12-18-2015, 03:21 PM
(12-18-2015, 02:07 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Rams and Raiders should be the LA teams.
But I think Spanos will weasel the Chargers in there.... The raiders actually are selling out in Oakland. The Rams have no fan support in St Louis and the Chargers fans stopped showing up.
The idea that the Chargers are trying to leverage the Rams to be equal partners at the Rams stadium is ridiculous. Kroenke wants to pay for his own stadium in LA they should let him. St Louis has not held up their lease they signed and allowed it to expire . Now are coming back to spite Kroenke and salvage any chance of a fitted team.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22534155/oakland-raiders-reduce-capacity-stadium
The article is a little old, but I haven't heard they went back and increased seating. If they haven't, they're only selling out because they keep reducing the number of seats. Wikipedia lists them as the second smallest seat-wise (behind Minnesota).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums#cite_note-41
But I agree, I think the Chargers will move. Rivers will retire, they'll stock up on picks for a season and look to have a refreshed franchise in a new spot.