Stan Kroenke's LA Stadium Plan Unanimously Approved by Inglewood City Council

The St. Louis Rams came one step closer to relocating back to Los Angeles on Tuesday night, as plans for a stadium in Inglewood were officially approved. 

The Associated Press, via ESPN.com, has the report:

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The Inglewood City Council late Tuesday night approved plans to build a football stadium that includes St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke as a partner, clearing a path for a return to the Los Angeles area of the NFL for the first time in two decades.

The council approved the $2 billion plan with a 5-0 vote after a meeting with several hours of public comment and many vocal Rams fans wearing jerseys in attendance.

With only a small handful of dissenters, most of the commenters exuberantly supported the move.

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Vincent Bonsignore of the Los Angeles Daily News has more:

And Arash Markazi of ESPN breaks down where the Rams might play if they indeed relocate before the new stadium is completed:

The Rams originally played in Los Angeles from 1946 to 1979 and then resided in Anaheim from 1980 to 1994 before moving to St. Louis, where they've played since the 1995 season. The team won its only Super Bowl in St. Louis in 1999, as Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt led the famed offense, "The Greatest Show on Turf," to a title over the Tennessee Titans. 

With the Oakland Raiders also departing Los Angeles in 1994, the area—one of the largest media markets in the country—has been without a football team for 20 years. It appears that will be changing, however, much to the chagrin of the folks in St. Louis who have supported the Rams since 1995.