Recent Streetsblog LA posts about NFL Stadium

L.A. Stadium Battle, a New Front in Auto-Driven Sprawl and Transit Oriented Density

By Damien Newton | Apr 4, 2011 | 48 Comments

In the ongoing war between Ed Roski and Majestic Realty versus Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) over whether the National Football League should move a team to the sprawling suburbs of the City of Industry or Downtown Los Angeles a new question has arisen: “will NFL fans ride transit to a football game?” Blogdowntown quotes a […]

LAT: AEG Lobbying for Exemptions from Environmental Lawsuits

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2011 | 15 Comments

While the rest of the local media was busy going ga-ga over the press conference announcing that, if constructed, the Downtown NFL Stadium would be named after Farmers Bank, Patrick McGreevey and Jessica Harrison at the Los Angeles Times revealed that the developer’s for the Downtown Stadium are lobbying for the same exemption from state […]

AEG Wants a Green Stadium for Downtown L.A. – No New Parking Required

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2010 | 103 Comments

The Sporting News provides one of the first real looks at what plans entertainment giant AEG has planned for their proposed NFL Football Stadium that would be located in Downtown Los Angeles. There’s some good news for those concerned that the new Stadium would be accompanied with a gigantic sea of parking, as most NFL […]

Fmr. Councilman Weiss: We Need the NFL to Increase Our Public Space

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2010 | 5 Comments

Candidate Weiss and his union supporters last March. Photo: Jack Weiss/Flickr Former City Councilman Jack Weiss has not been what one would call progressive on most transportation issues. While he backed the Mayor on transit issues, he also was his largest backer for the massively unpopular Pico-Olympic Plan which would have sped up rush hour […]

OC Register: Why Just Exempt the Stadium?

By Damien Newton | Oct 28, 2009 | 5 Comments

Governor Schwarzenegger is ready for some football and sweetheart deals for billionaires. Last weekend, in the wake of Governor Schwarzenegger’s signing of a law exempting the largest development project in Southern California since the L.A. Colliseum, the drumbeat began for more exemptions for projects that are going to be a lot less destructive to the […]