The push to return the NFL to Los Angeles is well underway. But despite stadium plans in both Inglewood and Carson, Calif., the league may still require temporary housing for any team looking to move to Southern California.
According to Brent Schrotenboer of USA Today, the league will soon begin evaluating existing stadiums in the Los Angeles area to gauge their viability as a temporary site for teams to play while a new stadium is under construction.
Stadiums take time to build. Even if the expedited plans in Inglewood and Carson get moving in the near future, it’s unrealistic to think a brand new stadium would be up and ready by the start of the 2016 season, likely the earliest a team would be moving to Los Angeles.
Two stadiums that will be among the discussions are the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The stadiums currently serve as the home stadiums for UCLA and USC, respectively.
