The idea came into focus for Stan Kroenke, the billionaire Rams owner and real estate developer, during a pre-dawn drive around Inglewood’s Hollywood Park racetrack in the summer of 2013. It grew into an audacious plan to transform 298 acres into one of the world’s premier sports and entertainment districts with a $2.6-billion stadium as
The Rams will break ground on their $2.6-billion stadium in Inglewood next Thursday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition they not be identified. Expected to be completed in 2019, the venue will be the centerpiece of a 298-acre mixed-use development on the site of the old
After years of posturing and threats, the Chargers could be on the move. Voters in San Diego County on Tuesday soundly rejected a referendum that would have steered hundreds of millions of tax dollars toward a stadium the team wanted to build in downtown San Diego. The Chargers must decide whether to pay for the
When the polls open in San Diego on Tuesday, the only way funding is going to be approved for the Chargers proposed new stadium is if the team gets the Election Day equivalent of a Hail Mary. If the Chargers stadium initiative (Ballot Measure C) is going to pass, two-thirds — or 66.6 percent —
The 2016 NFL season has been nothing but unconventional from its anthem protests to a drop in NFL ratings amid a heated Presidential election competing for attention. One of the more overlooked public stories has been the proposal to move the Oakland Raiders (who are having a surprisingly incredible season) to Las Vegas as the