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Article: It's time to kick off a new push for pro football in Los Angeles.(Los Angeles, California)
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- Southern California Business Trends
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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Los Angeles, are you ready for some football? I think most of us are. What's more, we're ready for economic and cultural benefits professional football can bring to our community.
In recent years, some of the luster has been lost from the Los Angeles sports scene. While many new sports and teams have carved out a successful niche in the market - such as professional soccer's ability to tap into the region's international culture - other sports have too often been beset by controversy, turmoil and teams that failed to live up to expectations.
It's easy to think that in a city as diverse as Los Angeles - with its multitude of cultural, civic, recreational ...