
But as Leiweke looks out the window of his third-floor office, something is missing. Southwest of Staples Center is the outdated Los Angeles Convention Center, the proposed site of Farmers Field, a 72,000-seat football-only stadium that could bring the NFL back to L.A. for the first time since 1994. The naming rights have been sold, the memorandum of understanding with the city passed, the 10,000-page environmental impact report submitted. AEG is hoping to have a deal with a team and a shovel in the dirt next spring. "I don't think it is lost on Roger Goodell and the NFL owners what is going on," Leiweke says. "I don't know if it's a showcase or a defining moment or an exclamation point, but we have a ...
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