The San Diego Chargers are a professional football team in the NFL. The Chargers have the ability to win a super bowl, but have yet to. They have been an established team for 56 years. Originally they were based out of Los Angeles in 1960 and ever since 1961 they were based out of San Diego. 55 years later they are seriously endangered of moving back to L.A. because Qualcomm stadium is out of date. I believe that we should create a new stadium for the Chargers to keep them here.
There are many upsides to building a new stadium. We have the possibility to make so much more revenue with a new stadium. If we do get a new stadium, we could get as much as $1.8 billion in return. This could result in new jobs, but currently there is no estimate of how many would be created. If we get a new stadium for the Chargers we will be in the running to host a Super Bowl, as Qualcomm doesn’t meet the NFL’s requirements to host a Super Bowl. We will also be able to hold many events as we have in the past such as, Supercross, Monster Jam, College football bowls, and so much more! Last year alone in Arizona during the super bowl the state boost of $500 million and Phoenix had a boost of $150 million.
As of today, May 5, 2014, the city of San Diego has denied at least a dozen stadium requests. A huge deal/problem with a new stadium is definitely the funding behind it. At a whopping $1.2 billion for a new stadium we would have to have almost half of it private funding, and the other half taxes, or public funding. This is a huge task but I feel that we are up to the task, because if they do leave we will take an enormous hit to the local economy.
As there are many pros to a new stadium there are also many cons. The fact is that we actually have a chance at losing the Chargers, and their revenue that they create. Another bad thing is the funding. Even though we’d get private funding for the stadium, it wouldn’t pay for the entire thing which would cause the public to pay through taxes, but not everyone who pays taxes watches football, or even likes the sport. It would have to go to a public vote and unless the entire county of San Diego voted it’s very likely that there would be no way of public funding. The new stadium (River Valley Stadium) would be put next to Qualcomm and be built while the Chargers continued to play in Qualcomm. After the River Valley Stadium is completed by 2018, Qualcomm would then be taken out and the surrounding area would be developed.
The SAN DIEGO Chargers need to stay in San Diego! The revenue that’s created from them is amazing,and if they left San Diego would be hurtin’ for certain. It is very important that Kevin Faulconer and Dean Spanos come to an agreement to get something finished and finalized to keep the Chargers in SD.