The real hang up is a local LA council member, Ridley Thomas who represents that area and gums up the works for anything that is not in his district where the LA Coliseum sits.

My vote is ether near Staples or up in Chavez Ravine, but fix public transportation so I can metro rail into the games.

I understand what you are saying and the NFL doesn’t, frankly, have enough events with a short number of games at any venue, to help bring enough money into the area to help FEED an economic boost that would help to bring back the area.

It seems the venue is just the equivalent of being a Park, or should I say over-sized Statue in a Park, and space placeholder. Such a shame.

What would be enough?!?! A UFL and NFL franchise (10-15 events a year?), a minor league baseball team (25+ games) would be helpful, Soccer (??), etc… !?!?!? The Catch-22 continues…. But hey, Stadiums amongst the WAR ZONE disaster areas in Detroit manage … guess that really should be a face.

I was there last time for the Olympics back in the 80′s. Lots of history but the NFL is a business.

But the problem with LA, we’re stupid out here, but not so stupid as to vote for public funds to build a Jerry Jones football palace.

There’s three options

Coliseum….really bad part of town and no parking
Irwindale…have you ever been there…WOOF
Chavez Ravine in the Dodgers parking lot
Staples Center area

I look for someone to force the issue in the next couple of years, and would like to see a team back in LA….Al Davis can stay put with the rest of the Thugs in Oakland…thank you very much.

Rush used to work for the Royals, yes? And if the NHL Blues owner is involved the likelihood it is going anywhere anytime soon in unlikely.

We’ll even build you a new stadium in Chavez Ravine or out in Irwindale, but we won’t hire Jerry Jones as a consultant….:)

The franchise worth would jump by another 50 Million immediately after purchase just for Merchandising alone…. All the folks buying a Rams Jersey with #1 and “Limbaugh” on the back.

Additional Geese Fact that is appropriate analogy…

The Geese change off, from time to time, the Lead Goose, in order to allow them to conserve energy and go longer as a group (in conjunction with the Fact about the V-formation up-draft)…

Mom’s can Honk (encouragement) to each other to support the whole without having to expend the Leads energy and further extend the groups message/range via trading the Lead role at times (Ego’s must be left at Home)!

While we lift each other up and raise a larger and larger voice, not everyone has to be at all events and those bearing that burden (time, energy, expense) of organization/leadership can be traded off in the name of saving energy and they cannot continue to peg the movements solely as Astroturf or destroy it by having only a small number of people to attempt to smear to discredit the movements.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/05/2089960.aspx

“Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported a Rove donation to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Texas gubernatorial campaign. Rove has not given Hutchison any money. It was simply an incorrect fact that should not have been included. “

…then I saw AT&T’s map, and I felt a little better.

Still not trading in my G1 for anything currently out, though, even if I will use my iPod Touch for web browsing when I have WiFi available (let’s face it, Mobile Safari is very snappy).