Downtown the Best Option for the NFL in LA
Rendering of Farmers Field in Downtown LA This past week, a 10,000 page environmental impact report (EIR) was published for the proposed Farmers Field stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. This was a major step forward for a project that is the best option for the NFL to return to LA. While there is a competing project in the City of Industry and some people have named Dodger Stadium as an ideal place for a stadium, Farmers Field makes the most sense for the region. The EIR told us much of what we already knew, in the brevity of 17 volumes. There will be traffic going to games. Guess what, there is traffic at every stadium in America. It once took me 2 and a half hours to get off the freeway and into the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. That stadium is located in the suburbs and is surrounded by freeways. ...