The stadium, projected to open in 2019, will be the league's largest in square footage. Butts said that landing an NFL team would be a big boon for the city's image and bank accounts. Ohno alleges in her lawsuit that the city was counting on winning the NFL team derby. NFL team owners ultimately voted in January to return the Rams to Southern California, to play in a new stadium on the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood. The lure of the NFL was just too much for Inglewood, a former city employee charges in a federal lawsuit.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 25, 2016 10:35 UTC