Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Football fans in Los Angeles have long known heartbreak. First the Rams moved 50 miles south to Anaheim. Then, in 1994, they left for St. Louis. That same year the Raiders moved back to Oakland.
Since then, the city has been without an NFL team.
There's been several efforts to try and draw a team back to Los Angeles and last week there was a glimmer of hope with the announcement that a new stadium was being built in Inglewood, backed by Rams owner Stan Kroenke.
Kroenke owns some of the land being developed for a big entertainment complex there so the buzz began anew that he might just bring the team back.
But St. Louis is not giving up without a fight and recently revealed plans to build a new riverfront complex of its own.
Those plans have sparked excitement, as well as some criticism, said David Hunn, reporter with the St. Louis Post Dispatch.