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L.A. stadium deal hits snag
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08:01 AM ET 06.03 | So much for that fancy press conference with the artistic renderings and naming rights announcement? AEG's Tim Leiweke, spearheading an effort to build an NFL stadium next to Staples Center, said Thursday the project could be scuttled if the city doesn't sign off on the framework of a deal by July 31. "We will know by July 31, one way or another," Leiweke, the sports and entertainment company's chief executive, told The Times from his office at L.A. Live. Leiweke wants the city to issue $350 million in municipal bonds to relocate the West Hall of the Convention Center -- where the proposed Farmers Field will sit -- and has promised those will be paid off by new revenue streams created by the project.
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Of course there is the little detail of not yet having an NFL team agree to use the proposed Farmer's Field. I guess they've been watching Field of Dreams again. Build it and they will come.....
Buckeye Ryan
Saint Petersburg , FL
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Football team? We don't need no stinking football team!
Wawa-we-wa
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And - they will.
Los Angeles Chargers...
Otis B. Driftwood
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And then, after a few years, the thrill will wear off, and the fans will all walk back into the cornfield.
Debbie Does
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Bingo!
THE BISHOP!
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350 million to move one building, and then probably another billion to build a new stadium, so maybe they can poach a team from another market? And the city has doubts? ImaGine
Wort-hawg
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What no picture ?
neb4life
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As a resident of Los Angeles, I think I speak for all of us when I say, "We don't want the NFL."
Robataille
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All they've got is a vacant lot, right? Or maybe they've got a good picture of a mountain of debt for a city that can't pay its teachers?
Debbie Does
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Is the snag they don't have a team to play in the proposed stadium?
Mangler.
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I have their bumper sticker on the pick up,(Farmers field.).
Pisses people off here!
COUNT DOOKU
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No problem at all, as long as you're playing with somebody else's money.
Debbie Does
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Gee I wonder why? Could it be them not even knowing if there will be an NFL team to fill it?
narrator
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How about some old dude rockin the timeless turtleneck/sportscoat combo last seen by junior high science teachers in 1987?
Wort-hawg
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Why do they want to relocate the building? Just build a new one for $350 mill.
ClevelandGuy
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has a team ever lasted in L.A.?.....Idon't think so
HILLBILLY
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He looks like Prince Von Ahole.
THE BISHOP!
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Wassamatta? Didn't you like The Wonder Years? Particularly Winnie Cooper?
Debbie Does
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Vikings
COUNT DOOKU
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