St. Louis scorned as NFL leaves for second time

playOwner and chairman Stan Kroenke reacts to the Rams' secured approval to return to Los Angeles, after a 21-year absence. (0:33)ST. LOUIS -- Now St. Louis is a two-time NFL loser. Both times, it was about a stadium.

In 1988, the city lost the Cardinals to Phoenix over dithering about a new facility that team owner Bill Bidwill eventually got built in the desert.

This time, it can be blamed on a no-win lease that gave the Rams an out if the Edward Jones Dome wasn't deemed in the top one-quarter of the facilities in the league.

While Stan Kroenke relocates the franchise to Inglewood, California, with plans for a lavish stadium, it's back to the bricks for the task force -- which has a $1…