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NFL to Settle Lawsuit Over Rams’ Departure for $790 Million - The New York Times
Nov 24, 2021 1 min, 17 secs
Louis $790 million to settle a four-year dispute over whether the league broke its own relocation guidelines to pave the way for the Rams to move to Los Angeles in 2016, according to two people who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Louis spent $17 million on designs and plans for a new stadium, but the league disregarded those efforts without explanation and team owners voted to allow the Rams to move to California, the complaint said.

He has also spent roughly $5 billion to build SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., which the Rams share with the Los Angeles Chargers, and which will host the Super Bowl in February.

Louis lured the Rams from Anaheim, Calif., in 1995, in part because it had already constructed a domed stadium, but the lease with the N.F.L.

owners recommended that the league allow the Chargers and Raiders, who also sought new venues, to build a stadium together in Carson, Calif.

Yet in January 2016, the entire cohort of league owners voted 30-2 to let the Rams move to Los Angeles.

In 2017, a team of lawyers that included Bob Blitz, a member of the Missouri task force, sued the league on behalf of the city and county of St.

But the prospect of team owners being forced to testify about how the league makes the decision that a team can move, and potential damages that could surpass $1 billion, led the league to reach an agreement.

Most recently, the city of Oakland, Calif., sued the league after the Raiders were allowed to move to Las Vegas in 2017.

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