Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - January 8, 2015 Kiwanis Club of Hawthorne Shares Holiday Spirit with Local Seniors The Kiwanis Club of Hawthorne held their traditional Holiday Seniors Luncheon Friday December 5 at the Hawthorne Memorial Center as they shared the Holiday spirit with, and served more than 150 hungry guests. Thanks to Chef Bob Marsella, President Silvio Serrapica, and kitchen crew who showed up early to prepare the feast, the Kiwanians and friends on the food assembly line, and members of Leuzinger High School Key Club, who helped served the guests, and the Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Dept. for providing the facilities. Photos courtesy of Doug Herbst. Land Developer, Rams’ Owner Partner to Build Stadium By Cristian Vasquez of Inglewood comes at the heels of Curbed Rams owner Stan Kroenke and the L.A., the neighborhoods and real estate blog, Stockbridge Capital Group announced their naming Inglewood Los Angeles’ newest partnership to build a football stadium on the Neighborhood of the Year. City of Inglewood’s Hollywood Park site. “This proposal, if approved, is another One year ago Kroenke purchased 60 acres step along the way to potentially moving of land in the city right next to the iconic Inglewood from a City on the rise to a top tier and newly revamped Forum and Hollywood metropolis,” Mayor Butts said in his written Park and the announcement of the new partnership was made Monday of this week. The partnership combines Kroenke’s 60-acres of land with the Stockbridge Capital Group’s 298-acre Hollywood Park site. “An initiative was filed Friday to amend the Hollywood Park Specific Plan to include a sports/entertainment district,” Mayor James T. Butts said in a written statement released the day of the announcement. “The initiative titled City of Champions Revitalization Project could be placed on the ballot and voted upon if required signatures are obtained.” Plans already existed for the Stockbridge Capital Group to develop a mixed-use community on the land, which once was home to the popular horse race track that was closed in late 2013. In Mayor Butts’ written statement he emphasized that no tax dollars have been requested or will be used for this project if approved. The next step for the city, developers and Kroenke is to begin collecting signatures in order for an initiative to be placed on the City of Inglewood municipal ballot later this year. The “City of Champions Revitalization Project,” if approved, would have construction efforts begin as early as the end of this year. The news of a stadium coming to the City statement. “Our return to prominence began with Madison Square Garden’s resurrection of the Forum joined by the management expertise of Live Nation.” The new plan for the site as described by the new partnership will include an 80,000- seat stadium along with a performance venue of up to 6,000 seats. Due to the sports and entertainment elements added to the plans, there was some reconfiguring required from the previously approved Hollywood Park plan, which included space for retail, office space, new residential developments, a hotel room and several acres for public parks, playgrounds, open space and pedestrian and bicycle access. Speculation is now that the St. Louis Rams will change the details of their current lease at Edward Jones Dome to a year-to-year agreement sometime this month. The Rams and City of St. Louis have for years failed to reach an agreement to build a new stadium. Still, for a team to relocate to the Los Angeles area by next season, based on league bylaws the franchise would have to apply between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15. January of 2016 is the earliest that any team, including the Rams, could relocate to Los Angeles and given that a stadium at the new site would not be available by then, there is a possibility that they would play at the L.A. Coliseum or the Rose Bowl until a new stadium is ready. The Los Angeles area has been without a football team for 20 years when the now Oakland Raiders and Rams left the city. With the return of a team the city can benefit from the economic prosperity that comes from being home to a professional football team and place a bid to host the popular championship game hosted every February. “The stadium construction piece alone would conservatively employ thousands of workers both during construction and postconstruction phases,” Butts’ statement continued. “Starting this morning [Monday], the city will be assembling a team of experts to analyze all economic and environmental impacts, including studies already conducted.” Other teams mentioned as potential candidates to move to Los Angeles are the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers, all of whom have a large fan base in the city, as do the Rams. However, the ownership of the Raiders and Chargers have not made any land investments in the area like the one Kroenke has made. • Inside This Issue Classifieds............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................6 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................8 Politically Speaking............4 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 66˚/53˚ Saturday Showers 65˚/53˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 65˚/51˚ “The new plan for the site as described by the new partnership will include an 80,000-seat stadium along with a performance venue of up to 6,000 seats.”
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