Inglewood NFL stadium plan developers, labor group reach jobs deal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: LA Times

By NATHAN FENNO AND TIM LOGAN

Developers of the proposed NFL stadium in Inglewood and organized labor reached agreement Thursday on jobs for the $1.86-billion project, avoiding a referendum that could have delayed the start of construction.

"We now have certainty that the project will be an economic engine for the entire region and help turn the tide against poverty-level jobs in Los Angeles," said Rusty Hicks, executive secretary of the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.

The deals between nine of the federation's unions and the developers, which include St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, end a monthlong spat between the parties.

After Inglewood's City Council unanimously approved the stadium Feb. 24, the federation started collecting signatures to force a public vote on the fast-tracked project that hopes to break ground by December. The federation, which represents more than 300 unions in the county, wanted developers to guarantee better wages and more jobs.

FULL story at link. Related: Inglewood hires firm to assess security risks of proposed NFL stadium: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-inglewood-nfl-stadium-security-risks-20150326-story.html


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-inglewood-nfl-stadium-labor-agreement-20150326-story.html

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Step son and I were talking about this yesterday, evidently they are either getting the Raiders

or the Chargers?

Raiders would be good.

[Brother Buzz]

3. There are three proposed parks and three teams are in play

Two sites have been proposed for the Rams, and one built for a combined Raiders and Chargers home

My money says this one, Inglewood, is looking the best to become reality, and at the end of the day, only the Rams make the move.

[Crowman1979]

2. Good! I was tired of all these stadiums being placed in downtown areas.

As if there wasn't enough traffic problems downtown.

[Xolodno]

4. AEG has already formaly...

...announced there will be no stadium in downtown LA (no Farmers Field), and have begun measures to shoot down the Inglewood project (which they probably won't succeed in). No way the NFL would allow a stadium to be built with predominately private money...it sets a bad precedent for them.

The other site in Industry is also pretty much dead.

The Inglewood project on the old Hollywood Park land apparently has the backing of the Rams. Its kind of a given, that they will return.

Raiders and Chargers may be just angling to get Oakland and San Diego respectively to cough up some tax revenue.

[snooper2]

5. Long as they don't have a tv bigger than ours, Jerry won't get mad

LOL


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