NFL IN LA: JABONER JACKSON HAS RETURNED FROM BRAZIL, PART 2
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | Last week, I reviewed the developments regarding the NFL in LA that have occurred while I have been away in Brazil (Brasil) during the past year. As our Wonderful Readers are aware, the NFL in LA has imploded in my absence. AEG's Farmers Field died, Majestic Realty's Los Angeles Stadium remained the forgotten stepchild, and the NFL pretended to still be interested in Los Angeles as a football market. Today, FOOTBALLPHDS looks ahead to the cloudy future of the NFL in LA by examining what went wrong with Farmers Field and LA Stadium and where the NFL will next place its interest.
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NFL IN LA: JABONER JACKSON HAS RETURNED FROM BRAZIL, PART 1
By Jaboner Jackson 2:30 p.m. | After an extended stay in Brazil (Brasil) during which much has changed in the world of the NFL in LA, I have returned to the City of Angels. Since my departure to Rio de Janeiro almost a year ago, Farmers Field has imploded, Los Angeles Stadium has failed to gain momentum, and Brazil has put up more sporting facilities than the entire Southland combined. Coincidence? I think not. Accordingly, it is time to update our patient Wonderful Readers on the NFL in LA. Today, FOOTBALLPHDS reviews what has gone wrong with the NFL in LA during my absence. In Part 2, we look to the future of the NFL in LA. Finally, we close out Part 3 with a leisurely stroll through my (almost) year in Brazil, including updates on all of our Intelligent Staff and the stadium boom occurring in the plastic surgery capital of the world.
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NFL IN LA: CORRECTING MEDIA SPECULATION REGARDING THE OAKLAND RAIDERS
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | In terms of the NFL in LA, not much has changed in the battle between AEG and Majestic Realty to return professional football to Los Angeles. Even though other less informed media outlets had touted the Minnesota Vikings as a prime contender for relocation even up until last week, footballphds.com had always been steadfast in our knowledge that the Vikings were never a contender for relocation. We have also been steadfast in our knowledge that the St. Louis Rams remain a secondary player for relocation and not a primary one. And we are definitely steadfast in our knowledge that Los Angeles still belongs to one of two teams--the San Diego Chargers to Farmers Field or the Oakland Raiders to LA Stadium. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
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NFL IN LA: RAMS’ COUNTERPROPSAL TO ST. LOUIS CVC FOR EDWARD JONES DOME, PART 1
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | Part 1 of 2 | Yesterday, the St. Louis Rams' counteroffer to the St. Louis Convention Center and Visitors Commission (CVC) for renovations to Edward Jones Dome (EJD) were released by the Missouri Attorney General's office. Although terms were supposed to remain confidential per the Rams' lease agreement, media outlets had petitioned the Attorney General to make public the Rams counterproposal, which Attorney General Chris Koster did on Monday per Missouri's "Sunshine Law." Overall, the Rams have proposed renovations to EJD that the CVC estimates would cost $700 million. This is in comparison to the CVC's own proposal in February for $124 million in renovations, a topic that we reviewed in depth this spring here and here.
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NFL IN LA: MANUAL BASICO EN ESPANOL
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | As footballphds.com gears up for Rock Mayock’s Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration, we thought it was a good time to reach out to our Spanish speaking readers to review the basics of the return of professional football to Los Angeles. So we enlisted the help of Ana V. to put together our NFL en LA Manual Bàsico En Español. Enjoy the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight, shots of Patron on ice, and commemoration of the Battle of Puebla.
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PRIMER ON MINNESOTA VIKINGS STADIUM FINANCING PLAN
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | Last week, footballphds.com detailed the reasons why the Minnesota Vikings were not relocation candidates for either Farmers Field in downtown Los Angeles or LA Stadium in City of Industry. This was in response to a Minnesota House Committee action last week to vote against a stadium financing plan for a new Vikings stadium in Minneapolis. The NFL and Vikings, both of whom understand that the Vikings are not true threats for relocation, subsequently met with Governor Mark Dayton and state politicians to revitalize the legislative bill for a new Vikings stadium. Accordingly, the Minnesota Senate voted on Friday to move forward with the financing plan for the "The People's Stadium." Today, footballphds.com strips away the political debates to break down the financing plan of the Vikings' proposed stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Furthermore, we detail why the People of Minnesota can do better than the current legislative bill.
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NFL IN LA: LA STADIUM AND FARMERS FIELD RENDERINGS
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | Today, footballphds.com takes a more leisurely approach to the NFL in LA by putting aside our definitive analysis and instead providing architect and artist renderings of Majestic Realty’s LA Stadium in the City of Industry and AEG’s Farmers Field in downtown Los Angeles. For those Wonderful Readers who missed one of our NFL in LA stories, feel free to dig into the archives here. And as the battle continues between Majestic Realty and AEG for the return of professional football to the City of Angels, footballphds.com is reminded of one of our other favorite battles between City of Industry and Los Angeles, which can be found in all its glory here. May the best stadium developer win. And feel free to use part of this leisurely, beautiful Friday morning to do our prescribed Workout of the Day (WOD), which can be found after the photo galleries. Rumor has it that the Research Assistant and HR Manager did 5 rounds this morning while the rest of the FOOTBALLPHDS ate donuts and drank coffee.
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NFL IN LA: MINNESOTA VIKINGS STILL NOT RELOCATION CONTENDER FOR LOS ANGELES
By Jaboner Jackson 8 a.m. | Over the past two days, conjecture regarding the future of the Minnesota Vikings as related to their stadium situation in Minnesota has heightened. Unease from Minnesotans and fans has increased due to state legislative action. Specifically, a Minnesota House committee voted to reject a $975 million stadium plan at the current site of the Metrodome despite Governor Mark Dayton’s support of the bill. The plan called for $550 million in public financing, including $400 million from gambling revenues and $150 million from tax revenues, for a stadium that would cost almost $1 billion. Due to this legislative action, fans and media have begun to sound the alarm for relocation to Los Angeles. However, the Vikings are not a significant contender for relocation to either AEG’s Farmers Field in downtown Los Angeles or Majestic Realty’s LA Stadium in City of Industry, despite the Vikings' muddy stadium situation.
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