Legacy, losses remain as Rams depart St. Louis for LA

ILLUSTRATION BY PABLO LOPEZ-REYNA

Pablo Lopez, Staff Writer

By leaving St. Louis and returning to Los Angeles, the Rams football team leaves behind a legacy of two Super Bowls and numerous donations to the community.

Along with the absence of an NFL team here, many jobs in St. Louis will be eliminated. Consequently, this will create a loss of a lot of money to our local economy, not to mention the new stadium being built.

This move will leave behind many disappointed fans who have come out to support the team throughout their 142-193-1 record while in St. Louis.

“St. Louis only has two sports team now and I think it’ll make St. Louis lose money,” Dezmond Strain, senior, said. “St. Louis will be bored, because fans loved the Rams, which also will make them sad not to have a football team anymore.”

Now that St. Louis will not have a football team, perhaps the Cardinals and Blues will benefit and provide sports entertainment to more people.

“I personally want to have a football team in St. Louis,” Jordan Perry senior, said. “It is still convenient that we have our baseball and hockey teams here.”

There is still hope that St. Louis will, in the future, get a new football team, but for now St. Louis will just have to wait for something else.

“I think this move could impact the city in a positive way if we can somehow get a NBA team to come to St. Louis,” Michael Lenard, senior, said. “I can see basketball being more successful at least in terms of making money.”