On Tuesday, the National Football League approved the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles, returning the team to the community that supported them from 1946 until 1994.
The Rams will play at a new, state-of-the-art, privately-financed stadium in Inglewood in the Greater Los Angeles area, centrally located 5 kilometers from LAX and 11 kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. The stadium will be covered by a transparent roof and seat 70,000 to 100,000 spectators, depending on the seat configuration. The 298-acre property will also contain a performance venue of up to 6,000 seats.
LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman said, “The best sports city in America just got better. On behalf of LA 2024, we are thrilled to welcome the news that the NFL’s Rams will be returning to Los Angeles and playing in a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium in the 2019 season. The Rams and their elite facilities will be another asset to LA’s already world-class sports portfolio, and another demonstration that Los Angeles offers compelling sporting and commercial opportunities. It is for good reason that LA is home to ten professional major league teams and over 1,000 Olympians and Paralympians.
The wealth of existing and planned infrastructure in the City of Angels means LA 2024 has the luxury of selecting the best choices for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, not building them from scratch. And the new NFL stadium represents an opportunity to add to the array of high-quality venues we already have in our Games Plan.”
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