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Originally Posted by RickObie
NFL helps them build a stadium in St. Louis with the promise of the city dropping the lawsuit against the Rams - St. Louis Chargers....
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St. Louis has 0 interest in the NFL if there's any tax payer $ involved.
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN
st. louis does not deserve another football team. They have lost 2.
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The Cardinals left because Bidwill didn't want to spend money to build a stadium as he felt the Cardinals were second tenant to the baseball Cardinals in Busch(which they were).
Then the city built the Dome as a result using all tax payer money to lure the NFL and gave the Rams one of the dumbest leases ever(they gave them an opportunity to get out of the lease before the bonds were paid off)... AND then would've paid more than 50% of the construction cost for the proposed stadium, which is something that no city had done twice within a 20 or 25 year period for the NFL.
Kroenke's intention was to move the team after he became the controlling owner after Frontiere's kids sold the team. Fan support wasn't the reason why they left.
Also, by your logic, LA shouldn't have a NFL team, much less 2, because they've lost 2 NFL teams as well.