The Rams are moving NFL team to L.A., and the San Diego Chargers may join them

last updated 13 January 2016

The NFL is returning to the Los Angeles area after a 21-year absence. On Tuesday night, the NFL owners voted, 30-2, to approve the request by the Rams to move to Inglewood, a suburb near LAX, from St. Louis. That vote disregarded a recommendation from an NFL committee to approve an alternate joint venture in another L.A. suburb, Carson, for the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers. In a compromise, the Chargers were given a one-year option to join the Rams in Inglewood, and if they can't reach agreement with Rams owner Stan Kroenke in that time, the Raiders will get a shot.

"The excitement that we feel about being able to return the Rams to Los Angeles is balanced with a disappointment that we weren't able to get it done in St. Louis, San Diego and Oakland," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the vote. All three teams are unhappy with the stadiums in their home market, but the NFL doesn't want three teams in Los Angeles. The NFL will give the team that doesn't move to L.A. $100 million toward a new stadium. The Inglewood stadium, near the airport, is expected to cost about $2 billion and will be privately financed.

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