<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>L.A. approves improvements to lure NFL teamNFL.com wire reportsLOS ANGELES (May 19, 2006) -- The Los Angeles City Council voted to spend $25 million on improvements around the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in hopes of luring an NFL team back to the city.Under the plan, the city Community Redevelopment Agency would issue $25 million in bonds for street widening, site clearing and other work near the Coliseum, which would be paid for by expected tax revenue from the stadium.In coming years, the city estimates it could spend up to $121 million more for additional transit and other improvements, which would also be funded by stadium taxes.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said public funds will not be used for a proposed $800 million renovation at the Coliseum. The city-funded improvements approved by the Council amount to incentives to make the city's NFL pitch more attractive."The dollars will be limited to improvements around the stadium, not the actual construction," said Villaraigosa spokesman Joe Ramallo.City officials hope NFL owners, who meet in Denver next week, will bring a team to the Coliseum by the 2009 season.Under the city plan, the Coliseum would be extensively renovated with money from the NFL.The Coliseum is used by the University of Southern California football team. It hasn't hosted a professional team since the Raiders left after the 1994 season.</div>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9449864
The Coliseum is a dump anyways....not sure why anybody would want to move there.They should tear it down and build a new stadium.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 20 2006, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Coliseum is a dump anyways....not sure why anybody would want to move there.They should tear it down and build a new stadium.</div>I could not agree more, and one would think if they really wanted a team that is just what they would do...
i think that is a good idea.. i live close to LA.. so that would be cool for me.. i wouldnt have to drive 5 hours just to see a game now.. so i like the idea.
the question I have is who will be the team to get moved there or is the nfl just going to add 2 more teams
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ohio Steeler @ May 20 2006, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>the question I have is who will be the team to get moved there or is the nfl just going to add 2 more teams</div>They're not adding teams. The divisions are perfect and even how they are....I dont see them adding more teams. More like a team like maybe New Orleans, maybe Buffalo moving there.
If this goes down there's no doubt in my mind that it will be Buffalo. (But Chargers are also a possibility)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 20 2006, 01:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ohio Steeler @ May 20 2006, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>the question I have is who will be the team to get moved there or is the nfl just going to add 2 more teams</div>They're not adding teams. The divisions are perfect and even how they are....I dont see them adding more teams. More like a team like maybe New Orleans, maybe Buffalo moving there. </div>New Orleans no way the NFL will not let that happen due to what that city has been thought already
I doubt the Saints will move, they are doing well with Katrina recovery, and they just broke a ticket-sales record for their franchise.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ohio Steeler @ May 20 2006, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ May 20 2006, 01:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ohio Steeler @ May 20 2006, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>the question I have is who will be the team to get moved there or is the nfl just going to add 2 more teams</div>They're not adding teams. The divisions are perfect and even how they are....I dont see them adding more teams. More like a team like maybe New Orleans, maybe Buffalo moving there. </div>New Orleans no way the NFL will not let that happen due to what that city has been thought already</div>They wont allow it to happen this year or next year, but once that city is for the most part rebuilt I dont see them stopping Benson who has been trying to move the Saints since before Katrina.
