As the NFL kicks off its season opener, a Los Angeles City Councilman has renewed a call to bring pro football back to Los Angeles.
LA Councilman Tom LaBonge made the push this week by writing a letter to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, urging him to consider bringing the game back to the largest city in the country without an NFL team.
"We've waited far too long to root for the home team," LaBonge said in a press release. "Our collective excitement for the new NFL season is dampened by Los Angeles's lack of a team."
LaBonge also introduced a resolution to the LA City Council that "reaffirms and reiterates its support for the efforts of the National Football League to bring a franchise back to the city of Los Angeles."
The NFL is about to begin its 19th season without having a team in the greater Los Angeles area since the departure of the Rams and Raiders in the mid-1990s.
The LA City Council last year approved a proposal to build Farmers Field downtown that would enable an NFL team to move to the city.
The stadium will be located in downtown and is expected to be completed by 2016.
The NFL season opener starts tonight at 5:30 on NBC with a matchup between the Baltimore Ravens at the Denver Broncos.
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