LOS ANGELES - Farmers Field (72,000)

[soup or man]

Originally Posted by Darloeye

Los Angeles Pumas won't work because Nike are getting the rights to make the uniforms and they won't want to have a rival name on their shirts. Yes I know its not the same thing but companys can be weird like that. But like the Los Angeles Knights sounds good

Plus it doesn't even sound good. LA Pumas. Pff.

They could always bring back the old LA Express name.

[pesto]

If you want to name it after something in LA, how about Los Angeles Locos? Shortens nicely to Los Locos. Playing at La Milpa (which is ultimately a Native American word).

I guarantee they would get a huge fan following. Let's party como Los Locos.

[1772]

Originally Posted by pesto

If you want to name it after something in LA, how about Los Angeles Locos? Shortens nicely to Los Locos. Playing at La Milpa (which is ultimately a Native American word).

I guarantee they would get a huge fan following. Let's party como Los Locos.

Or... We could not give in to La Raza-demands and call them the Los Angeles Trists and have the stadium called 1848 Stadium.

Nah, just kiddin. Bring back the Rams and have it named Farmers Field. Truly american!

[Marckymarc]

Originally Posted by Kenni

wow! if the Rams come back to L.A. I'll strip and run around naked up and down Chick Hearn Court.

The Rams bring me fond memories of when I was a wee little kid, I even had a Los Angeles Rams kid rugby style shirt.

I feels the same way. The return of the Los Angeles Rams will be a dream come true. Even better than the 1979-94 version because, 1, they won't be owned by Georgia, and, 2, they will be back in the city of Los Angeles where they never should have left.

[pesto]

The 49ers announced bank funding for Santa Clara Stadium, which just about seals the deal that they will start construction next year. I would also guess that it makes the Raiders look more eagerly at sharing, because they can quantify their costs with some accuracy, and, of course, the Niners are not looking to dictate ownership changes.

I think the Raiders have to move down on the LA list.

[soup or man]

So it's either a toss up with the Chargers and Rams seemingly the most likely to move.

[will101]

Originally Posted by soup or man

So it's either a toss up with the Chargers and Rams seemingly the most likely to move.

I still think that the Chargers would prefer the CoI option. Much closer to the current fan base, and the Inland Empire is an untapped resource.

[BoulderGrad]

Originally Posted by soup or man

So it's either a toss up with the Chargers and Rams seemingly the most likely to move.

The Rams are still the most ridiculous to me. They're playing in a relatively new DOMED stadium that has had all the modern bells and whistles any team should need. Both them and the Falcons are the best example of owner greed in the league (currently anyways, I'm sure there are worse examples with teams that now have new stadiums).

Chargers need major renovations to the Q at the very least. I can understand them contending that they might need a new stadium situation. Also, them heading to LA doesn't rip a franchise away from their original fan base. A 1-1/2hr is easily within a reasonable travel distance for an NFL fan. Best case scenario for this situation.

[will101]

Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

A 1-1/2hr is easily within a reasonable travel distance for an NFL fan. Best case scenario for this situation.

There is no way in Hades that you can get from Qualcomm to downtown LA in an hour and a half. You could do it in two hours, at three in the morning. More likely three hours plus on a game day.

[Marckymarc]

Originally Posted by will101

There is no way in Hades that you can get from Qualcomm to downtown LA in an hour and a half. You could do it in two hours, at three in the morning. More likely three hours plus on a game day.

Yeah, I LOLed at 1-1.5 hours from SD to LA.

2.5 hours is the "average" drive time without any major traffic snafu's.

[BoulderGrad]

Originally Posted by Marckymarc

Yeah, I LOLed at 1-1.5 hours from SD to LA.

2.5 hours is the "average" drive time without any major traffic snafu's.

Yeesh... apologies to the LA folks.... Its 1.5 hrs from the OC (where I was staying last time I was in LA) to SD. That was also over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Fair enough? Point still remains, for a 1pm game, that means you have to leave at saaay 9am to get to the game and 'tailgate'? Still a lot easier/cheaper than hopping a flight from STL to LAX.

[Jericho-79]

Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

Yeesh... apologies to the LA folks.... Its 1.5 hrs from the OC (where I was staying last time I was in LA) to SD. That was also over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Fair enough? Point still remains, for a 1pm game, that means you have to leave at saaay 9am to get to the game and 'tailgate'? Still a lot easier/cheaper than hopping a flight from STL to LAX.

STL is St. Louis. I think you meant SAN for San Diego.

[slipperydog]

Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

The Rams are still the most ridiculous to me. They're playing in a relatively new DOMED stadium that has had all the modern bells and whistles any team should need.

I don't follow. The EJD is one of the most outdated facilities in all of football.

[Marckymarc]

Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

Its 1.5 hrs from the OC (where I was staying last time I was in LA) to SD.

True, but it's a 45 minute drive from Downtown LA to Anaheim. Add that to your 1.5 hours and you get 2.25 hours from Farmers to SD.

LA to SD is generally regarded as a 2-2.5 hour drive in ideal conditions.

No need to get defensive. Just setting the record straight for those not familiar with the commute. Besides, I was one of those making the same point--that SD Chargers fans would still have a manageable commute to see them play in LA.

Of course, if they do move, and adopt a new name and identity, they'll probably lose those fans. That's why I think if they do move to LA they'll keep the Chargers name to try and keep as many SD fans as possible.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Marckymarc

Yeah, I LOLed at 1-1.5 hours from SD to LA.

2.5 hours is the "average" drive time without any major traffic snafu's.

Not really. ive done the Downtown to downtown drive in less than 2 hours plenty of times. Actually, the easiest way would be amtrack. 2.5 hours from downtown to Farmers field.

[pesto]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Not really. ive done the Downtown to downtown drive in less than 2 hours plenty of times. Actually, the easiest way would be amtrack. 2.5 hours from downtown to Farmers field.

I would guess the bulk of those coming to Industry or downtown would be coming from the 1M or so north county residents who have 30 minutes less travel time than from DT SD. Carlsbad to Industry or DT LA is under an hour and a half (not counting local game day traffic, which is a problem just about everywhere). But I would assume that local LA people can more than fill the demand for seats without worrying about SD fans.

[soup or man]

Originally Posted by Marckymarc

Yeah, I LOLed at 1-1.5 hours from SD to LA.

2.5 hours is the "average" drive time without any major traffic snafu's.

Are you Ms. Daisy? I've made the San Diego to LA drive in about 90 minutes. I remember during Carmegeddon, I went from Riverside to LA (about a 50 mile drive) in 40 minutes.

[pesto]

Originally Posted by soup or man

Are you Ms. Daisy? I've made the San Diego to LA drive in about 90 minutes. I remember during Carmegeddon, I went from Riverside to LA (about a 50 mile drive) in 40 minutes.

I was actually thinking the same, but it seemed off subject.

But more on subject: the Niners now have funding and will build in Santa Clara. They don't need the Raiders to help get funding, so their terms may get a little tougher. This makes the Raiders a bit more interested in moving to LA.

There seem to be hints that AEG isn't excited about bringing the Raiders DT. They seem to be a better fit for the IE and the LA blue collar "heartland" rather than DT or the westside (Dodgers, Lakers). If SD also thinks that they can get more fans to Industry doesn't this give Roski a bit of new life?
Especially since he seems more flexible than AEG on ownership and his offer to have the teams fund the stadium looks do-able after the Niners get 850M in credit.

btw, none of the proposed LA teams is doing much this year (SD, Jags, Vikes, Rams are struggling and Raiders are marginal).

[slipperydog]

Originally Posted by pesto

btw, none of the proposed LA teams is doing much this year (SD, Jags, Vikes, Rams are struggling and Raiders are marginal).

I am wishing major suckage on the Rams this year.

[Darloeye]

The jags game last night was bad. The stadium looked haft empty at kickoff and finished near to dead at the end. This might because the jags were bad.