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A gondola from LA's Union Station to Dodger Stadium? It could happen by 2022, Mayor Garcetti says

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of baseball fans have thought longingly of visiting Chavez Ravine without idling in snarled, rush-hour traffic in a car or on a bus, sometimes missing the first pitch.

Now, a company funded by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has proposed a possible solution: a gondola lift that would whisk passengers from Union Station to Dodger Stadium by air in five minutes.

It's an unorthodox proposal in a city where big ideas often flare up and die out - like a similar pitch for an aerial system to the Hollywood sign. But this time, backers say, the plan is for real.

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