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I hope we get a chance to vote down public funding for a new stadium. Hey Don do you know if Alex Spanos has transferred ownership of the Chargers to his kids or does he still own the 96% share? Just wondering if the family might be forced to sell due to estate taxes.— January 10, 2013 12:13 a.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
It's disingenuous to ignore the coliseum's size effect on sellouts even during the reconfigure era. Capacity at San Diego stadium was 50K during that time and the Chargers never sold out until the end of the decade. The Rams would have sold out regularly. On the Raider issue, you're ignoring they had to compete with the real home team's fan base. The Raiders just aren't applicable to any discussion on the viability of support for the NFL in LA because of a laundry list of problems. But it's obvious they would have done fine in a 61,000 seat venue like San Diego stadium during that period. Look at their average annual attendance. I mentioned the change in blackout rules because it's not required anymore to sellout a game to lift a blackout.— September 16, 2012 6:40 p.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
I was primarily talking about the Rams before they moved to Anaheim. They had a ton of games over 60K (avg stadium size back then) that didn't meet the 93,000 sellout requirement. The primary reason for low ticket sales during the Raiders tenure is that the Coliseum is in the ghetto and families wouldn't deal with the location or raiders fans. BTW, the sellout requirement has changed but the Spanoses would rather screw San Diego than give up a tiny amount of revenue.— September 16, 2012 11:46 a.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
I'm anti stadium and want the Chargers to move to LA but come on it's silly to ignore the fact that the Coliseum's 95,000 seat capacity didn't negatively impact sellouts. Farmers field is looking at a capacity of 72,000. At least try to have an honest discussion.— September 15, 2012 11:37 p.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
NFL owners don't pay for their own stadiums. Why spend your own money when you can just fleece ignorant taxpayers/fans.— September 15, 2012 5:23 a.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
It is sad Visduh but unfortunately you are 100% correct. The Chargers moving to LA might be our only hope.— September 15, 2012 5:17 a.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
Hopefully the voters aren't fooled by the Spanoses once again. Demaio will work a backroom deal if elected, just like Susan Golding. Sadly I have very little faith in the intelligence of San Diegan voters so our only hope of avoiding bankruptcy is for the Chargers to move to LA. We know from the Padres deal and the Qualcomm expansion that costs will be understated and revenue estimates will be vastly inflated. Just vote no on any stadium "deal" because it's clear the taxpayers will get screwed.— September 15, 2012 5:07 a.m.
Chargers Stadium, Affordable or Not
The most likely scenario for LA is a shared stadium like the Jets / Giants in NJ. That wont cost any ownership giveaway. The Rams are going through arbitration on their stadium lease and the requirement is that their venue be "top tier" which means it must be in the top quartile of NFL stadiums. That's expected to cost $500 million to $700 million in renovations, arbitrators decide and Stl can meet the arbitration decision (expected to be completed by the end of the year) or say screw it and let the Rams out of their lease. The Rams would then be free to leave and the Chargers will follow them to LA.— September 15, 2012 4:48 a.m.