NFL Choices in Southland

Why don’t they demolish the Forum in Inglewood and build the NFL stadium there? That site wasn’t available when this began.

Staples only purchased the site to end the threat of litigation. The land is inexpensive and there’s enough room for a new stadium as well as for parking structures that could adequately serve the needs of the stadium.

The improvements required would be far less than the requirements for the Coliseum and the renovations for Exposition Park. Light rail already exists in the area and could be expanded, which would not only benefit a new stadium--it would benefit the entire area.

MICHAEL SOLOMON

Los Angeles

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Not too long ago we had television blacked out by the presence of an NFL team whose owner didn’t care whether the team won or lost and by the presence of a team whose owner only cared about which city could give him the most. Ever since this bad rubbish left we have been blessed by fabulous NFL television coverage each week that most of the time presents winning teams for us to view for a change.

Should another team return, good or bad, several thousand paying patrons will again be able to deprive several million of us from seeing a Sunday game, unless it is sold out 48 hours in advance. And then, should it be a sell-out, we would get to see that team.

Let’s see now, blackouts/no blackouts; mediocre team/good teams. Hmm, tough choice.

CHARLES H. WOHLKEN

Orange

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Kudos to Karen Grigsby Bates (“Bid the NFL Goodbye, and Let’s Move On,” Commentary, Aug. 9) and her correct assertion that our region’s economic vitality is better served by investment in public transportation rather than by subsidizing a professional football franchise. While Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has also correctly encouraged this position, I hope he redirects these freed funds toward enhancing our transportation infrastructure, notably light rail.

DAVID ALPERN

Signal Hill