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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Closing In on Approval of a Football Stadium in Downtown LA

    For years, the powerful developer AEG has been working to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles with a 76,000-seat stadium downtown. It appears that the wait is all over except for two more meetings by the Planning Commission this week and the City Council two weeks from now.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    For years, the powerful developer AEG has been working to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles with a 76,000-seat stadium downtown. It appears that the wait is all over except for two more meetings by the Planning Commission this week and the City Council two weeks from now. LA Times columnist Jim Newton says, "If there are concessions left to get, now's the time to get them…"

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    1. 0:00Closing In on Approval of a Football Stadium in Downtown LAYou’re reading this
    2. 20:27Bill Rosendahl Back in the Saddle
    3. 27:30Chicago Teachers' Strike
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Jim Newton

      professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”

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      Jan Perry

      former LA city councilmember

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      Becky Dennison

      Los Angeles Community Action Network

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    1 of 3
    Closing In on Approval of a Football Stadium in Downtown LA
    1. 0:00Closing In on Approval of a Football Stadium in Downtown LAYou’re reading this
    2. 20:27Bill Rosendahl Back in the Saddle
    3. 27:30Chicago Teachers' Strike
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