the cleveland rams moved to los angeles in 1996.
when did the cleveland rams move to los angeles?
1996
the los angeles rams, a professional american football team based in los angeles, joined the national football league (nfl) as cleveland rams in 1937. the rams began playing in 1936 as a charter member of the second american football league. although the nfl granted membership to the same owner, the nfl considers it a separate entity. in 1946, rams' owner dan reeves, fed up with poor attendance at cleveland stadium, moved the rams to los angeles, and the team played there from 1946 to 1979. before his death in 1979, later rams owner carroll rosenbloom planned a move within the los angeles metropolitan area to anaheim, using the venue now known as angel stadium, and his widow and successor georgia frontiere went through with the move in 1980, with the team still officially representing los angeles. the rams moved to st. louis in 1995 and renamed the team st. louis rams. in january 2016, the rams and the nfl announced that the team would return to los angeles. the team now plays in its original l.a. venue, the los angeles memorial coliseum, while awaiting the 2020 opening of its new stadium in suburban inglewood.
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frontiere, however, responded with a thinly veiled threat at a lawsuit. on april 12, 1995 the owners acquiesced to her demands, wary of going through a long, protracted legal battle. tagliabue simply stated that "the desire to have peace and not be at war was a big factor" in allowing the rams move to go forward. in a matter of a month, the vote had gone from 21–6 opposed to 23–6 in favor. jonathan kraft, son of patriots owner robert kraft, elaborated on the commissioner's remarks by saying that "about five or six owners didn't want to get the other owners into litigation, so they switched their votes." only six teams remained in opposition to the rams move from los angeles: the pittsburgh steelers, new york giants, new york jets, buffalo bills, arizona cardinals, and washington redskins. after the vote was over, steelers owner dan rooney publicly stated that he opposed the move of the los angeles rams because "i believe we should support the fans who have supported us for years."
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