When Los Angeles Rams Owner Stan Kroenke received approval from his fellow owners to relocate the organization to Los Angeles, much was made of the spectacle that would need to accompany the team.
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff spoke of the need to incorporate the glamour of Los Angeles into the new stadium that will headline the complex Kroenke is building in Inglewood. Kroenke himself offered the idea that the NFL would need to use its new satellite base in LA as a springboard as the “Gateway to Asia.” And the Rams announced their 2016 NFL Draft picks with former Rams Jim Everett, Vince Ferragamo at Universal Studios with, uh, Marilyn Monroe and Homer Simpson:
It was unavoidable from the start.