Fan in San Diego Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I heard San Diego is building a stadium anyway and making Mexico pay for it. Good one. I voted for it since it was a tax on hotel rooms. But Spanos does not deserve to own a team. He should pay for the stadium himself. What business owner asks the government or local people to pay for a new building for a place to run my company? That's bull ****! The Chargers can leave, don't let the door hit ya on the way out Spanos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I heard San Diego is building a stadium anyway and making Mexico pay for it. Yeah but what do you do for the other 3 walls? LOL Regarding New Era, a friend of mine tied into major building structure in WNY tells me that the stadium has some huge pending infrastructure problems looming and that in as little as 10 years the stadium's structure will be compromised. All about the concrete and re-bar deterioration. Maybe........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 It's time for the NFL to get taken down a few notches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Then you have the Texas Rangers baseball team getting a new new stadium. The current new stadium is approximately 20 years old!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 This also costs San Diego its Comic Con, the event is getting too large and will move to LA or Vegas without the new Stadium downtown. Qualcomm is the biggest piece of **** in the league, New Era was built around the same time but the renovations make a world of difference. Comic Con Vegas sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Then you have the Texas Rangers baseball team getting a new new stadium. The current new stadium is approximately 20 years old!! No kidding. Hard to understand the logic there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Let's face it, here in San Diego Chargers fans are not passionate... they would rather walk their dog, hike, shop, run, swim, whatever. YET, the $2 increase in cigarettes passed. The .10 per bag tax on plastic bags passed. Worried about more taxes, NOPE. This is not the place for a blue collar football base. It's quite pathetic, really. I cannot wait to leave this place next year. You say all they want to do is hike, walk, run, and swim, I guess a $2 increase in ciagarettes makes total sense in that case. Joking aside I think San Diego will be fine without a team. I feel incredibly sorry for any city that loses a team, but they will be fine. Great weather coupled with general disinterest is not a good mix. That's why I don't understand potentially putting another team in LA. Although LA is much larger they are similar to San Diego as far as interest in pro football goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 They started breaking ground on the new stadium in LA. The Chargers are as good as gone. I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the Raiders move to Vegas. The Raiders could very well make it to the super bowl and then the next day pack up and leave town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) It's a shame. I know there play doesn't show it, but those players playing in SD right now want to stay and love the community. Edited November 11, 2016 by KollegeStudnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) It's a shame. I know there play doesn't show it, but those players playing in SD right now want to stay and love the community.some want to stay (Phillip) but others were pretty vocal at the end of last season that they are bitter about the fan base and community not supporting them (a lot of home games felt like away games) and think they would rather get out of limbo and just move to LA. Edited November 11, 2016 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 But, but, but then what will people in San Diego do for fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Good one. I voted for it since it was a tax on hotel rooms. But Spanos does not deserve to own a team. He should pay for the stadium himself. What business owner asks the government or local people to pay for a new building for a place to run my company? That's bull ****! The Chargers can leave, don't let the door hit ya on the way out Spanos! But you voted to fund his stadium... What a country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I recall reading that it was setup just the opposite. The Chargers have dibs on joining the Rams in LA. If they decided against it, then the Raiders could look at LA. With Nevada committing money towards a Vegas stadium for the Raiders, they're likely going there as long as the NFL owners approve it. Latest I heard though is the casino owner (Sheldon?) involved is getting greedy and wants a casino attached to the stadium. I don't know if that'll fly with the owners. Glad we don't have to worry about this now. There are owners who own major stakes in Daily Fantasy Football gambling sites. You think they'll care about having a casino attached to the building? I'd be surprised if there weren't a sports book at the 50 yard line with all the owners getting a cut via revenue sharing. They started breaking ground on the new stadium in LA. The Chargers are as good as gone. I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the Raiders move to Vegas. The Raiders could very well make it to the super bowl and then the next day pack up and leave town! Al Davis' ghost would be chortling in hell if that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Report: Chargers expected to move to Los Angeles in 2017 http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-chargers-expected-to-move-to-los-angeles-in-2017/ar-AAl1Wj8?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 They're moving. yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The franchise, however, will have to pay $650 million in relocation fees, as determined in January, and also must fund construction for a new practice facility. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-chargers-expected-to-move-to-los-angeles-in-2017/ar-AAl1Wj8?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp That relocation fee could be better used to build a new stadium in San Diego and Oakland, or just share 49er new stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The right answer in WNY is to put an air supported dome over New Era field....problem solved.....except, of course, the NFL's desire to jack up revenue to extract maximum revenue from the fans. And, if a mega snow storm hits again like before the Jets game a couple of years ago, we have to shut down the game because the emergency needs of the community outweigh the playing of the game...another trip to Detroit, then. The dome will not guarantee playability of games during major snow events....the infrastructure can't stand the big snow either, even if the stadium could. (And, downtown, it would be even worse than in OP with to few roads in and out) What are YOU defining as the "problem" to be solved? Because i don't think the dome idea solves any of the issues the NFL sees as problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-8 Forever? Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I recall reading that it was setup just the opposite. The Chargers have dibs on joining the Rams in LA. If they decided against it, then the Raiders could look at LA. With Nevada committing money towards a Vegas stadium for the Raiders, they're likely going there as long as the NFL owners approve it. Latest I heard though is the casino owner (Sheldon?) involved is getting greedy and wants a casino attached to the stadium. I don't know if that'll fly with the owners. Glad we don't have to worry about this now. man, a casino attached to the stadium... what a scene that would be. all night partying, then off to the game... would be delirious by halftime. too much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 @andrewperloff "I would be surprised if both don't happen." - @AdamSchefter on Chargers moving to L.A., Raiders moving to Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinii Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The franchise, however, will have to pay $650 million in relocation fees, as determined in January, and also must fund construction for a new practice facility. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-chargers-expected-to-move-to-los-angeles-in-2017/ar-AAl1Wj8?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp That relocation fee could be better used to build a new stadium in San Diego and Oakland, or just share 49er new stadium Waterloo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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