Comments on: After arbitration, St. Louis has a big decision to make

By: cad700

cad700 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:11:18 +0000

If you think where Kroenke is from has anything to do with his business decisions concerning his sports franchises, you don’t know business! One of the reasons he pulled out of the deal to buy the Dodgers was because he couldn’t own an NFL and MLB franchise in the same city.

I’m sure his mom wouldn’t mind 77 degree temps in November and December, the beaches, Beverly Hills shopping and all of the other things that Southern California offers.

By: nflinla

nflinla — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:22:23 +0000

Yea and Walter O’Malley was a New York man, born and raised and moved the Dodgers to LA. The analogy that Stan is from Missouri means nothing.

By: thermalito

thermalito — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:44:03 +0000

The Rams belong in Los Angeles, but regardless if St. Louis wants to keep the team the Edward Jones Dump (currently ranked as one of the top 3 worst facilities in the league) will have to be as good or better than these 8 stadiums:

1. Cowboys Stadium – cost: $1.2 billion

2. MetLife Stadium (Jets and Giants) – cost: $1.6 billion

3. New Vikings Stadium-cost: $1 billion

4. New 49ers stadium-cost:$1 billion

5. Lucas Oil Stadium (Colts)-cost:$676 million (nearly $800 million after cost over-runs)

6. Lincoln Financial Field (Eagles)-cost: $600 million

7. Century Link Field (Seahawks)-cost: $500 million

8. University of Phoenix Stadium (Cardinals)-cost: $455 million

Keep in mind the Eagles, Seahawks and Cardinals stadiums if built today would all cost around a billion dollars. The Bears recently renovated Soldier Field to top-tier stadium status and it cost the City $714 million. The Patriots, Bengals and Broncos all also currently have top tier stadiums currently light years better than the Edward Jones dome.

By: thermalito

thermalito — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:29:52 +0000

@jbcommonsense: Stan Kroenke does not live in St. Louis any longer and if you think he will remain in the league’s 30th ranked revenue market because he has some sort of affinity for Missouri you are delusional. Split the costs? LOL. Keep dreaming dude. According to the terms of the lease Kroenke is not obligated to contribute one dime towards stadium upgrades. Stan Kroenke is business partners with AEG and wants to turn the Rams into one of the league’s elite franchises. There is not a single financial advantage to remaining in a failed football market like St. Louis. The Rams are gone back to LA after this arbitration charade is finished.

By: jbcommonsense

jbcommonsense — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:15:46 +0000

@Ramdomhaus and billybatty, your pts are dead on and indicate that Kroenke will stay in his native Missouri stomping grounds. The big issue will be how Kroenke and CVC split the costs of creating a 1st tier stadium.

By: thermalito

thermalito — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:30:45 +0000

I see St. Losers are whining about that sweet lease deal Stan has at the dome. ha ha. Its a sweet lease deal because the place is a dump.

By: thermalito

thermalito — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:26:50 +0000

There is no guarantee the Arbitratrator will lower the Rams demands at all, or even if they do that it will be anything significant. Either way if St. Louis wants to keep the Rams its going to cost them close to a billion dollars. No way the City of St. Louis comes up with that much. Rams are going back to LA where they belong.

By: billybatty

billybatty — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:02:27 +0000

uperbowlseahawks says: Jun 2, 2012 8:11 PM

The 2 and only fans of the Rams are delusional. That team will be in LA as soon as they get a chance. Nobody in the NFC West likes traveling to that armpit of a city. No fans = No revenue.

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Will be funny to see what happens to your failure of a team once P. Allen cashes out. BTW, interesting choice of screen names, given the team has failed any attempt at winning a super bowl.

By: tonyromoisterrible

tonyromoisterrible — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:38:36 +0000

Hit Andy Taylor up for the naming rights. Maybe he can finally give some of the billions he has to something other than his family’s bank account. Enterprise-rent-a-car dome would be a brilliant marketing scheme for that POS. then I hope Andy finally goes to jail for mistreating his employees.

HTTR!!!!!

By: superbowlseahawks

superbowlseahawks — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:11:17 +0000

The 2 and only fans of the Rams are delusional. That team will be in LA as soon as they get a chance. Nobody in the NFC West likes traveling to that armpit of a city. No fans = No revenue.

By: kane337

kane337 — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:27:29 +0000

Stan owns a home in Malibu, California and just recently tried to buy the Dodgers.

By: billybatty

billybatty — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:09:51 +0000

ramdomhaus says: Jun 2, 2012 6:27 PM

Rams are moving back to L.A.!! Yes!!
After all, Stan Kroenke was born & raised in Missouri!
And his real estate business is HQed in St. Louis!
And the rest of his empire is in Denver!
And he was a major player to get the NFL to St. Louis!
And his mother, who he is very close with, goes to every Rams game!
And Rodger Goodell voted St. Louis both times when expansions cities were decided upon in the early 90s!
This TOTALLY points to an L.A. relocation!!! YEAHH!!

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A little icing on this cake here:

The rams receive ALL gate revenue, ALL vending revenue, pay no fees to play in the dome, other than general city taxes. Pretty sweet setup if you ask me. Oh yeah, stan is the sole owner, which would change under these “too good to be true” L A plans.

By: emperorzero

emperorzero — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:02:03 +0000

Only if Wal Mart had any money…

By: ramdomhaus

ramdomhaus — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:27:54 +0000

By: thingamajig

thingamajig — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:25:19 +0000

Kinda sounds like Vikings 2.0

By: rajbais

rajbais — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:15:22 +0000

Let them walk!!! Let them walk!!!
Let them walk!!! Let them walk!!!

By: SparkyGump

SparkyGump — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:07:55 +0000

It’s time for cities and states to put their collective feet down and tell the NFL to go scratch. Go ahead and let them leave. They have to play somewhere. We’ve had enough of this glorified corporate welfare. If they want new stadiums, they can pay for them out of their own pockets. Pockets that have a lot more cash in them than ours.