Will AEG be successful in building an NFL stadium right next to the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles? (San Diego: live, station)

[BacktoBlue]

who cares. Downtown LA is ghetto anyways

[RCCCB]

Originally Posted by Footballfreak

who cares. Downtown LA is ghetto anyways

Stop that, these are Jerry Brown supporters.

[Lafferty Daniel]

So pretty much everyone that hates the idea lives far from downtown. What a shock.

[bhcompy]

Originally Posted by Perkins Well

So pretty much everyone that hates the idea lives far from downtown. What a shock.

Where is the fanbase going to be? You think that area is going to lose its Raiders affiliation?

[californio sur]

Originally Posted by Footballfreak

who cares. Downtown LA is ghetto anyways

You really get ugly when you are desperate!

[Jericho-79]

Originally Posted by RCCCB

Which roof are they going to build that puppy on?

They're going to demolish the West Hall to make way for the new stadium. At the same time, they're going to build a new hall in the plaza in front of Staples and connect it to the existing South Hall.

[pbergen]

looks like the proposed nfl stadium in DTLA just got a major boost by securing naming rights. here's a link to the article as well as a few key lines:

AEG, Farmers Insurance in stadium naming-rights deal for proposed NFL stadium in Los Angeles - latimes.com

Backers of a plan to build a football stadium in downtown Los Angeles are set to announce Tuesday that they have reached a naming-rights deal worth $700 million, which would be the most valuable such agreement ever and a significant step toward bringing an NFL team to Los Angeles.

AEG, the huge entertainment company that owns Staples Center and the L.A. Live complex, plans to announce a 30-year agreement with Farmers Insurance. The deal would provide AEG's proposed project a crucial chunk of contractually obligated income, starting at $20 million for the first year and escalating incrementally every year after. The stadium would be named Farmers Field.

Announcing a naming-rights deal for a stadium that has not been built, on a site that has not been approved, for a team that has not been acquired is unheard of. No money will change hands unless each of those wishes becomes fulfilled.

The agreement with Farmers significantly increases the likelihood of the NFL's return to Los Angeles, but does not guarantee it, NFL leaders said.

Two highly influential members of NFL ownership families agreed that the naming-rights deal distinguishes the downtown plan from any that has come before it.

"If I'm a fan in L.A., I have to be really encouraged," said Stephen Jones, chief operating officer of the Dallas Cowboys and son of team owner Jerry Jones.

Jonathan Kraft, president of the New England Patriots and son of team owner Robert Kraft, added, "This is as credible as anything that has taken place since the expansion [in 1998] that brought Houston into the league when L.A. had a chance then and didn't win it."

[BacktoBlue]

Great news.

[Fontucky]

Start packing your bags, Chargers.

[BacktoBlue]

I hope L.A. feels awful taking two of our teams. Screw L.A.