Rams To Relocate To L.A., Chargers Have Year To Negotiate Deal To Join

NFL owners have approved the St. Louis Rams' move back to Los Angeles and have given the San Diego Chargers an option to join the Rams in a proposed stadium in Inglewood, California, CBSSports.com reported.

CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported Tuesday night that NFL owners officially approved the Rams' relocation in a 30-2 vote.

All three teams applied earlier this month to move to the nation's second-largest media market, which has been without an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams moved out in 1994.

CBS Los Angeles previously reported that the Chargers and Raiders proposed a joint $1.7 billion, 72,000-seat stadium in Carson while Rams owner Stan Kroenke backed a $1.86 billion, 80,000-seat plan to be built at the former Hollywood Park Racetrack site in Inglewood.

La Canfora said the relocation vote was a huge victory for Kroenke, who had been doing everything in his power to make sure his team would be able to leave St. Louis after the 2015 season.

"When the Rams turned in their relocation application in early January, they noted that any team trying to survive in St. Louis would suffer 'financial ruin,'" La Canfora reported.

The Oakland Raiders are likely out of the running for a move to Los Angeles, a source told the Associated Press. The option gives the Chargers the choice of staying in San Diego or sharing the Inglewood stadium with the Rams.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a report to team owners late last week which called the existing stadiums in San Diego, Oakland and St. Louis "unsatisfactory and inadequate."

The Los Angeles Raiders played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 1982-1994 before returning to Oakland in 1995.

The Los Angeles Rams also played in the Coliseum from 1946-1979. The Rams then played at Anaheim Stadium from 1980-1994 before moving to St. Louis in 1995.

The Chargers played at the Coliseum in their inaugural 1960 season before moving to San Diego in 1961.