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Without The Rams, Will St. Louis Football Fans Find A New Home Team In Kansas City?

Jeremy Bernfeld
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KCUR 89.3 file photo

In 1995, the Rams moved from Los Angeles to St. Louis. In 1999 they won the Super Bowl. And now in 2016, they are headed back to L.A., leaving the Kansas City Chiefs Missouri's sole NFL team.

Since 2002, the owner of the Rams, StanKroenke, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. In 2015, in an effort to keep the Rams in St. Louis, Gov. Jay Nixon started a stadium task force that proposed a $1 billion stadium along the Mississippi River near the Gateway Arch. That stadium will never exist. 

Instead, Kroenke will take his Rams to L.A. (Inglewood, to be exact) where he plans on building a $1.8 billion stadium.

Now that St. Louis is without an NFL team, many Missourians are wondering where St. Louis football fans will send their devotion.

The Kansas City Chiefs' back-up quarterback Chase Daniels has fans across the state — he nearly led the Missouri Tigers to a National Championship game in 2007. He took to Twitter Tuesday to find out what the Rams' move meant for his Chiefs.

Royals’ super-fan SungWoo Lee could feel the shift in the world of Missouri sports all the way from Seoul, South Korea. He also took to Twitter to find out what would happen now.

And while many chime in all over the internet, some Chiefs fans are too focused on this Saturday’s play-off game versus the New England Patriots to care:

Regardless of where St. Louis fans' loyalties end up, the Rams are sure to gain some new followers — at least some of the estimated 3.66 million NFL fans in the Los Angeles area.

Kyle J Smith is an intern for KCUR's digital team. You can find him on Twitter, @kjs_37. 

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