The Rams couldn’t wait to charge out of St. Louis at the first opportunity they had, as owner Stan Kroenke was lured by the riches beckoning in Los Angeles.
He whisked the team there four seasons ago and began construction on a stadium, whose cost reportedly has reached $5 billion, that will house the Rams and also will have the Chargers as a tenant. They were moved out of San Diego by the NFL in another money-first move.
Los Angeles had no NFL teams for more than two decades. Suddenly it has two. But neither has been well-received by fans there, as home games continue to draw massive numbers of rooters for the opposing teams.