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  • June 23, 2016 at 7:46 pm #46937
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    from Elvis

    Yeah Curley said it was a food poisoning joke, not that the food was bad in St. Louis, but they’d become so unpopular they couldn’t trust the food was safe.

    And he was joking…

    June 23, 2016 at 7:49 pm #46938
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    June 23, 2016 at 11:11 pm #46954
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    Conejo Valley ‘perfect place’ to relocate Rams, says Kevin Demoff

    By Joe Curley of the Ventura County Star

    http://www.vcstar.com/sports/nfl/rams/conejo-valley-perfect-place-to-relocate-rams-says-kevin-demoff-35f68cd5-e7db-5eb1-e053-0100007fdb51-384159191.html

    Kevin Demoff hasn’t just helped bring the NFL back to Los Angeles.

    He’s brought his business and its employees to the Conejo Valley.

    Thanking the community for the “terrific welcome” the organization has received in Ventura County, the Los Angeles Rams chief operating officer on Thursday morning called the Conejo Valley “the perfect place to relocate a team.”

    “We are thrilled to become part of this community,” Demoff said.

    As the keynote speaker at the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce’s regional economic forecast at the Hyatt Regency Westlake, Demoff recalled a meeting in New York in which he explained to the NFL why the Rams wanted to set up their football operations in the Conejo Valley.

    “We went through the litany of reasons… why I thought this was the perfect place to relocate a team,” Demoff said. “Terrific housing, terrific schools, wonderful community and a really great environment for our franchise to come patch into.”

    While so many Southern California professional athletes have made their homes in the South Bay, Demoff focused north of Los Angeles.

    “One of the things I very much wanted for our team was a sense of community,” Demoff said. “That people could go and get together and go to dinner, and really bring out that home that this area has really provided for us as our group has settled in. We could not be more excited to become part of this every day.”

    The Rams’ move from St. Louis was approved by the 32 NFL owners on Jan. 12. They completed their offseason training camp at Oxnard’s River Ridge fields last week. They will hold training camp later this summer at UC Irvine.

    “This has really been a labor of love over the past five months to get this team up and running in every facet,” Demoff said. “Our group has been working tirelessly. I must say, the warm reception we have received from everybody in this community has been unbelievable.”

    The team will play home games in the Coliseum during the construction of its $2.2 billion stadium in Inglewood.

    The Rams have already sold 63,000 season tickets, just 7,000 short of their planned cap, according to Demoff. The plan is for a capacity of 80,000 at the Coliseum, extended to 90,000 “for a few special games.”

    But just because the team plays its games in Inglewood doesn’t mean the team has to have headquarters there.

    “One of the things that’s sort of different about the NFL is we play 10 games a year in that stadium,” Demoff said. “The other 355 days a year, we are in our office space elsewhere, working. Really, when you talk about a practice facility and a headquarters for your team, that is where you hub is, that is where your every day is.”

    The organization is committed to the community and enjoys giving back, Demoff said.

    “It’s part of what we do… We will see you at all kinds of events locally,” he said. “We bring our cheerleaders, mascots, players.”

    While 120 employees moved with the team, the Rams plan to hire “aggressively” as the team settles in.

    “It’s going to run the range from marketing, (public relations), community, down to individuals who work on game day,” Demoff said. “Anything across team operations will be on our purview of what we’re seeking to hire.”

    Construction on the Rams’ football headquarters at California Lutheran University and business headquarters in Agoura Hills are scheduled to be completed in August.

    “We have to have a place to practice and a place to work, so hopefully both of those, which we are building from scratch, will be ready in August,” said Demoff, who thanked both cities for their work on the projects.

    Demoff said the team will then turn its attention to finding a site for its permanent headquarters, looking for “50 to 60 acres” locally for a “mini-Inglewood” development.

    “That search is starting out here,” Demoff said. “We’re looking to see if we can make this our home permanently.”

    The Thousand Oaks City Council has already announced that finding the Rams a permanent home locally is a priority.

    “It’s become abundantly clear that this is where they want to live,” Mayor Joel Price said. “It bodes well for the greater Conejo Valley. Whether or not the city of Thousand Oaks has the type of real estate that they are looking for, that remains to be seen.

    “On a grander scale, it comforts me still that they will end up somewhere in the greater Conejo Valley. Ventura County will be their home for years to come.”[/quote]

    June 24, 2016 at 2:22 am #46962
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    Says it’s a departure from the last few years in St. Louis, when they couldn’t eat the food delivered to their offices.

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