Which NFL team relocated from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016?

The Los Angeles Rams relocated from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016. The move returned the franchise to the Los Angeles area after a 21-year St. Louis tenure and restored the Rams’ original Southern California connection.

The Rams had moved from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995, where they won Super Bowl XXXIV after the 1999 season. By 2015, disagreements over the condition and long-term future of the Edward Jones Dome had intensified. The team filed its relocation application on January 4, 2016.

NFL owners approved the Rams’ Inglewood proposal on January 12, 2016, by a 30–2 vote. The team initially played home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum while SoFi Stadium was being built. The stadium opened in Inglewood in 2020.

The Los Angeles Chargers are a frequent source of confusion: they also moved to Los Angeles, but that happened in 2017, one year after the Rams. The Raiders instead relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020.