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$2 BILLION — THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR L.A. DODGERS

March 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

In 1957, in an effort to entice Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to move his team to Los Angeles, the city and county of Los Angeles offered to give him 300 acres of public land in Chavez Ravine, grade it and provide access roads at a cost of $4.7 million. In return, […]