NFL owners briefed on St. Louis stadium plan — and the competition - STLtoday.com
PHOENIX • A National Football League executive briefed team owners Monday, for the first time as a group, on competing stadium proposals that could send the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles, including key steps “between now and any eventual relocation. ” NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman, who is in charge of stadium development and Los Angeles market exploration, said he spent about 45 minutes explaining three Los Angeles projects, plus stadium counterproposals and responses in the... Grubman said the NFL has talked to owners before but couldn’t previously reveal team names or site possibilities. “This is the first time with membership that we’ve been able to be relatively open and transparent as to what was going on,” Grubman said after he presented at the NFL’s annual owners meeting at the historic Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix. Grubman said he expected clubs to begin presenting Los Angeles stadium visions to their fellow owners as soon as May. “This is an exciting time for the NFL,” said Stephen Jones, chief operating officer of the Dallas Cowboys and son to owner Jerry Jones. Various efforts in Los Angeles have tried to bring the NFL back since the Rams left in 1994. Meanwhile, Rams officials had stadium concerns of their own. In 2013, the Rams convinced a panel of arbitrators that the Edward Jones Dome would need a major overhaul to turn it into a top-tier stadium, as required by the team’s lease. Source: www.stltoday.com
