Hollywood Park plugs ahead on Inglewood football stadium.Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
He said the company will soon begin necessary environmental studies on the site of the proposed stadium, which is to be ready for the fall 1998 football season. "The National Football League has decided it has to have a team here in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . We will be the ones that will be successful in bringing a team back to Los Angeles and building a stadium," said Hubbard after the company's annual stockholder meeting last week at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood. Hubbard told shareholders that despite the recent unsuccessful attempt to get the now Oakland Raiders This article is about an American football team. For other uses, see Raider. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. to commit to the proposed new stadium and stay in the Los Angeles area, the company has developed a history with the league. That relationship, he said, will help lead to the construction of the new stadium and to at least one NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga team as its primary tenant. "Though we were unsuccessful in bringing the Raiders here, it will turn out to be successful project," he said. A spokesman for the NFL said the league will take up the matter of a new stadium and a Los Angeles franchise following a meeting of team owners that was scheduled for last Friday, July 21. At that meeting, the owners were scheduled to vote on the Raiders move to Oakland. "We want a team in Los Angeles. and we would like to get a new stadium there," said Greg Aiello, the NFL spokesman in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "We're continuing to talk to Hubbard and, as far as I know, there are no other plans to build a new stadium." Late last month, Raiders President and managing general partner Al Davis For other persons named Al Davis, see Al Davis (disambiguation). Allen "Al" Davis (born July 4, 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American football executive, who currently serves as the president and managing general partner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders. decided to move the team out of Los Angeles and back to its original home in Oakland, leaving the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange without an NFL franchise. Earlier in the year, the Rams, which used to play in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre but more recently played in Anaheim Stadium, moved to St. Louis. Owners of both teams said they moved because they weren't making any money in the Los Angeles market. The owners said a major part of the problem is the area does not have a modern football stadium. Hubbard, a gaming industry entrepreneur, unveiled plans for the proposed $200 million stadium a year ago and immediately began courting Davis to move his team into the modern facility. The Raiders played their home games at the aging Memorial Coliseum For other similar named athletic facilities, see . Memorial Coliseum (or Veterans Memorial Coliseum in some cases) can refer to:
Alternatives eyed In recent years, as both the Raiders' and Rams' ownerships began making public statements about moving out of the area, there have been various proposals for a new football stadium in Los Angeles. Some of those proposals are still alive. Officials at the Rose Bowl and the Coliseum have said they want to upgrade those facilities in order to attract a new NFL team. Last week, David Jacobs David Henry Jacobs (born April 30, 1888 in Cardiff, Wales - died June 6, 1976 in Aberconwy, Wales), was a British athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Jacobs won a gold medal as the first leg in the British 4x100 m relay team, in spite of finishing second , general. manager of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, said the authority that operates the facility is seeking approval from the city council there for a $20 million renovation of the stadium. A primary reason for the renovation is to make it more attractive to an NFL team, said Jacobs. The UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I-A as part of the Pacific Ten Conference. Athletic alumni Jackie Robinson, Rafer Johnson, Yang Chuan-kwang (C.K. play home football games at the Rose Bowl, which also hosts the annual Rose Bowl game on Jan. 1. In addition, the Rose Bowl has been the site of five NFL Super Bowl games, which are economic bonanzas for host communities. Among the proposed renovations to the Rose Bowl are new seats, two new score-boards and a giant video screen. Three years ago the Rose Bowl completed a renovation of its press box, which included the addition of luxury boxes. The availability of luxury boxes, which produce lots of revenue from corporate clients and wealthy individuals, have become a stadium prerequisite for NFL team owners. Renovations grounded The public commission that operates the Coliseum in Los Angeles has also proposed various renovation projects for the facility. Those have not gotten off the ground, due in large part to the commission having to undertake an extensive repair program to the facility after the Northridge earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . Officials at the Coliseum, which is owned by the city and county of Los Angeles, as well as the state, did not return phone calls for comment last week. David Simon David Simon can refer to:
"The league seems to be looking favorably on his (Hubbard's) plan. But it seems to me that right now the next move is up to the league in telling Los Angeles what it wants in order to get another team here," said Simon. "From time to time, I hear of various ideas for a stadium but it seems that the one that everyone comes back to is Hollywood Park." Various sports industry sources said the earliest Los Angeles could get another NFL team would be for the fall 1996, and that would be a franchise relocating from another market. If the NFL expands, it would not be until 1998 that Los Angeles could get a league franchise, said sources, the same year the proposed Hollywood Park stadium Would be completed. The proposed stadium would be located on the grounds of the Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino, and would be adjacent to the Great Western Forum in Inglewood. The three-level stadium could be expanded to accommodate. 80,000 people for special events like the Super Bowl. In addition to an NFL team, Hubbard said the stadium could be home to the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX football team. |
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