The NFL will resolve which teams will relocate to L.A. by the Super Bowl, said Carmen Policy, who is overseeing the Carson stadium project for the Chargers and Raiders. Speaking shortly after the two teams presented to owners, Policy said the stadium could be ready by '19 and offered the NFL the best opportunity to resolve the California stadium problem of the Raiders and Chargers playing in outdated venues. “It cures the California dilemma, and you are not only curing it, but with California teams,” he said.
The Carson presentation, which included the team owners, Policy and a Goldman Sachs rep, lasted 30 minutes. Owners asked three questions, Policy said, declining to describe them. After the Carson presentation, Rams Owner Stan Kroenke presented his vision for a project in Inglewood. A Rams rep had not spoken to the assembled media at the meeting as of presstime. A source said the Rams spent some of their time on why St. Louis did not work for the club.
Policy said as part of the Carson project, the teams would make available to the league eight acres rent free for use as it sees fit. The teams have proposed the league relocate NFL media operations there. Asked if a Carson project would essentially solve the NFL’s St. Louis problem by keeping the Rams there, Policy said he could not speak on another market. However, he then said, "If the owners go with Carson and the Chargers and Raiders, it accommodates the goals of the National Football League, not only in California but elsewhere."
