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Ed Roski proposes billion dollar development to bring NFL back to LA
LA billionaire trying to bring NFL back to SoCal
In Los Angeles, the sports-construction cliche is: If you build it, they probably will leave by the seventh inning. But that isn't stopping billionaire Ed Roski from unveiling an ambitious plan today to erect a football palace to house a southern California NFL team he probably will have to steal from another city. Mr. Ed bottom lines at about $2.3 billion, and ranks No. 195 with a bullet on Forbes' list of American Big Hitters. So he'll be taken seriously, even though the NFL appears to have given up on LA. Roski also was instrumental in getting LA's Staples Center built. If Roski succeeds, this will be a gas-burning addition for Los Angeles football fans. Roski's geographical choice for this venture is out in the city of Industry, which you may driven through on your many trips to Chino Hills, West Covina or Pomona. 
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04-17-2008, 09:59 PM
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the complete web site for the project can be found here: Home on Los Angeles Stadium
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This is the second major privately financed stadium project suggested within just a few weeks.
Both are counting on a kind of "expo" or "promotional museum" type outcroppings it seems.
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But one is way-the-hell outside of the major urban center of the region. What about the other one?
Of course, the NFL and football in general is a once a week sojourn for the fans. It's not liek the NHL?NBA where you have to make the journey almost nightly, or MLB where you have to do it daily. The NFL can be 100 miles away from the city the team is associated with and still draw a sell out crowd of 60K or more if the team is performing at par or better.
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The Seattle NBA/NHL thing was supposed to be in the heart of the city.
Part of the problem with LA is that there isn't an urban center. A primary reason why they don't have decent transit.
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LA has what is ranked as the best mass transit system in the US.But that's besides the point.
There is no way they get a stadium built within the immediate Los Angeles area and immediate suburbs so this is out in City of Industry, near the California Raceway in Fontana.
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^^ The owner of the Saints has done all he could NOT to relocate and has shown preference to relocating to San Antonio if anywhere else. So you're reaching.
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