HERE HE IS THEY HAVE NOT
RELEASED THE VICTIM'S NAME.
AND A LOT OF ANTICIPATION AS THE
RAMS ARE COMING BACK TO L.A.
JUAN: WE ARE GETTING A
FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT FROM THE
INGLEWOOD MAYOR ABOUT HOW THINGS
CAME TOGETHER.
REPORTER: JAMES BUTTS, THE
INGLEWOOD MAYOR, TOLD A STORY IN
LONG BEACH TODAY.
THE FIRST TIME THAT HE MET STAN
KROENKE, THEY MADE A DEAL.
WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING UNTIL
WE GET 25 MILLION AND THEY GET
PAID MONEY THAT WE NEVER
WOULD'VE HAD.
REPORTER: THE MAYOR EXPLAINING
THE FINANCIAL DEAL THAT
INGLEWOOD HAS WITH THE RAMS.
THIS IS REAL.
REPORTER: THE RAMS WILL BE BACK
AT THE COLISEUM.
I WILL BE HOME FOR THE NEXT
THREE SEASONS.
EACH YEAR, THE ONGOING TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WILL COME
INTO THE ECONOMY.
VISITORS COME IN FROM
OUT-OF-TOWN.
REPORTER: ERIC GARCETTI SPOKE AT
THE OF THE SAME EVENT, AND HE
SAID THAT EVERYBODY WINS.
THE RAMS ARE A GIFT THAT WILL
KEEP GIVING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
REPORTER: JAMES BUTTS SAID THAT
HE AND STAN KROENKE HIT IT OFF
RIGHT AWAY.
THAT HE WANTED A DEAL AND THAT
JAMES BUTTS WAS LISTENING.
IT IS ALL SET TO OPEN IN
SEPTEMBER 2019.
CONSTRUCTION FOR MOST OF THE
REAL ESTATE IS UNDERWAY.
THE ACTUAL GROUNDBREAKING
CEREMONY FOR THE STADIUM ITSELF
WILL BE IN AUGUST.
MAYOR JAMES BUTTS ALREADY HAS A
THEME FOR THE NEW INGLEWOOD, IS
THE CALLS IT BE THAT THE ONLY
THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS
EVERYTHING.
