New Los Angeles football stadium proposal
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I think its about time property taxes and Moral Obligation bonds stopped giving stadiums to the owners, especially for a statdium that could be built for nothing...
Just tax car rentals and hotel rooms. For that area - you could probably fund the entire thing in a few weeks.
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Official: NFL to play in Los Angeles next season
By Jennifer McLain and Ben Baeder, Staff Writers
Article Launched: 08/27/2008 09:55:14 PM PDT
INDUSTRY - Developer Ed Roski Jr.'s business partner says he has "no doubt" a National Football League team will play in Los Angeles in 2009, most likely at the Rose Bowl.
Majestic Realty Vice President John Semcken also said he believes there is a possibility two NFL teams could wind up playing in the $800 million stadium Roski wants to build in Industry.
"We are going to have a team here next September," Semcken said Tuesday afternoon.
"I personally believe, yes," two teams will come to L.A., he said. "Because the economics are so (good). All I want is one. All our analysis is based on one. If a second team came it would just be a tenant. We're only going to own one."
Roski is a billionaire listed in the Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people. He is president of Industry-based Majestic Realty, part-owner of the NBA's Lakers and NHL's Kings, and co-owner of the Staples Center.
In April, Roski unveiled his plan to build a state-of-the-art football stadium and entertainment complex on a 600-acre plot of land that was previously slated for commercial and retail use.
The anticipated stadium pricetag of $800 million would be about $1 billion less than was spent on the new home of the New York Giants and Jets, Semcken said.
Roski wants to buy a controlling interest in an NFL team and move it to his new stadium, planned to be built near the intersection of the 57 and 60 freeways. Semcken said that Roski has a "handshake deal" with
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Rose Bowl officials to allow an NFL team to play in Pasadena for two seasons, until his new stadium is finished.
Semcken also said NFL executives asked him to make sure the stadium and its training facilities could accommodate two teams.
"Every owner I have talked to is interested in coming," Semcken said. "The idea of moving here is like Nirvana to them."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that the league has long identified the Los Angeles region as a two-team market.
The L.A. area has been home to two pro football teams before. The NFL's Rams and the American Football League's Chargers both played in Los Angeles in 1960. When the Rams moved to Anaheim in 1980, it opened the way for the Raiders to move to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from Oakland. They did so in 1982.
Both the Rams and Raiders played in Southern California through the 1994 season, when the Rams moved to St. Louis and the Raiders returned to Oakland.
"It doesn't mean that we will have two teams there next season, but we have looked at an option that would provide flexibility so that should we have a team there someday. The site could also accommodate another team," McCarthy said.
Seven teams have expressed interest coming to Roski's stadium, but Semcken declined to name them. He said identifying teams could hurt ticket sales in their current stadiums.
In April, Roski listed the New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers as teams that might move to L.A. and his new stadium.
If a team agrees to move and Roski acquires at least part ownership, Semcken said it would play at the Rose Bowl for two seasons while the Industry site is developed. The stadium is expected to be completed in time for the 2011 season.
Semcken said an NFL team playing in the Rose Bowl would not negatively impact UCLA, which is the Rose Bowl's main tenant.
"We've had just very preliminary talks so far," said Darryl Dunn, general manager of the Rose Bowl. "We are definitely interested in anything that could bring in revenue."
Any agreement the NFL reaches would need to be approved by the Rose Bowl officials, Pasadena and UCLA, Dunn said. UCLA officials did not return calls Wednesday.
"The Rose Bowl Operating Company does not have a handshake deal with Majestic Realty for an NFL team," said Charles Thompson, spokesman for the Rose Bowl Operating Company.
Bringing an NFL team to Pasadena - even temporarily - would require community and council support, said Pasadena city spokeswoman Ann Erdman.
In 2006, Pasadena voters rejected Measure A, which would have allowed the NFL to renovate the stadium for NFL purposes.
"As it stands now, the stadium is not NFL ready," Erdman said. "So, therefore, should there sometime in the future be a major renovation to make it NFL ready, there would be many, many processes to go through."
Norman Parker, president of the Linda Vista/Annandale Association, said that the community has had a fine relationship with Rose Bowl management.
"For a couple of years, we could manage with (an NFL team) quite well, and the Rose Bowl would get some well-needed revenue," Parker said. "We look forward to working with them."
Roski's Los Angeles Stadium would seat 75,000 fans, have 175 suites, could have up to 5 million square feet available for commercial use, and provide nearly 6,000 jobs.
Official: NFL to play in Los Angeles next season
By Jennifer McLain and Ben Baeder, Staff Writers
Article Launched: 08/27/2008 09:55:14 PM PDT
INDUSTRY - Developer Ed Roski Jr.'s business partner says he has "no doubt" a National Football League team will play in Los Angeles in 2009, most likely at the Rose Bowl.
Majestic Realty Vice President John Semcken also said he believes there is a possibility two NFL teams could wind up playing in the $800 million stadium Roski wants to build in Industry.
"We are going to have a team here next September," Semcken said Tuesday afternoon.
"I personally believe, yes," two teams will come to L.A., he said. "Because the economics are so (good). All I want is one. All our analysis is based on one. If a second team came it would just be a tenant. We're only going to own one."
Roski is a billionaire listed in the Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people. He is president of Industry-based Majestic Realty, part-owner of the NBA's Lakers and NHL's Kings, and co-owner of the Staples Center.
In April, Roski unveiled his plan to build a state-of-the-art football stadium and entertainment complex on a 600-acre plot of land that was previously slated for commercial and retail use.
The anticipated stadium pricetag of $800 million would be about $1 billion less than was spent on the new home of the New York Giants and Jets, Semcken said.
Roski wants to buy a controlling interest in an NFL team and move it to his new stadium, planned to be built near the intersection of the 57 and 60 freeways. Semcken said that Roski has a "handshake deal" with
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Rose Bowl officials to allow an NFL team to play in Pasadena for two seasons, until his new stadium is finished.
Semcken also said NFL executives asked him to make sure the stadium and its training facilities could accommodate two teams.
"Every owner I have talked to is interested in coming," Semcken said. "The idea of moving here is like Nirvana to them."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that the league has long identified the Los Angeles region as a two-team market.
The L.A. area has been home to two pro football teams before. The NFL's Rams and the American Football League's Chargers both played in Los Angeles in 1960. When the Rams moved to Anaheim in 1980, it opened the way for the Raiders to move to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from Oakland. They did so in 1982.
Both the Rams and Raiders played in Southern California through the 1994 season, when the Rams moved to St. Louis and the Raiders returned to Oakland.
"It doesn't mean that we will have two teams there next season, but we have looked at an option that would provide flexibility so that should we have a team there someday. The site could also accommodate another team," McCarthy said.
Seven teams have expressed interest coming to Roski's stadium, but Semcken declined to name them. He said identifying teams could hurt ticket sales in their current stadiums.
In April, Roski listed the New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers as teams that might move to L.A. and his new stadium.
If a team agrees to move and Roski acquires at least part ownership, Semcken said it would play at the Rose Bowl for two seasons while the Industry site is developed. The stadium is expected to be completed in time for the 2011 season.
Semcken said an NFL team playing in the Rose Bowl would not negatively impact UCLA, which is the Rose Bowl's main tenant.
"We've had just very preliminary talks so far," said Darryl Dunn, general manager of the Rose Bowl. "We are definitely interested in anything that could bring in revenue."
Any agreement the NFL reaches would need to be approved by the Rose Bowl officials, Pasadena and UCLA, Dunn said. UCLA officials did not return calls Wednesday.
"The Rose Bowl Operating Company does not have a handshake deal with Majestic Realty for an NFL team," said Charles Thompson, spokesman for the Rose Bowl Operating Company.
Bringing an NFL team to Pasadena - even temporarily - would require community and council support, said Pasadena city spokeswoman Ann Erdman.
In 2006, Pasadena voters rejected Measure A, which would have allowed the NFL to renovate the stadium for NFL purposes.
"As it stands now, the stadium is not NFL ready," Erdman said. "So, therefore, should there sometime in the future be a major renovation to make it NFL ready, there would be many, many processes to go through."
Norman Parker, president of the Linda Vista/Annandale Association, said that the community has had a fine relationship with Rose Bowl management.
"For a couple of years, we could manage with (an NFL team) quite well, and the Rose Bowl would get some well-needed revenue," Parker said. "We look forward to working with them."
Roski's Los Angeles Stadium would seat 75,000 fans, have 175 suites, could have up to 5 million square feet available for commercial use, and provide nearly 6,000 jobs.
It happened in San Antonio.
More info please.
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There goes the perfect 32 team league.
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I don't think any of them move. I think it will be an expansion. Although I don't think that happens in 09.
The alamo dome was built in hopes of luring an NFL football team, and now it doesn't have a single professional sport played in it. It's biggest function is for conferences and trade shows.
I was just there this past weekend (at Sunset Station, the mostly empty event center right next to it) and I have it on good authority (from the cabbie that took me there) that's exactly what happened.
Cool thanks, that is what my Googling gave me too, but I wasnt sure if you were referring to it or something else.
I don't know if it's endorsement that LA might build a stadium in HOPES of luring a team or not. On one hand, it shows it's not unprecedented. On the other, the precedent it sets is one of a failed strategy.
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It is going to happen. We'll have football in LA in 2009 at the Rose Bowl and then they will build the stadium. Roski has already said numerous times that they will not break ground until a team commits, but it sounds as if that time is close. It makes too much sense for the teams needing stadiums like the Raiders and honestly we don't need the jags in the league. I hope its the Raiders, as their situation in Oakland is dismal, although for selfish purposes I hope its the Rams. I would expect an announcement either late in the current season or days after which ever team is moving ends their season.
I thought everyone knew this story of the Alamo Dome?
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NO is the team. Benson would've been gone already if it wasn't for the PR nightmare he and the NFL would have gotten for abandoning the city after the hurricane. I don't blame Benson for moving the Saints. I've alway wanted to go to NO and made it there last spring. I would never go back. Ugliest, dirtiest city i have ever been to and it's not even close. I would guess most of is a result of the hurricane but the place, as of now, is a dump.
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Los Angeles Packers...oh wait...they would be more fitting in San Fran...ba-dump-bump
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Construction delayed on proposed NFL stadium
By Bethania Palma Markus, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/08/2008 09:41:36 PM PST
INDUSTRY - Construction for a proposed NFL stadium in Industry has been pushed back at least a year, officials said.
Representatives for the developer said the sports facility probably will not open until 2012, a year later than previously projected.
John Semcken, vice president for Majestic Reality Co., said officials at the National Football League want to wait until Industry fully approves the project before moving a team to Los Angeles.
Majestic is owned by Ed Roski Jr., a billionaire listed on the Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people. He is co-owner of the Staples Center and part-owner of the Lakers and Kings.
The 600-acre, $800 million project is slated for a hilly area northwest of the 57-60 freeway interchange.
"From our perspective there has been no change," Semcken said. "We never really had a schedule. The NFL just didn't give us a team."
He stressed there was no delay resulting from the current recession.
Majestic won't build a stadium without the promise of a professional football team to go with it, Semcken said.
NFL officials declined to comment on the project.
Industry city officials said they are in the process of approving the project.
But some believe the delay is proof the project has hit a roadblock.
It could be in part due to strong opposition from members of some surrounding communities, said Walnut Mayor Joaquin Lim.
Construction delayed on proposed NFL stadium
By Bethania Palma Markus, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/08/2008 09:41:36 PM PST
INDUSTRY - Construction for a proposed NFL stadium in Industry has been pushed back at least a year, officials said.
Representatives for the developer said the sports facility probably will not open until 2012, a year later than previously projected.
John Semcken, vice president for Majestic Reality Co., said officials at the National Football League want to wait until Industry fully approves the project before moving a team to Los Angeles.
Majestic is owned by Ed Roski Jr., a billionaire listed on the Forbes 500 list of the world's richest people. He is co-owner of the Staples Center and part-owner of the Lakers and Kings.
The 600-acre, $800 million project is slated for a hilly area northwest of the 57-60 freeway interchange.
"From our perspective there has been no change," Semcken said. "We never really had a schedule. The NFL just didn't give us a team."
He stressed there was no delay resulting from the current recession.
Majestic won't build a stadium without the promise of a professional football team to go with it, Semcken said.
NFL officials declined to comment on the project.
Industry city officials said they are in the process of approving the project.
But some believe the delay is proof the project has hit a roadblock.
It could be in part due to strong opposition from members of some surrounding communities, said Walnut Mayor Joaquin Lim.
Industry?
Isn't it City of Industry?
As in "City of Industry City Officials...." and not "Industry City Officials"
Isn't it City of Industry?
As in "City of Industry City Officials...." and not "Industry City Officials"
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I think the crazy old man would. He needs to disappear for the Raiders to be good anymore. The crap he pulled with his letter after he fired Kiffin proved how crazy he actually is.
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The Cards were very close to moving there.
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As a recent defector from the soverign state of Southern California I can tell you that these proposals come along every year or so. Someone design a big, shiny stadium and everyone oohs and ahhs and nuttin' happens.
So this time it's going to be the City of Industry. A town every bit as glamorous as it's name. (It's major product is smog. Followed by smog. Followed by heat that on some days can give the Valley of the Sun a run for it's money.) Think freeways, train tracks and industrial parks. Oh, and did I mention smog?
Personally, the day my car passed the state line I put on a Cardinals jersey! (No mean feat since it was 111 that day.) Goodbye hopin' for a team and Hello 2008 NFC-West-Champions-We're-Going-To-The-Playoffs!!!
So this time it's going to be the City of Industry. A town every bit as glamorous as it's name. (It's major product is smog. Followed by smog. Followed by heat that on some days can give the Valley of the Sun a run for it's money.) Think freeways, train tracks and industrial parks. Oh, and did I mention smog?
Personally, the day my car passed the state line I put on a Cardinals jersey! (No mean feat since it was 111 that day.) Goodbye hopin' for a team and Hello 2008 NFC-West-Champions-We're-Going-To-The-Playoffs!!!
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