The City of San Diego last week released the first details of a proposed stadium that would be located in Downtown San Diego. The proposed stadium is going to cost $800 million and $500 million is proposed to come from the tax payers of San Diego. The remaining amount is said to come from investments from the team itself ($200 million) and the NFL ($100 million). The stadium would hold 62,000 people. First, the fact that San Diego is unable to sell out every game I highly doubt the tax payers of San Diego would approve paying so much for a new stadium for a team they don't even support. Also the size of the stadium is puzzling. Qualcomm Stadium capacity is 71,294 so this new stadium would have 11,000 less seats. Lots of revenue your missing out on. What i'm getting at is The Chargers have not been treated fairly in San Diego. The only thing they haven't done is win a super bowl but they have been competive within the AFC for most of the last decade. Teams like Kansas City, Washington, and Cleveland all have seen better days but continue to sell out every game even though they are posting sub 500 seasons year in and year out. This new stadium is a great idea however the location is not and no i'm not talking about building it elsewere in San Diego i'm talking about building it in another city. Why would you build a smaller stadium then you allready have it just doesn't make since to me. LA is the first city that comes to mind for most for the chargers to relocate to but they may want to explore getting out of southern California all together. Some citiesI think would accept the Chargers with open arms are Portland, Oaklahoma City, Las Vegas (if the NFL could get over the gambling issue), Omaha, Salt Lake City, and San Antionio to name a few. Sorry San Diego fans it looks like it's a mater of when the Chargers leave San Diego not a matter of IF.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/19/chargers-release-downtown-stadium-plan/
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