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"He knows he's going to be in litigation, but he has the money and the firepower to do it, and the city says yes," Yet said.
Only a small handful of dissenters spoke.
Stadium proponents in Inglewood said it is important to approve the concept as soon as possible to avoid delays in the redevelopment that already is underway. They would like construction to start by year's end to have a venue ready for the 2018 football season,
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Kroenke is part of the Hollywood Park Land Co. development group that is promoting the project just south of Los Angeles. The vote takes an existing redevelopment plan for the site of the former Hollywood Park horse track and adds the 80,000-seat, 60-acre stadium.
Christopher Meany, executive vice president of the Hollywood Park Land Co., said the plan is important for the community and said at the meeting Tuesday that the project is "really going to be the new heart of Inglewood," which once was home to the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Kings.
Yet said he believed Kroenke and the team that left LA two decades ago eventually will return.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP)