New rivalry in LA with Chargers or Raiders?

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  • January 18, 2016 at 10:33 am #37598
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    As much as i dont like the idea of
    the Rams sharing a stadium, i suppose
    it is possible that it would create a
    new ‘rivalry’ with the co-tennant.
    Maybe. I dunno.

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    The now-Los Angeles Rams will probably have a co-tenant in their new Inglewood home.

    Don’t tell that to their new, Los Angeles-based fans, though. Roughly 200 of them booed the concept of splitting a stadium with the San Diego Chargers when the topic was broached at an introductory press conference.

    Wrote Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times:

    That possibility didn’t sit well with the crowd. Boos and catcalls echoed through the arena and caused Demoff to briefly stop until his words could be heard. The murmurs of discontent resurfaced a few minutes later when Kroenke was asked about the Chargers moving to L.A. More boos almost drowned out the question.”We don’t want them!” several fans shouted.

    Kroenke was adamant about pushing his two-team plan. He cited the two-team preference held by league owners, market studies, and the possibility of a USC-UCLA-like rivalry.

    Nothing worked. Rams fans want L.A. to themselves, even if an AFC partner will likely join them.

    January 18, 2016 at 10:54 am #37600
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    i don’t care so much.

    i just don’t know that it would make much sense for spanos to move there.

    it’d make much more sense for the raiders to move there but it doesn’t sound like the league really wants them there.

    January 18, 2016 at 11:19 am #37605
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    The networks want an AFC team in LA.

    I don’t think it’s an “if” question, but a “when” question.

    January 18, 2016 at 12:21 pm #37615
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    Seems like it’ll be the Raiders.
    Sure looks like Spanos would be better off
    in San Diego

    Rams and Raiders — room-mates.
    Gee, i wonder which one will
    be the messy one.

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    January 18, 2016 at 12:45 pm #37621
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    wv wrote:

    Seems like it’ll be the Raiders.
    Sure looks like Spanos would be better off
    in San Diego

    Rams and Raiders — room-mates.
    Gee, i wonder which one will
    be the messy one.

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    I don’t know. Maybe. From the $$ point of view – which apparently is all that matters to anybody – it depends on how much of the revenue stream he gets from either facility. I mean…TV and merchandising are socialized, so the money difference comes from other streams of revenue: parking, advertising in the stadium, and so on. I imagine in LA, Spanos will get a bit more in ticket revenue. Hard to say in advertising, but let’s say he will make a tick more in advertising in LA. All the other stuff is in the details of the negotiation with SK. Parking etc. Problem for Spanos is that he doesn’t have a concrete proposal from San Diego to compare to Stan’s offer.

    And I don’t know how nice Stan is going to be. Nobody knows what pressure is put on him from the league. As far as we know, they aren’t telling him he has to share revenue from the stadium naming rights, for example. All we know is that they created an incentive for him to make a deal in order for him to open up the money sluices sooner. If he can hold out for that income until February 2017, there is no reason for him to make much of an offer to the Chargers or Raiders. AFAIK, Stan can find the most expensive lease terms in the league, increase it by 50%, and tell them he owns the parking lot, and so they can have their ticket sales and game day advertising revenue. Everything else is his because he’s paying for all of it. That might not be attractive to Spanos. But it may be a much better deal than that. Who knows?

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