NFL Considers LA for Draft
Phil Wallace • Bio • Email

For the past few weeks, pundits have been saying that LA isn't a priority for the NFL. Well apparently, it's enough of a priority for the NFL to consider holding its draft here. Today, the Times reports that the Nokia Theatre is being considered as the site for the 2009 NFL Draft.

The NFL has discussed moving the draft around to different cities, and LA seems like a great choice. ESPN covers the draft and they plan to open a new studio at LA Live next year. The NFL Network also broadcasts the draft and they're located in Culver City. Aside from the proximity for the event's two broadcast carriers, LA could bring a new Hollywood feel to the draft. And while Jets fans may bemoan the lost opportunity for booing their draft pick, SoCal would represent a neutral location for NFL teams.

This doesn't necessarily mean LA is getting a team, but holding the draft here would certainly generate more NFL-to-LA discussions. With Ed Roski's new stadium plan being introduced to the public and San Diego Chargers fans seemingly concerned, it appears there is some bit momentum behind an NFL return to LA for the first time in a while.

May 2, 2008 11:26 AM • Native Intelligence • Email the editor
 

© 2003-2008   •  About LA Observed  •  Contact the editor
LA Observed main blog
8:31 PM Thu | Lakers acquire Steve Nash from the Suns
8:08 PM Thu | Journo jumps from Daily Journal to Warren Olney
11:50 PM Wed | Protester who smacked LAPD cop sentenced to jail
11:31 PM Wed | Michael J. Ybarra, journalist was 45
10:21 AM Tue | Andy Griffith, actor was 86
LA Biz Observed
Is merging Planning and Building and Safety the best idea?
2:02 PM Tue | Here's a proposal that's hugely important for local businesses and developers, and yet it's barely gotten noticed.
Native Intelligence
UCLA starting to make Omaha a regular destination
Bob Timmermann | UCLA's baseball team is in Omaha for the College World Series for the third time in the last four years.
Only in LA: It's that season
Steve Harvey | Steve Harvey's latest column of observations from around Southern California. Including Satan in a Dodgers jacket.
The sliding constitutional scale
Ellen Alperstein | The Santa Monica College shootings and the NSA's mass surveillance should make clear that security requires controlling both the guns and the spies.
Villaraigosa and Stevie Wonder
Gary Leonard | Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.
Contributors • RSS feed
Bill Boyarsky
A remarkable woman
I drove over to the Van Nuys city hall Friday to see my friend June Sale honored by the Los Angeles City Council for her decades helping children. It was a fine event both for June and for the way it called attention to her vital programs.
Jenny Burman
Chicken Corner is flying the coop
Dear Readers, it's true. Chicken Corner has decamped. Just a few months ago, I believed I might possibly never move from my house in Echo Park, and now here I am moved out of that house and on my way to Cincinnati, Ohio. (Via I-40.)
Here in Malibu
The Cove
Back when a cove was all that was here.
Politics at LA Observed
Villaraigosa: I plan to run for governor and live in Venice
Garcetti names Ana Guerrero as chief of staff
Villaraigosa and Stevie Wonder
Councilman Koretz sings with Dave Davies of the Kinks (video)
State budget deal looking good - just don't be delusional about it
All posts in Politics
Media at LA Observed
Michael Hastings, 33, journalist dies in LA crash
Deadline adds Lisa De Moraes, formerly of the Washington Post
KPCC adds six shows to nights and weekends, shifts others
Fishbowl LA going dark after all these years
JJ Yore leaving 'Marketplace,' show he helped start *
Media people • LA Times • Magazines