NFL fans in Los Angeles will have to wait another year to see Stan Kroenke's palace in Inglewood, Calif.
The Rams informed season-tickets holders Thursday that the scheduled opening of the estimated $2.6 billion stadium will be delayed a year _ until the summer of 2020.
That means the Rams, who moved back to Los Angeles from St. Louis this past season, must play a fourth season in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In an email to ticket holders, the Rams said record-setting rainfall in Southern California over the winter necessitated the delay:
"Despite bringing drought relief to the region, the rain fell during the mass excavation period of construction when no other work could proceed in wet conditions.