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Article: NFL shows L.A. who's the boss.(National Football League; Los Angeles, CA)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- April 19, 1999
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Team Owners Push to End Roski Deal, Move Dodgers
As National Football League team owners arrive in Los Angeles this week to decide which local site is best suited for an expansion team, they already have made one thing clear:
It's their show.
They're the ones deciding where the new team plays, who will own the team, and even what will be built around the stadium.
Which raises the inevitable questions: Who do these guys think they are, and how badly do L.A. business leaders and elected officials want an NFL team?
Badly enough to entertain the NFL's notion that one of the city's most beloved historical landmarks, Dodger Stadium, ...