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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The lease for the Rams stadium is just so abysmal that STL will almost certainly be better off just letting the Rams go and getting to work on relocating an NBA franchise there.
They're not going to be able to support both and long-term, I think the NBA would be more successful in STL than the NFL. It's counter-intuitive, to be sure, but there are just too many ghosts from the Gridbirds era for the NFL to really thrive in St. Louis. Even when it was 'good'; it wasn't really that great.
And to stay current with the lease would essentially require that they all but re-build the stadium to meet that 'top 1/4' requirement. STL certainly doesn't have that kind of money to burn on an NFL team that is only marginally relevant out there.
In the end, if the Jags don't beat them to LA, I could absolutely see STL letting the Rams walk. And if the Jags do beat them, STL will just let the lease go into default and attempt to re-negotiate it on more favorable terms.
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St. Louis will never get a NBA team because the NBA is paying for one in St. Louis without a team.
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/31/sports/sp-aba31