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Chargers: Look at Petco Park Failure
You're nuts. Petco is one of the easiest stadiums to get in and out of. Traffic and parking should not come up as an excuse not to attend a Padre game. The fact of the matter is Padre fans are not going to show up for games until they feel like ownership lives up to their end of the bargain by putting out a winning team. Not a good team, not a team that almost gets to the playoffs or even a team that gets to the playoffs. We want a team that we feel has a chance to win it all. Take the Angels for example. The stadium offers nothing compared to Petco. Parking is expensive and traffic is bad. But the Angels get close to filling up that stadium every night because they field a team that COULD win it all. They pay to bring in free agents and they pay to keep the good talent they have. The Padre front office displays nothing of the sort. The Pads are content with being being a second or even third tier team and keeping overhead low and winning in the pocket book. The Chargers are different. Fans flock to the games at Qualcomm not because of the cheap $90 ticket, the $9 beer or the $20 parking but rather because of the organization, although maybe not dedicated to SD, the Chargers are dedicated to winning. The bolts pay to bring decent talent in but more importantly pay to keep the super stars they have. The Chargers may not win the Super Bowl this year but we still go to the games because we know if some things go our way, we COULD win it all. Bring the Chargers to downtown and watch that stadium fill up.— December 22, 2010 3:26 p.m.