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ESPN is among Disney's biggest properties,Cheap Jerseys, giving Iger a well-established relationship with the NFL.
The announcement comes the same day that Oakland, San Diego and St. Louis make presentations to an NFL owners committee in New York on their own stadium plans to keep the Raiders,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, Chargers and Rams in their current cities.
CARSON,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Calif. (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger has agreed to lead the effort to build a stadium for the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers in the Los Angeles area should NFL owners approve the teams' move, project organizers said in a statement Wednesday.
Iger is set to serve under a five-year contract as non-executive chairman of Carson Holdings LLC, the joint venture to build a stadium on a 168-acre site in Carson, about 15 miles south of downtown LA, the statement said.
Iger would be the project's strategic leader — overseeing the design,Cheap Sports Jerseys, construction and marketing of the stadium — and be responsible for hiring a president to lead day-to-day operations.
It is one of two proposed stadiums for the Los Angeles area. Rams owner Stan Kroenke is pushing a rival project in nearby Inglewood.
The statement says the job will not affect Iger's obligations to the Walt Disney Co., where he has been chief executive since 2005,Cheap Jerseys From China, and his annual salary for the project will be only a dollar.
"Should the owners approve the move, Los Angeles will proudly welcome two incredible teams to our community and build a stadium worthy of their fans," Iger said in the statement.
He'll have the option of acquiring minority, non-controlling ownership of either team.
The $1.78 billion, 65,Discount NFL Jerseys,000-seat stadium would be built on the site of a former landfill.
His involvement lends increased credence to the Carson stadium that has attracted other prominent figures like former San Francisco 49ers executive Carmen Policy, who is helping to sell the NFL on the project. |
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