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  1. I feel like they are trying to emphasize the "authentically Memphis" image by putting Memphis on the home jersey. Hope the rebrand helps with attendance. As a former Memphian now in St. Louis, I didn't realize how much I'd miss the Redbirds until I moved.
  2. When I saw that the Redbirds weren't changing their name to the Memphis Dryrub Ribs or something crazy I was relieved. But I still think this rebrand is fantastic.
  3. I hate that name so much. I have some alternatives. Missouri Dome (state gets some advertising for the money it puts in, could even slap the state tourism logo on the roof, see mockup below) Dirt Cheap Dome (named after a local liquor store and a nod to the fact that if they hadn't built the place on spec St. Louis very well may still have a team; I don't think they give the Rams such a dumb lease otherwise.) National Car Rental Dome (maybe Enterprise would be in the mood to be generous, doubt it) Also in rare team match ups, the Los Angeles Rams have never played the Tennessee Titans or the Houston Texans.
  4. I believe if one of these lawsuits gets anywhere (small chance at best), it will be the one about the team not saying they were moving earlier, since they actually cite a law that they claim was broken, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. I think the suing for the PSL is a waste of time because of the clause Gothamite said. My Dad used to have a PSL and when he gave it up a few years back (We still went to games but easier and cheaper with StubHub.) he read through this carefully and figured it wouldn't transfer to a new stadium in STL or result in a refund if they moved. Since we could get tix through StubHub cheap, the PSL basically was worthless at that point even a few years ago. I can understand trying to get some of the $17 million back for the prep work on the imaginary riverfront stadium and that some pressure might get the NFL to cough up some of that, but this alderman in this link is just nuts... St. Louis aldermanic president asks NFL to pay for Edward Jones dome debt I still think Kroenke is a jerk, but it was a terrible lease and he was free to move. I also won't hold my breath on MLS until I hear reliable sources give ownership names.
  5. I was a kid at the time so it didn't completely understand the concept of LA losing its team. Plus, it was still very early for the internet, and TV reports here in STL made it seem like no one really cared that Rams were leaving LA and that LA sports fans would be perfectly wine watching USC and the Lakers. As for the city, they had just lost out on the expansion of not getting the Stallions. I think the city felt this was the only chance to get a team (and we were foolishly building the dome on spec) and if we wanted a team we had to take it. The joke was we'd have a great facility for tractor pulls if we didn't get a team. I also think some people felt it was "righting a wrong" from losing the football Cardinals. Of course, if they had just built that damn dome a few years sooner we probably would still have the Cardinals and wouldn't be talking about a new stadium to replace the dome until the dome was at least paid for. This article below claims Bidwell really didn't want to leave St. Louis, and if the city would have built the dome then he'd surely have signed a long-term lease with no "top tier" clause. I will also still defend the dome itself. It really only needs bigger video boards, better lighting, outside windows (like Ford Field), and new seats. All of these issues were addressed with the CVC's second proposal, but again none of that mattered because of the wording of the lease. The Edward Jones Dome is undoubtedly a better stadium than Tropicana Field, but St. Petersburg was smart enough to have an ironclad lease so the Rays are still there and probably will be there for the foreseeable future. Now, as far as a new NFL team, I don't want to wish the sadness I feel now on another city so the only way I would want a team is either: 1. expansion or 2. a team basically having to move because stadium literally falling apart (which could apply to Raiders but don't see that happening and am not hoping for it to happen). http://www.101sports.com/2016/01/11/stark-contrast-losing-rams-2016-losing-cardinals-1988/ I'm mostly upset because I feel like since I moved back to STL in summer 2014 it's been one crappy thing after another around here (Ferguson, Mizzou protests, flooding last month, Rams moving, Cardinals cheating scandal). And I have no friends here, no dating prospects, and may have made a mistake in moving here in the first place.
  6. Glad to see some people on here are keeping the emotions of St. Louis Rams fans like myself in mind tonight. Some of the vitriol and crap I've seen on twitter is making me question humanity. And when someone gives me crap about Cardinals baseball fandom I'm going to say, "What other baseball fan base drove a NFL team out of town?"
  7. Hope people are kind with my city tonight, people will be hurting. My Dad had Rams season tickets in the nose bleeds for a dozen years. I'd say we went to about 60-70 games together over the course of 20 years, still going to a few games a year even after he gave the tickets up (I had moved out of state and it was starting to get difficult for him to get people to go with him. Plus with StubHub we got some great deals on tix the last few years.) He always found free parking several blocks from the dome and I learned in middle school to walk real fast because he always wanted to beat the traffic after the game. I usually as a kid made him stay to the end even if they were losing by 21 with 2 minutes left. Even this year with 40-45K in the dome, that place could get quite loud. There is no reason that dome (and the Georgia Dome) couldn't last 20 more years as a NFL stadium with some reasonable renovations like the CVC proposed in its second and final plan (expanded club level and concourse, windows to let in more light, center scoreboard, etc.). The only thing fundamentally wrong with the dome was the stupid lease it had.
  8. They'll direct some of the relocation fee to Davis to help him build a new 50K Oakland Stadium. Spanos can then save face and stay loyal to Davis. Everyone wins, except San Diego and St. Louis. Hope I'm wrong.
  9. Exactly. The only fundamental flaw in the dome was the top-tier lease clause. I even read once (can't find source now) that the Rams proposed that clause not thinking STL would go for it, but my city foolishly did. Also, I think they banked too much on Frontiere wanting to return to her hometown and did not keep in mind that her heirs would sell the team as they did.
  10. You've got to get a better grip on St. Louis finances. This would be bad for them, but this city is nowhere near bankruptcy. Nor is the state—though the Republican state legislature is trying their darndest. You're right. All I can go with is what I read online, and I only check out the papers once in a while, so I admit I'm seeing a snapshot at best. But from the outside, it sure seems like the city's not exactly flush with cash. St. Louis struggles to maintain $17 million Washington Avenue streetscape Reading this makes me more annoyed to see Ameren ads at Blues games. Ameren's a freaking monopoly for electricity in STL.
  11. London can only work when we have invented a successor to Concorde that can cross the Atlantic in 3 hours or less.
  12. This 2016 London game doesn't change much imho. If there is another lame duck season in STL, that's one less home game they'll have to worry about. And if they move to LA it's one fewer game at a temporary site. And the CVC will end up letting them do it for the same reason that they don't try to make the Rams sign a 5-10 year lease on the Dome right now. If they push too hard Stan can just go and if he wants the NFL's consent the CVC playing hardball on one game will only give him more league support.
  13. I think the New York Islanders situation is a great example of how San Diegans will not continue to be fans of the Chargers if they move to LA. Uniondale to Brooklyn is considered the same metropolitan area and the Islanders attendance hasn't been great at Barclays (though I'm sure it would be better if they played in a proper hockey arena). Since SD and LA are two separate metros, the Chargers could move to St. Louis and it would be the same as if they moved to LA.
  14. This doesn't change much IMHO but maybe is a little nudge in STL's favor (whether for the Rams or another team, hypothetically) Proposed riverfront stadium gets a name: National Car Rental Field http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/proposed-riverfront-stadium-gets-a-name-national-car-rental-field/article_2320de7e-3dbe-54e7-9daf-33796140dd4e.html
  15. If it wasn't reported that Stan was at the first game, I would have thought he hadn't set foot in Missouri in years.
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