AEG abandoning plans for downtown NFL stadium Los Angeles Times | March 9, 2015 | 5:45 PM After investing five years and at least $50 million in an attempt to return the NFL to Los Angeles, AEG is abandoning plans for a downtown stadium. The sports and entertainment conglomerate, the onetime front-runner in the competition to bring professional football back to the nation’s second-largest market, is no longer in discussions with the NFL or any teams about the Farmers Field project, company officials told The Times on Monday. Come back to latimes.com for updates on this story.