Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams, first targeted billboards that his lawyers said threaten the prosperity of his $5.5 billion sports and entertainment complex in the nation’s second-largest metropolis.
When that didn’t go his way in court, his companies found another reason to sue the city of Inglewood, where his SoFi Stadium is home to the Rams and host to this year’s World Cup games, the 2027 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympic events. Kroenke’s companies now claim the city stiffed them on almost $400 million they spent on public roads, sewers and other infrastructure, as well as police and fire protection.