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6 Miss. Sports L. Rev. 223 (2016-2017)
The Boom in Franchise Relocations: Moving Cities No Matter What the Cost

handle is hein.journals/missisp6 and id is 232 raw text is: THE BOOM IN FRANCHISE RELOCATIONS: MOVING CITIES NO MATTER THE COST Jack Noonan* INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of professional sports, there has been a consistent and nationwide trend of franchises relocating from city to city across the country. Since 1966, there have been 35 franchise relocations across the major four sports leagues-the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and the National Hockey League (NHL).1 Just this past year, there were many sporting franchises that had the conversation about a possible relocation from their current city. In particular, the NFL is always swirling with rumors that teams are fighting for new homes. On January 12, 2016, Stan Kroenke made one of the rumors true when he announced the move of his St. Louis Rams back to Los Angeles.2 Now at 2016's end, the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers are finalizing votes and budgeting for another possible move. In addition, the NHL announced a new team moving to Las Vegas, which expands their league even more.3 Sports franchises have constantly coerced their cities to build their teams new stadiums and facilities with the threat of relocation. Jack Noonan, Juris Doctor Candidate, 2018, University of Mississippi School of Law. 1 Joe Delessio, A Brief History of Team Relocations, SPORTS ON EARTH (January 14, 2016), http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/161900652/la-rams-relocation-major- sports-guide-nfl-mlb. 2 Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno, NFL will return to Los Angeles for 2016 season, LOS ANGELES TIMES (January 12, 2016, 10:40 PM), http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/a-sp-nfl-la-chargers-rams-20160113-story.html. Dan Rosen, Las Vegas awarded NHL franchise, NHL.COM (June 22, 2016), https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expands-to-las-vegas/c-281010682. 223

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