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Council Signs Off on AEG Stadium Plan
The City Council has approved plans for a new stadium in downtown LA. AEG, owner of the Staples Center, can now begin to negotiate financial details. But Majestic Reality...
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenThe Los Angeles City Council today approved plans for a new stadium in downtown LA. AEG, the owner of LA Live and the Staples Center, can now begin to negotiate financial details. But Ed Roski's Majestic Reality says he can build a better one faster in the City of Industry. The National Football League will make all the difference, but it's not talking yet. We get the details of today's deal and tomorrow's possibilities. Also, LA Supervisors and new district boundaries: traditional politics and ethnic reality. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, public spending cuts, private charities, and the "truly needy."
Banner image: Artist's rendering on AEG's proposed stadium, Farmer's Field
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