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**Professor** · 06-15-2006, 10:27 PM

yeah, I would agree with that.

J-Unit · 06-15-2006, 10:42 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is convinced the NFL needs a team in the Los Angeles area. Where and when remain the multimillion dollar questions.

Bowlen and NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue were among league officials who held a luncheon meeting Thursday with Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, other city officials and Orange County business leaders. The previous evening, they dined with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and businessmen from that city.

The two mayors and their cities are competing to bring an NFL team back to the area, abandoned after the 1994 season when the Raiders left the Los Angeles Coliseum for Oakland and the Rams departed Anaheim for St. Louis.

Bowlen said the proposals by both Anaheim and Los Angeles are very attractive. The league is allotting each city $5 million to explore, among other things, how much financial support businesses might provide toward defraying the cost of a new stadium.

The NFL would finance the construction at either site, with cost estimates between $650 million to $850 million.

"I wouldn't say this one's better or that one's better," Bowlen said of the proposals. "I don't have any choices in mind. I clearly think we've got two very viable alternatives here."

There is no timetable for a decision, and Tagliabue said the league intends to be thorough in its evaluation process because "we are looking at investing multiple millions of dollars."

Leaders in both Anaheim and Los Angeles understand the process won't be rushed, the commissioner said.

The Anaheim proposal would involve having a new stadium built in a parking lot near Angel Stadium, where the American League's Angels play. Under Los Angeles' plan, a stadium would be built near downtown, inside the existing shell of the aging Coliseum.

Bowlen said there were different considerations in both proposals. Building a new stadium on a "clean site" like the area around Angel Stadium would be easier than the job at the existing Coliseum, Bowlen said, adding, "But Los Angeles is Los Angeles."

Pringle said the meeting with Tagliabue and the others was very productive and that he believed the league officials got an idea of the potential support they could expect from the area's business leaders.

Although Anaheim will continue to woo the NFL, the city council earlier this month decided to explore other options for the land parcel that would be used for a stadium. That process is expected to take up to six months.

**Professor** · 06-15-2006, 11:44 PM

they should give it to anaheim, LA is a scum hole, no families would go to games with all the gangs and criminals around, especially for night games. not to mention the traffic, the only way into LA is two highways and they are always jammed, that is why the dodgers fans always show up late and leave early, Anaheim is safer and much cleaner and it would be a greater atmosphere to say the least.

Mad Viking · 06-18-2006, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by professorellisdtrails

they should give it to anaheim, LA is a scum hole, no families would go to games with all the gangs and criminals around, especially for night games. not to mention the traffic, the only way into LA is two highways and they are always jammed, that is why the dodgers fans always show up late and leave early, Anaheim is safer and much cleaner and it would be a greater atmosphere to say the least.

Until all the LA football fans travel to Anaheim to watch pro football.

Seriously, from what I've been reading and seeing, I think Anaheim is a good choice for a pro-team. I would also back San Jose (although they apparently haven't done anything to court an NFL expansion team). While it is hard to compete against LA with their size, capital and prestige, I think the team should go to the city that can offer the most to the NFL.

And when I say offer the most, I mean provide the best atmosphere, set the best example, show the best team/civic pride and maintain the best support. And, in my opinion, I think Anaheim can offer this better than LA. LA is only offering money, while Anaheim is really going out on a limb to get an expansion team.

I want to see a city that wants to keep their team, not hold onto it for 5-10 years and then lose it. Such instability isn't good for the NFL nor their fans. LA already has a negative track record in my opinion. Time to give someone new a try methinks.

ps. I still think Las Vegas should have a pro team.

**MickeyG** · 06-18-2006, 09:05 PM

this thread is a lot like the energizer bunny, it just keeps going and going and going

Mad Viking · 06-19-2006, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MickeyG

this thread is a lot like the energizer bunny, it just keeps going and going and going

You cannot die! You're immortal!

**stormdriver** · 06-19-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad Viking

I want to see a city that wants to keep their team, not hold onto it for 5-10 years and then lose it. Such instability isn't good for the NFL nor their fans. LA already has a negative track record in my opinion. Time to give someone new a try methinks.
ps. I still think Las Vegas should have a pro team.

Las Vegas will sooner or later. And when they do, they'll set records for scandals, criminal charges and off-field problems that will make the last few years of the Vikings look like a Disney animated movie.

As for Anaheim. Absolutely, they're doing more to get a team. I only hope it's enough. If the professor lives there and says it's the best place, I'll take his word for it. Long live the immortal thread!!!