ST. LOUIS — Lawyers on Wednesday clinched a deal to settle the Rams relocation lawsuit for $790 million, ending a 4-year-old legal saga and avoiding a high-stakes civil trial that could have overshadowed Super Bowl LVI in the very stadium billionaire Stan Kroenke built after leaving St. Louis.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell approved the settlement before noon Wednesday. The agreement binds the league to pay St. Louis, St. Louis County and the public agency that owns The Dome at America’s Center within 30 days. The league will determine internally how much will be shouldered by Kroenke and how much by the league and owners, sources with firsthand knowledge of the settlement said.