Written by Adio Royster at Total Sports Live
The city of Los Angeles has been trying to get back in the business of housing an NFL team since Christmas Eve of 1994. That was the last NFL game played Los Angeles — a 19-9 Raiders loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Los Angeles has been trying to get an NFL franchise back there ever since, and there has been significant talks and progressive movement for the last six years. This year, those conversations have multiplied exponentially since the Raiders, St. Louis Rams, and San Diego Chargers owners are looking for new homes. Fan bases be damned, of course. (In the case of the Chargers, I, personally, have been saying that team will leave San Diego in or before the year 2020.)
Someone is going to lose their team to Los Angeles very soon because the city just got a huge shot in the arm. CBS Sports’s Jason La Confora reported this morning that the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger, has agreed to lead the Los Angeles stadium project for the Chargers and Oakland Raiders. According to La Confora, Iger would become the “non-executive chairman of Carson Holdings, LLC and oversee all major initiatives with the venture, including stadium design, naming rights and fan experience, and will be responsible for guiding construction and operation of the facility”.
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