Farmers Field
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| Former names | Los Angeles Events Center |
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| Location | South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°02′35″N 118°16′11″W / 34.0431°N 118.2698°WCoordinates: 34°02′35″N 118°16′11″W / 34.0431°N 118.2698°W, |
| Owner | Anschutz Entertainment Group |
| Capacity | 72,000 (estimated) (expandable to 76,000 for special events, e.g. Super Bowl) |
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| Construction cost | US$1.2 billion (estimated) |
| Architect | Gensler |
Farmers Field was a proposed sports and events stadium in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States, at the current site of the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, adjacent to Staples Center.
The project was spearheaded in 2010 by outgoing Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) president Tim Leiweke and former Los Angeles Avengers owner Casey Wasserman. The project marked AEG's second attempt at building a stadium there following a similar proposal in 2002. The Los Angeles City Council approved the project in a 12-0 vote in 2012, with the hope of the region fielding an NFL team for the first time since the Rams and Raiders left the Los Angeles area.
AEG abandoned the project in March 2015, after the Oakland Raiders, the San Diego Chargers, and the St. Louis Rams (the three most likely candidates for relocation) all proposed their own stadium plans in the event they were to relocate to Los Angeles.Farmers Insurance owned the potential naming rights to the stadium.
Various other proposals have been made for stadiums in Los Angeles, including the Carson Stadium in Carson, the Los Angeles Stadium in Industry and the eventual City of Champions Stadium in Inglewood. The Inglewood proposal and the Rams move was approved 30-2.
At the time of the proposal, the Los Angeles metropolitan area—the second largest in the United States—had no National Football League team, although it had hosted three in the past and had at least two teams in each of the other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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