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Stadium developer to ask six NFL teams to move to L.A.
Daily News Wire Services
Updated: 10/08/2009 09:53:49 AM PDT
Personally I hope it never happens--just increases the risk of blackouts on DirecTV when they can't sell their tickets.
Daily News Wire Services
Updated: 10/08/2009 09:53:49 AM PDT
The developers who want to bring professional football back to the Los Angeles area said Tuesday that they'll approach the San Diego Chargers and five other teams in February about moving as early as next season.
Majestic Realty Co. Vice President John Semcken III revealed his intentions at a breakfast gathering of the Orange County Business Industry Association in Costa Mesa. . . . He said the state Senate will help clear a last hurdle for an $800 million, 600-acre stadium project in the city of Industry by Oct. 15 -- either via legislation, already passed by the Assembly, to bypass state environmental laws -- or by negotiations Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg arranged last month.
"Come next week, our stadium will be approved," Semcken said. "Then we'll be able to go out and buy a football team." . . . Semcken said new talks would begin after the Super Bowl in February, and may involve the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Buffalo Bills, the Minnesota Vikings, the St. Louis Rams, the Chargers and the Oakland Raiders. The San Francisco 49ers could also be pursued if a vote for a new stadium in Santa Clara fails. "There are at least seven teams that are having an issue," Semcken said. "San Francisco, I think they're fine. So the other six teams, one of those six will move to our stadium." Semcken said the NFL could return to the area in 2010 but more likely in 2011 and that a team would play close by before moving to Industry in 2013.
Personally I hope it never happens--just increases the risk of blackouts on DirecTV when they can't sell their tickets.