[AltiTude Ram]

Here's the Rams proposal to relocate to LA.

http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2016 ... 180540.pdf

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[RamsFanSince82]

I haven't read much of that yet, but what I've seen so far is beautiful!!! There's no way the NFL can reject the Rams from moving to LA.

[AltiTude Ram]

Here's the beginning...excuse the poor format from my copy paste.


STATEMENT OF REASONS IN SUPPORT OF THE
RAMS’ APPLICATION TO RELOCATE TO LOS ANGELES
The Member Clubs of the National Football League should approve the Rams’
application to relocate to the Los Angeles, California metropolitan area. In June 2012,
Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote all Member Clubs outlining the process for
returning NFL football to Los Angeles. The Rams proposal to build a stadium and NFL
Campus in Inglewood, California meets every objective in the Commissioner’s June
2012 memorandum, and the Rams’ application meets each and every relocation
guideline and policy.
The Rams’ Inglewood Project presents the League and all of the Member Clubs
with the best opportunity for successful long-term operations in Los Angeles. The NFL
has previously approved the Inglewood site to build a NFL stadium. Rams’ ownership
has purchased approximately 300 acres for the stadium and additional development to
house NFL Network studios and to build an entertainment district. HKS Sports
architects have designed and completed construction drawings for an iconic NFL
football stadium to host two NFL teams. Surveys of NFL fans in Los Angeles show
greater demand for the return of the Rams than any NFL team. The Rams ownership
has the finances and experience to ensure that the project will succeed to the benefit of
all NFL Member Clubs. At every step of the Rams’ Inglewood Project, Rams ownership
has kept Commissioner Goodell and League staff apprised of the Rams’ efforts.
This Statement of Reasons is in three parts. Part I sets forth the reasons why
the Rams Inglewood, California project provides the League with the best opportunity
for success in Los Angeles. Part II addresses the Rams’ contract right to relocate from
St. Louis. Part III compares the St. Louis market to the markets in San Diego and
Oakland, California. Since all are agreed that Los Angeles is a market the NFL wants to
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be in, the relevant issue is which of these three markets are most likely to sustain viable
NFL franchises long term given economic and demographic trends and realities.
Collectively, this Statement of Reasons, along with Appendix One filed herewith,
addresses the factors in the NFL Policy and Procedures for Proposed Franchise
Relocations.

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http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp ... story.html

Rams' relocation application says it's best for long-term success in L.A.

by Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno



The Inglewood stadium proposal backed by the St. Louis Rams is vastly superior to the rival plan in Carson and could be a financial windfall for the NFL, the franchise argued in its relocation application submitted to the league this week.

The 29-page document obtained Tuesday by The Times lays out the team’s rationale for why it should be able to leave St. Louis and how it believes such a move would ultimately strengthen the NFL.

"The Rams' Inglewood Project presents the League and all of the Member Clubs with the best opportunity for successful long-term operations in Los Angeles,” the application said.

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The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders also applied to relocate, touting their joint project in Carson that’s projected to open in 2019 and detailing the reasons why they should be allowed to leave their current markets.

Rams relocation to L.A. material
Rams relocation to L.A. material
Document
League owners will gather for a special meeting in Houston next week in hopes of resolving the L.A. quandary.

In advance of that meeting, the NFL's stadium, finance and L.A. committees will convene Wednesday and Thursday at league headquarters in New York to discuss the situation.

Although the developers at the Inglewood site have long maintained that their stadium would be ready for the 2018 season, the Rams’ application targets 2019 as the proposed start date. There was no elaboration on the change for the $1.86-billion project that the Rams describe as "shovel ready."

The document provides a rare look into a landmark moment in the NFL’s two-decade quest to return to L.A.; this is the first time teams have formally asked to relocate to the country’s second-largest market.

The application is divided into three parts: discussing the strengths of the Inglewood plan, explaining why the Rams have a right to move after two decades in St. Louis and outlining how the league will benefit from the team’s relocation.

Renderings: NFL stadium proposals for Los Angeles
Los Angeles has had several sites proposed for an NFL stadium over the years, yet the nation's second-largest city is still without a team.
The application provided the most detailed look at the stadium, which would be the NFL’s largest, since the project’s unveiling a year ago. The venue would be capable of hosting two teams with 70,240 fixed seats and be capable of accommodating an additional 30,000 people in standing-room only capacity for large events. There would be 274 suites, 16,300 premium seats and 12,675 dedicated surface parking spaces -- all numbers the Rams say exceed those in the Carson proposal.

“We believe an Inglewood Super Bowl could generate as much as $50 million more in League revenue than the Carson proposed stadium based on increases in seat capacity, premium seating and total number of suites,” the application said.

The Rams envision the stadium forming the hub of NFL activity on the West Coast. That includes the stadium -- which would be nearly three million square feet -- hosting the combine and Pro Bowl. The neighboring performance venue could be home to the NFL draft, NFL Honors and other league-themed events such as NFL Films premieres. Some of the office space in the planned mixed-use development around the stadium could accommodate the NFL Network, NFL Media and NFL Digital, allowing them “dynamic new space just three miles from their current Culver City location.”

The Rams argue that they have the strongest L.A. fan base of the three teams seeking to relocate.

Chargers, Raiders and Rams submit relocation applications to NFL; now for the hard part
Chargers, Raiders and Rams submit relocation applications to NFL; now for the hard part
“Polling throughout the relocation process has consistently shown the Rams as a single team have more fan support than the Chargers and Raiders combined,” the application said.

The document cites the results of a marketing focus group the NFL held in L.A. in August in which “30 out of 53 respondents preferred the Rams to relocate, followed by 17 votes for the Chargers and six for the Raiders.”

The same focus group sessions showed that more than 90% of the attendees preferred the Inglewood site, the Rams said.

The application sounds more like a legal document when it veers into discussion about the Rams’ lease at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis and why the team thinks it is free to move.

“Twelve years of fruitless talks culminating in an intense one-year exchange of proposals in an agreed-upon process that cost the parties more than $7 million meets any standard of good faith community engagement,” the application said.

Some of the strongest language is reserved for the $1.1-billion riverfront stadium deal being proposed by St. Louis, in which the Rams would be responsible for all stadium operations and maintenance costs for stadium’s first 30 years. The Rams say that would increase their current rent by a factor of 20.

The St. Louis plan calls for the league and the Rams to kick in at least $710 million toward the project, with $355 million in public contributions. That’s short of the $400 million the St. Louis stadium task force promised league owners two months ago, the Rams said.

The Rams’ application argues “(E)ven the most cursory analysis of the St. Louis financial proposal makes no economic sense for an NFL team.”

A heading in bold emphasizes the point: “No NFL Club Would Be Interested In The … New St. Louis Stadium.”

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Photo Gallery and another link to the actual document at the Times link...

[Stranger]

The stadium footprint is nearly three million square feet, which makes the
proposed stadium the largest in the NFL

[Stranger]

We believe an Inglewood Super Bowl could generate as much
as $50 million more in League revenue than the Carson proposed stadium based on
increases in seat capacity, premium seating and total number of suites.

[Stranger]

The stadium serves as the epicenter for a NFL retail and entertainment district
that includes a 6,000 seat theatre and up to 8.5 million square feet of office space, hotel
retail and dining options. The flexibility of the district allows for the NFL to develop
office and studio space for NFL Network, NFL Media and NFL Digital, allowing them
dynamic new space to grow just three miles from their current Culver City location.

[Stranger]

The performance venue can serve as a home for the NFL Draft, NFL Honors and
other NFL-themed events such as NFL Films premieres. The roof over the stadium
would allow the NFL to move events such as the Pro Bowl, NFL Combine and other
annual events to the NFL campus as well.