A revival in Inglewood

Longtime Rams football fan Dave Frazier, 50, visits the site of a new NFL stadium under construction near the Forum in Inglewood.

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Jan. 13, 2016 2:51 PM PT

Inglewood, a proud city that fell on 25 years of hard times after the Lakers left, is once again going to be a key venue location with the return of the NFL

Longtime Rams football fans Dave Frazier, 50, left, and Kevon Tate, 48, visit the site of a new NFL stadium under construction near the Forum in Inglewood.

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A workman uses heavy equipment to move earth around the site of an NFL stadium now under construction in Inglewood.

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The Forum looms over a neighborhood to the west of Prarie Avenue near the site of a new football stadium under constrcution in Inglewood.

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Small mom-and-pop businesses line Market Street in Inglewood, a city that fell on hard economic times after the Lakers left the Forum for Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles about 16 years ago.

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A jet makes an approach to LAX over a beauty products shop on Market Street in Inglewood.

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A sign at the end of the Prairie Avenue exit of the Century Freeway points motorists to past and present attractions in Inglewood, a city that fell on hard economic times after the Lakers left the Forum for Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

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