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NFL to LA: Rams To Relocate In Inglewood

By Gabriel Gonzalez

Dec 27, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley (30) celebrates with wide receiver Brian Quick (83) and wide receiver Bradley Marquez (15) after scoring on a 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks during an NFL football game at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 27, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley (30) celebrates with wide receiver Brian Quick (83) and wide receiver Bradley Marquez (15) after scoring on a 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks during an NFL football game at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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NFL to LA is officially closed as the Rams are heading back to where they belong.

The vote passed 30-2, however only needed 24 votes to be passed.

There is also news that both the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders may join them as the second team in the Inglewood football stadium that is currently in development.

Both the Chargers and Raiders have until January 16, 2017 to agree to a lease deal with the Rams to share the stadium.

Currently, the Chargers seem the most likely to make the move.

The St. Louis Rams will begin playing in Los Angeles in the 2016 season.  However, they will not move into the Inglewood stadium until 2019.

Until the new facility is built, the team—or teams—will play at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

The news comes on the heels of a successful rally last week where fans came out in droves to the Coliseum to support the re-location of the Rams back to the city.

The Rams were the first team to propose a deal to move to Los Angeles, including the plans to build the 1.8 billion dollar stadium in Inglewood.  The current deal eliminates the speculation of the previously reported Raiders-Chargers deal that would have placed the teams in Carson, California.

As reports came in, plenty of LA’s most notable stars began to celebrate the return of professional football to the city of angels.

Personalities like Magic Johnson and Ryan Seacrest took to social media to express their excitement about the news.  Johnson in particular spoke about the economic impact for the city and the number of jobs it would create.

One of the stars of the original LA Rams team also took to social media as Eric Dickerson expressed his support for franchises return.

Finally, the mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti went on SportsCenter to officially welcome the team back to the city.

The NFL has not had a team in Los Angeles since 1994 when the Raiders were last in the city.  Since then, the league has developed facilities in other markets as teams worked to keep their franchises in their respective markets.

At the time, the move was made due to struggles to sell-out the 90,000 seats in the Coliseum and the fact that the games ended up blacked-out on television by the NFL as a result.

The Rams will officially begin play in Los Angeles when the NFL season kicks off again in September.

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