Pasadena City Council Votes Against Potential NFL Stadium Site

[WizardOfAz]

The city's bid to lure an NFL team to the Rose Bowl has ended, leaving the Los Angeles Coliseum and a parking lot in Anaheim as the lone remaining candidates interested in landing a team.

The city council voted 5-1 to pursue a plan for the Rose Bowl that doesn't involve the NFL. The vote came early Tuesday after nearly seven hours of debate in front of a standing-room only crowd of about 200.

Opponents of the NFL project, including Mayor Bill Bogaard, argued that a proposed $500 million renovation of the Rose Bowl would bring too much traffic, displace park users from the Arroyo Seco and threaten the historic status of the 83-year-old stadium.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nfl-pasadena&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[Scott MS]

I saw that article and I almost think the whole thing is a moot point. Do you really think that the NFL will award a franchise or move a franchise to Los Angeles and have them play in the aging Rose Bowl, which has worse infrastructure than Sun Devil Stadium?

Seemed to me like a ridiculous proposition in the first place. If L.A. wants a team, they need a new state of the art facility. It may make sense to tear down a rebuild a facility like the L.A. Coliseum.