Losers Need Not Apply for NFL’s L.A. Market (No Gougers, Either)

Somebody please tell me why the NFL owners and the television networks want to show a half-empty football stadium in Los Angeles to the rest of the country. That’s what you’ll have if the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals or some other longtime loser comes to town. The so-called “L.A. vacuum” is the direct result of the product on the football field, not the amenities of the stadiums.

Are all of the powers that be living in isolation booths? Perhaps CAA also plans to show B-movies on a large screen at halftime.

DON REA, Hollywood

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So Mayor Riordan has formed “Football LA” in an attempt to sucker another team into coming here. On his team he’s placed some of the same people who were on the Coliseum Commission, and we all know what a great job these people did.

But the biggest insult of all is appointing as chairman Fred Rosen, CEO of the monopolistic, price-gouging Ticketmaster.

If they do succeed in bringing a team here, don’t be surprised if Ticketmaster gets the exclusive rights to sell all the tickets--with a hefty “service charge” attached.

ANDREW FINLEY, Santa Monica

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I just don’t understand how the Coliseum Commission can be blackmailed into luxury boxes. Will this help attendance? No. Who sits in these boxes? Not the working man. People who spend their hard-earned money to go to a game do not care about luxury boxes.

A better idea would be to improve parking. Build a multi-story parking structure in the existing parking lots. Now you must get to the event hours before the start or park in someone’s yard.

LARRY WADE, North Hollywood