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Rams Set Up Shop In Thousand Oaks For Football Ops As Inglewood Stadium Grows

With the Rams' new Inglewood stadium not scheduled to open until '20, their football operations will be housed in a "sprawling facility they’ve constructed" in Thousand Oaks, Calif., according to Vincent Bonsignore of the L.A. DAILY NEWS. Their business affairs will be "conducted at offices they’ve commandeered 11 miles away in Agoura Hills." The Rams were "initially skeptical" there was enough space for football operations on the Cal Lutheran Univ. campus to "build a suitable facility." The Rams have a two-year deal with CLU that includes three one-year options that "could extend" their stay at the school to five years. As part of the agreement, the Rams "paid for and constructed two practice fields, paved a parking lot and built temporary modular buildings containing offices, training areas and locker rooms on the northwest corner of the campus." The city of Thousand Oaks "approved construction of the fields and parking lot as part of Cal Lutheran’s master plan, with the Rams turning everything back over to the university when they move to their permanent home." Bonsignore noted the CLU facility is "ample enough to house 130 athletes, coaches, trainers and other staff members." It officially opened last September and is now a "fully functioning year-round hub in which the Rams conduct offseason workouts and mini camps and all practice and recuperation functions during the regular season." Players and staff members have been "steadily settling into the neighborhood with a number of players purchasing or renting homes in and around Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley." The Rams "would like to build" a team HQ along the lines of the Cowboys' The Star in Frisco, in which their corporate offices and football facilities "sit amid an entertainment district, offices, a medical center and hotel" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 5/20).

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