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As the Rams return to Los Angeles, the team's owners announce a new 80,000 seat stadium and commercial complex
The development is estimated to cost over $2 billion
It will be the largest stadium complex (in square feet) in the NFL
(CNN)Los Angeles will welcome the return of NFL football with the construction of a new 80,000-seat stadium complex and "NFL Disney World," expected to become the world's most expensive sports arena.
The 300-acre development in Inglewood, a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, will provide a new home for the NFL's Rams franchise, whose return to their former home city was approved by league officials last Tuesday. The development has an estimated cost of $2.6 billion -- more than $1 billion more than New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, currently the league's most costly venue.The stadium
The 3.1 million-square-foot multipurpose venue will be the league's largest (in square feet.)
International architecture giant HKS have been contracted to design the venue and have announced that it will center on a 19-acre transparent canopy, which will cover the entire stadium and parts of the surrounding development.
The canopy will be made from the same transparent ETFE plastic that coats Bayern Munich's stadium, the Allianz Arena, and the Beijing National Aquatics Center.Munich's stadium changes color, from red to white to blue, according to which team