On December 24th, 2014 the Oakland Raiders filed for a move to the Los Angeles area, specifically in Carson, after only being back in Oakland for twenty-one years. It ultimately the first day NFL teams could file for relocation, and the Raiders were not the only ones looking at Los Angeles as a potential home. The St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers have also filed, and because the news that the Raiders are not moving  to Los Angeles was released early the week of Monday, the 11th, the Rams and Chargers seem to be battling it out. 

     Originally, if the Raiders were to move, they would be sharing a field with the Chargers, but now, the potential multi-billion dollar stadium “Kroenkeworld,” after Rams owner, Stan Kroenke, could house both the Rams and the Chargers in Los Angeles.  However, the people of St. Louis and San Diego have offered hundreds of millions of their taxpayer dollars so their teams would stay where they belong.

     The Chargers have been given until January 15, 2017 to work out their differences with the Rams and will either stay in San Diego or temporarily move to L.A. during the 2016 season. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is open to housing one of the teams as well as University of Southern California, and possibly even trying to find room for more than just one team.. 

     The three teams sharing the stadium would not be the first time they were in such close quarters either. In 1960, USC, UCLA, the Rams, and the Chargers all called this stadium their home until the Chargers made the move to San Diego. 

     Because of the potential financial issues and the disruption of other events, there are also four other options for the teams such as the Angel Stadium, Dodger Stadium, the StubHub Center in Carson, and the 92 thousand seater Rose Bowl, the latter of which seems to be the best fit. Not only has it hosted five Super Bowls, but the Rose Bowl is open to temporary use for a team in need for up to five seasons. However, last summer, the Rose Bowl Operating Co., “voted unanimously not to respond to a league request for proposals for temporarily hosting an NFL team,” according to the Los Angeles Times. The rest of the stadiums also seem to be ill-fit for temporary housing.

     Until next January, we will not know for sure about any plans, although rumors that the Rams and the Chargers have already struck a deal in Houston, are circulating. Not only that, but the Raiders are also possibly eying a move to San Diego in 2017.