▁Harm on ' s ▁team ▁became ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Express . ▁ ▁The ▁League ' s ▁Boston ▁franch ise , ▁the ▁Bre akers , ▁also ▁had ▁stad ium ▁problems . ▁The ▁Boston ▁ownership ▁group ▁wanted ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁Harvard ▁Stadium , ▁but ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁close ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁university ; ▁S ull ivan ▁Stadium ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁England ▁Patri ots , ▁who ▁were ▁unw illing ▁to ▁share ▁their ▁ven ue ▁with ▁a ▁rival , ▁while ▁Fen way ▁Park ▁was ▁being ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁by ▁the ▁Boston ▁Red ▁So x ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁un available , ▁and ▁Al umn i ▁Stadium ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁Boston ▁College , ▁for ▁reasons ▁never ▁made ▁public , ▁also ▁decl ined . ▁ ▁Finally ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁a ▁le ase ▁to ▁play ▁at ▁Nick erson ▁Field ▁on ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁Boston ▁University , ▁a ▁facility ▁that ▁se ated ▁only ▁ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁plans ▁to ▁establish ▁four ▁franch ises ▁in ▁Canada ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁season , ▁located ▁in ▁V ancouver , ▁Ed mont on , ▁Montreal ▁and ▁Southern ▁Ontario ▁( specific ally ▁at ▁I vor ▁W yn ne ▁Stadium ▁in ▁Hamilton , ▁Ontario , ▁which ▁was ▁then ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁C FL ' s ▁Hamilton ▁T iger - C ats ). ▁The ▁proposal ▁was ▁pushed ▁by ▁John ▁F . ▁Bass ett , ▁the ▁Canadian ▁who ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁own ▁the ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁Band its ▁US FL ▁team .