LOS ANGELES — The future of the NFL is, at present, nothing more than a vast expanse of dirt, a large parking lot and a few construction vehicles barely visible to passersby driving around the old Southern California neighborhood of Inglewood.
For many, the eyesore most see when flying into Los Angeles International Airport has been nothing but a symbol of decay. But now, like a phoenix arising from the ashes of the dead (or in this case, a dilapidated old horse track), the plot of land owned by billionaire developer Stan Kroenke has been transformed into a symbol that the NFL is finally back in Los Angeles.