Tuesday, December 04, 2007 |
McCourt Interested In Bringing The NFL To Dodger Stadium Parking Lot
In 2004, Fox sold the [Dodgers] to Frank McCourt. The Dodgers met with NFL officials twice in 2005 to discuss a possible stadium at Chavez Ravine, then backed away after the plan became public.So, you heard it here first: Frank McCourt wants to mismanage teams in not one but two sports.McCourt issued a statement saying he would support the Coliseum "so long as the Coliseum is a viable site." He has declined to comment since Villaraigosa's statement, but one major league official said McCourt told him in recent weeks that an NFL stadium remained "a possibility."
According to well-placed sources in the sports community, McCourt and unnamed partners intend to make another run at the NFL after making major changes to Dodger Stadium and the surrounding areas. The plan, which involves as much as half a billion dollars in investments, calls for upgrading the venue and augmenting it with a nearby mixed-use development that includes retail shops, housing and the like.
McCourt has explored options for developing the Dodger Stadium parking lot since he bought the team, and the 2005 NFL discussions involved a retail and entertainment complex next to the ballpark and an NFL stadium. An internal memo obtained by the Boston Herald two years ago claimed McCourt could bask in the "psychic benefits of being the guy that brought football to L.A."
Tom Lasorda, who managed under O'Malley, said Monday he believed O'Malley still would own the Dodgers today if he had landed an NFL team.
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