Los Angeles Times

Tim Leiweke stood in front of the West Hall of the L.A. Convention Center on Tuesday and told a roaring crowd: “Tear it down!”

The order was a bit premature. Leiweke, the chairman and chief executive of Anschutz Entertainment Group, will have to wait until June at the earliest to break ground on the 72,000-seat NFL stadium that AEG hopes to build at the site. 

But on Tuesday the massive project inched closer to reality when Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a controversial bill that limits lawsuits that could delay the $1.4 billion project.

At a news conference with Leiweke, a gaggle of politicians and two high school football teams, Brown said California’s high unemployment  means it's time “for big ideas and big projects.”

Along with the stadium legislation,...

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