Question about football in Los Angeles

because everything is perfectly set up right now

Need approval from the league and team owners.

Because if there is a team in LA, then the owners won't have LA to use in order to hold municipalities hostage when they want new stadiums.

Plus, advertisers don't like having the second largest market blacked out for half the season.

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I was always under the impression that Houston sorta snaked LA back when they got the Texans. Houston sold themselves better to the NFL, while LA thought the NFL was just going to give them a franchise.

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Obviously Houston was more proactive when it came to providing an NFL-ready stadium.

The problem with Los Angeles is that it doesn't have a stadium with less than a 90,000 seating capacity, and that means they can sell 89,999 tickets every game and be in the top 3 in NFL attendance but still be blacked out in the 2nd biggest tv market in the country; that's why the Rams moved to Anaheim in the first place to a smaller, easier-to-fill stadium that was out of the city enough that a big chunk of Los Angeles would be exempt from blackout restrictions. If L.A. has a 70,000-seat stadium in the middle of the city, it's all gravy.

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you still get a game when the home team is blacked out

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how many games does LA get each week now? 3?

Another big reason Houston got the team over LA is because Bob McNair got a lot of oil and gas related companies(headquartered here in Houston) to pledge to buy huge season ticket packages. All but guaranteeing sell outs each and every year.

Having the city in a position to help finance the deal was also a huge factor. HLSandRodeo also pledged a huge amount of support$$$$ for the deal.

Houston having a previous NFL/AFL history also added some flak to their argument.
Perfect mix of success in this deal....

The oilers left because no stadium deal was in place. The owner was incredibly incensed that the Astros got their city financing deal before he did. (teams no longer wanted to share facilities). The Oilers would still be here if they were a just a bit patient, three more years and a deal would have gotten done.

Another large factor for LA Not making my progress it the fact that there is two competing stadium bids for a stadium. Coupled with the fact there are a lot of special intereats that would love to get some attention from a Hugh profile deal. I honestly doubt a deal ever gets done.

Bob McNair had the whole city of Houston behind his efforts. NFL made the obvious choice.

Typos in this. Posting from iPhone