Report: LA-area stadium near airport would pose terror risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) A report commissioned by the developer of a downtown Los Angeles football stadium warns that a rival project nearby could be a potential terrorist target because of its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport.


The report was released Friday at a time when several potential stadium projects are competing to bring an NFL team to Southern California, two decades after the Rams and Raiders pulled out.


The 14-page report was commissioned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, which wants to build a stadium in downtown Los Angeles. A development venture linked to Rams owner Stan Kroenke has proposed a stadium in Inglewood, about 10 miles from downtown.


The report by former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge finds that constructing an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood - as close as 2.5 miles from an airport runway - ''materially increases the risk of a terrorist event.''


Ridge concluded that in a world when terrorism is a recognized threat that ''the peril of placing a National Football League stadium in the direct flight path of (the airport)'' ... outweighs whatever benefits it would bring over its lifespan.


The Hollywood Park Land Co., which is developing the Inglewood site, declined comment. AEG also declined comment.


The Los Angeles area has become the hottest market for stadiums in the country, though the NFL must approve any plan for relocation, a lengthy and complex process.


The Raiders and the San Diego Chargers announced last week that they are planning a shared stadium in Carson, also in the Los Angeles suburbs, if both teams fail to get new stadiums in their current hometowns. Another stadium has been proposed in the city of Industry, near Los Angeles.


The study was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

was this study funded by sheldon adelson?

niltes said:

was this study funded by sheldon adelson?

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lol

almost as bad as sheldon, the anschutz group who has seen their potential
downtown stadium going from a hot and exciting proposal to chopped liver in a very
short time frame (just like my dating experiences) went out to find a consultant who
would attempt to show a rival project in a poor light. tom ridge fit the bill. shows
how an ex govt employee will happily sell their name for a big paycheck. now that a
carson site has been proposed which is probably 10+ miles fron LAX and less to the long beach
airport, anschutz will need a new study by mr ridge to discredit that one too.

wouldnt the same planes be going over downtown?
less than 10 seconds apart by air

I believe the idea here is since stadium proposals are being made and if the Rams don't go to L.A. that maybe the Raiders would turn their attention to this area and the developer is code wording Raider fans as terrorists and warns of this. A Raider home game would be considered a terrorist event

describing raider nation as terrorists is so true. if tom ridge reads this forum,
he'll immediately demand that the raiders are not allowed to move to any
major metropolitan area (except detroit) for their potential terrorist impact,
once he gets paid by anschutz that is. hamglaze, you should be a consultant.