January 14, 2016 

Mayor's Message
 
2016 was a year of great accomplishment and the forward momentum has carried forward into 2017.  Please review "Inglewood 2016" and watch our future unfold.  Yesterday, the Chargers made it official.  They will join the Rams in Inglewood.  The best is yet to come.   


 



Inglewood Rejoices As
Chargers Move To LA


Talk about an embarrassment of riches for LA.

Nearly a year after getting its first NFL team in about 20 years, the  LA Rams, the  San Diego Chargers are now set to join them.

Inglewood, the home of the $2.6B  Inglewood stadium, is rejoicing.

"Who says lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice?"  Inglewood Mayor James Butts told Bisnow. "It has in the City of Champions."

Mayor Butts said the city welcomes the Chargers "with open arms and looks forward to supporting both teams."

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti said having the Chargers here "will make our NFL tradition even richer, and give sports fans everywhere one more reason to be in Los Angeles."
He also said he is looking forward to "the extraordinary contributions they will make to our entire region."
 



LA 2024 could announce Opening and Closing Ceremonies plans for Inglewood stadium next week


Los Angeles 2024 officials could formally announce as early as next week their opening and closing ceremonies plans for the $2.66 billion stadium being built in Inglewood by Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

LA 2024 officials will submit their venue plan to the Los Angeles City Council before filing Stage III documents with the International Olympic Committee Feb. 3.

A Los Angeles City Council committee on the Los Angeles bid approved a memorandum of understanding between the city and the bid committee requires Los Angeles city approval of venue changes outside the city. The full council is expected to approve the MOU next week.
 




Chargers owner Dean Spanos announces he will move the franchise to LA


San Diego Chargers owner Dean Spanos made it official Thursday morning. He is moving the franchise to Los Angeles.

The team released the following statement from Spanos:
"After much deliberation, I have made the decision to relocate the Chargers to Los Angeles, beginning with the 2017 NFL season.

"San Diego has been our home for 56 years.  It will always be part of our identity, and my family and I have nothing but gratitude and appreciation for the support and passion our fans have shared with us over the years.

"But today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new era as the Los Angeles Chargers.





Double-teamed: Chargers make 
move to Los Angeles official



It took 21 years for the  National Football League to return one team to Los Angeles.
On Thursday - a year to the day after NFL owners approved the Rams' move to L.A. -  San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos completed the saga, taking a 21-minute flight in his private jet to give the city its second team.

The Chargers' 56-year relationship with San Diego ended in the span of a few minutes.
The team's Twitter account posted a five-paragraph letter from Spanos on Thursday morning, announcing his decision to join the Rams in L.A. for the coming season. Then Spanos departed on his Gulfstream V, landed at rain-drenched L.A. International Airport and started the first day in his new home. 




 Rams hire Redskins OC Sean 
McVay as head coach



In an audacious move that stole some of the spotlight from the uprooting  Chargers  and stunned many throughout the industry, the  Rams  revealed their new head coach Thursday, hiring 30-year-old  Washington Redskins  offensive coordinator Sean McVay to the vacant post.

Rams general manager Les Snead, whose job status became tenuous with the mid-December firing of former head coach Jeff Fisher, is expected to stay in his current role, sources confirmed to ESPN's Dan Graziano.

McVay, who turns 31 on Jan. 24, will become the youngest head coach since Art "Pappy" Lewis for the Cleveland Rams, who took the job in 1938 at 27 years old, according to ESPN Stats & Information.



 Chargers plan to play in smallest 'NFL stadium' for next two seasons


As part of their relocation plan for Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers have an agreement to play at the StubHub Center in nearby Carson for the next two seasons before moving into their permanent new home in Inglewood with the Los Angeles Rams, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports late Wednesday.

The person requested anonymity because the plans have not been announced publicly. Chargers owner Dean Spanos notified NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and some other NFL owners Wednesday of  his intention to leave San Diego for the L.A. market.

The new $2.6 billion stadium in Inglewood is not scheduled to open until 2019. To avoid staying in San Diego as a lame duck in the meantime, the team instead would move to the L.A. market immediately and start building its fan base there.



 Chargers plan to play in smallest 'NFL stadium' for next two seasons


As part of their relocation plan for Los Angeles, the San Diego Chargers have an agreement to play at the StubHub Center in nearby Carson for the next two seasons before moving into their permanent new home in Inglewood with the Los Angeles Rams, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports late Wednesday.

The person requested anonymity because the plans have not been announced publicly. Chargers owner Dean Spanos notified NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and some other NFL owners Wednesday of  his intention to leave San Diego for the L.A. market.

The new $2.6 billion stadium in Inglewood is not scheduled to open until 2019. To avoid staying in San Diego as a lame duck in the meantime, the team instead would move to the L.A. market immediately and start building its fan base there.


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