Last week, the city council of Inglewood, Calif., approved a plan for a $2 billion, 80,000-seat football stadium on 60 acres that would allow the Rams to return to the Los Angeles area. The vote adopted a new redevelopment plan without calling a public vote, enabling construction and avoiding environmental review of issues such as noise, traffic and air pollution.
Well, now the city of St. Louis has released renderings of a possible waterfront stadium that would allow the Rams to remain in the city. Here's a look at two views of the stadium, courtesy of Peter King at The MMQB:
View No. 2, the inside of the stadium:
According to King, "For years the Rams tried to get a better stadium than the Edward Jones Dome, and the franchise was rebuffed because of the immense cost. But now, faced with losing the Rams, the state and city are working double-time to come up with a solution that -- if nothing else -- would make it difficult for 24 owners to vote in favor of the Rams returning to Los Angeles," hence the release of these renderings.
The Rams aren't the only franchise trying to ready a Los Angeles move. The Chargers and Raiders recently proposed a joint $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, Calif. This whole situation is getting very interesting, and there are obviously a lot more steps that need to play out. One of those steps is a vote from the NFL's 32 owners, which must yield a 75 percent approval before a team is allowed to change cities.
