NFL team owners will hear presentations from three cities in danger of losing their clubs to Los Angeles at meetings next week.
The Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St Louis Rams are expected to make relocation pushes to Los Angeles - a city where all three franchises once played - unless they receive acceptable deals for new stadiums in their current homes.
The November 11-12 meetings at the league office in New York will come two weeks after public hearings in St Louis, San Diego and Oakland saw devoted supporters say why their teams should stay where they are.
All three cities involved are expected to make presentations on November 11 to three NFL committees - the Los Angeles Opportunities Committee, which has overseen the process, the Stadium Committee and the Finance Committee.
This will be Oakland's first chance to outline what, if any, sort of stadium proposal they are willing to make to replace the only venue shared by NFL and Major League Baseball teams.
Community leaders in St. Louis and San Diego have previously discussed their stadium projects with league officials.
No votes will take place or decisions made at the meeting.
Three weeks later, a full league meeting is scheduled for December 2 in suburban Dallas.
Owners are expected to vote in January on stadium projects being proposed in Inglewood, California, by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke and in Carson, California, by San Diego Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis.
AFP
