Class-Action Lawsuit Demands Rams Pay for Deceiving St. Louis Fans

[Sherman A1]

That was fast.

Just one morning after the announcement that Stan Kroenke would be moving the Rams to Inglewood, spurning St. Louis' plan to build him a $1.1 billion stadium, a St. Louis lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit against the team and its owner.

The suit was filed yesterday in St. Louis City Circuit Court by attorney Steven J. Stolze of the Holland Law Firm. It purports to represent anyone who purchased a ticket to a Rams game, or Rams merchandise, from 2010 to 2015 — alleging they were deceived into supporting the team, in violation of state law. After all, Missouri's Merchandising Practices Act bars acts of deception, fraud, false pretense and misrepresentation in consumer transactions.

As the suit explains, "Pursuant to the MPA, any person who purchases merchandise for personal, family or household purposes, and suffers an ascertainable loss of money as a result of the use of unlawful acts in connection with such sale, may bring a civil action to recover actual and punitive damages from the person who committed the unlawful act."

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2016/01/14/class-action-lawsuit-demands-rams-pay-for-deceiving-st-louis-fans

[packman]

1. Isn't St. Louis still paying for that stadium?

You would think that since it was built for the Rams that they would sue the team for the remaining costs. Shit, I would - but NFL teams are thugs mugging their host cities IMHO.

EDITED ORIGINAL POSTING: Yes, the citizens of St. Louis are pissed and still, apparently , owe $5 mil. to the pay off the stadium. A related article had some suggestions on what to do with it:

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2016/01/13/25-things-we-could-do-with-the-edward-jones-dome

[Ino]

2. I like the last suggestion...

25. Let it rot where it stands as a public reminder that we should never again allow the city's leaders to mortgage the future in order the enrich out-of-town billionaires.