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He wanted out of Baltimore for several reasons-team revenue, problems with Baltimore Orioles ownership relating to Memorial Stadium revenues, a running feud with the Baltimore press, and his new wife's desire to move to the West Coast. By November 1971, Rosenbloom announced that the Colts would not return to Memorial Stadium when their lease ran out following the 1972 season and that he was not interested in negotiating with the city anymore. Rosenbloom even considered using $12–20 million of his own money to help fund the building of a new football-only stadium on land in adjoining Baltimore County. Rosenbloom had already called Memorial Stadium 'antiquated' and had threatened to move all Colts home games out of the stadium unless improvements were made. In May 1969, the city of Baltimore announced it would seek a substantial increase in Memorial Stadium rental fees from Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom and the team itself. The move embittered many Baltimoreans for decades, and has had a lasting impact on the NFL, including a similar controversy 12 years later that brought Baltimore its current NFL franchise, the Ravens.Īctions leading up to the move The Colts had played at Memorial Stadium since 1953Īlthough the Colts had been successful since arriving in Baltimore for the 1953 NFL season, Memorial Stadium was claimed to be inadequate for both them and Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. Irsay moved the team in the dead of night on March 28–29, 1984, after the city of Baltimore proved unwilling to replace Memorial Stadium and the Maryland General Assembly was on the verge of passing legislation allowing the city to seize the team via eminent domain. The team began play as the Indianapolis Colts in the 1984 NFL season. The Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis was a successful effort by the then-owner of the Baltimore Colts ( Robert Irsay) to relocate the American football team from Baltimore, Maryland, to Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 1983 National Football League (NFL) season.

Class=notpageimage| Following the 1983 season, the Baltimore Colts relocated to Indianapolis

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