Mayor Villaraigosa and members of the Los Angeles City Council have been jumping through hoops to get the National Football League to field a team in downtown Los Angeles. They've made concessions to Phil Anschutz of AEG, the developer of Staples Center and LA Live. But Anschutz himself is driving a hard bargain with the NFL, and the much-ballyhooed $2.15 billion deal for the Dodgers — more than anybody has ever paid for a sports franchise -- could complicate matters still further.
Are the NFL and MLB Putting the Squeeze on LA City Hall?
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Guests:
- Dakota Smith - investigative journalist for the LA Times - @dakotacdsmith
- Sam Farmer - Los Angeles Times - @latimesfarmer
- D.J. Waldie - KCET - @djwaldie