a, it's about time! i was just thinking about this the other day. $800 million for a new fuckin stadium though, holy shit!