OT: Chargers Staying in SD for 2016

[pemory09]

See http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...in-san-diego-in-2016-may-move-to-l-a-in-2017/.

They're not abandoning SD. At least not yet.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

What's the over/under on average attendance next season? Five? Six?

 

[USAFMEDIC]

I read the letter Spanos wrote. He was very appreciative of San Diego fans, and says he wants to make it work. He cited the 55 year history there. I hope he does. I also hope the Raiders move into Inglewood and take over L.A. Call it karma. Arizona will never have to worry about this stuff, which makes me very happy.

 

[USAFMEDIC]

http://www.chargers.com/news/2016/01/29/statement-dean-spanos

Statement from Dean Spanos


Friday, January 29, 2016 2:44 PM PST


Dear Chargers Fans,



Today I decided our team will stay in San Diego for the 2016 season and I hope for the long term in a new stadium.



I have met with Mayor Faulconer and Supervisor Roberts and I look forward to working closely with them and the business community to resolve our stadium dilemma. We have an option and an agreement with the Los Angeles Rams to go to Inglewood in the next year, but my focus is on San Diego.



This has been our home for 55 years, and I want to keep the team here and provide the world-class stadium experience you deserve.



Everyone on both sides of the table in San Diego must now determine the best next steps and how to deploy the additional resources provided by the NFL.



I am committed to looking at this with a fresh perspective and new sense of possibility.



With deep appreciation for your years of support,







Dean A. Spanos

Chairman

 

[BullheadCardFan]

I would like to see the Chargers stay in San Diego. The NFL needs to step in and help to make the new stadium work.

And it sounds like they are doing that.

As the Chargers execute a win-win, guilt-cleansing strategy aimed at getting them the stadium they want in San Diego or Los Angeles, the NFL has reminded the powers-that-be in San Diego of the contribution the NFL is willing to make to get a stadium built in the team’s home since 1961.

“We are very supportive of the decision by Dean Spanos to continue his efforts in San Diego and work with local leaders to develop a permanent stadium solution,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement posted at the team’s official website. “NFL ownership has committed $300 million to assist in the cost of building a new stadium in San Diego. I have pledged the league’s full support in helping Dean to fulfill his goal.”

Link

 

[TheHopToad]

LA does not need two teams.

LA is going to have two teams....regardless of whether the Chargers can make it work in San Diego long term. If they can, the Raiders have the option to move and they will move. They have an even worse stadium situation and the city of Oakland is not going to lift a finger to help them.

One of those teams will be in LA. Book it.

 

[USAFMEDIC]

Kroenke's worst nightmare is the Raiders moving to Inglewood. We will see who owns the market there...

 

[GatorAZ]

What's the over/under on average attendance next season? Five? Six?

When the Broncos are in town? Sold out...

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[splitsecond]

When the Broncos are in town? Sold out...

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And I thought we had it bad when any midwestern team is in town. That's brutal.

 

[USAFMEDIC]

I think SD will turn out this year. Last year they were looking at the team leaving. Unlike St Louis, they have an owner talking to the city. Hard to invest time and energy into something you might be losing soon.

 

[don7031]

The Chargers have also reached an agreement to move in with the Rams. The cards are on the table. Spanos has managed to make the City responsible for losing the team.

 

[pemory09]

The Chargers have also reached an agreement to move in with the Rams. The cards are on the table. Spanos has managed to make the City responsible for losing the team.

Yeah, amazing how the NFL has both restocked the LA market (Rams) and kept it open so that the Chargers & Raiders can use it as a way to leverage a stadium.

 

[pemory09]

What's the over/under on average attendance next season? Five? Six?

Oh, I'm sure lots of fans will be there and...both of them will enjoy the games.

 

[CardsFan88]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...san-diego-fans-every-game-better-be-sold-out/

These players are morons

 

[sunsfan88]

And I thought we had it bad when any midwestern team is in town. That's brutal.

When the Chargers continuously put subpar product on the field, they also get subpar attendance.

Not to mention that Qualcolm is a dump and that some people are geniuinely scared to go to games because they think that place can come crashing down any second.

 

[sunsfan88]

Interesting that Spanos buys land in Orange County to build a practice facility and headquarters and THEN announces he's staying in SD this season.

IMO this all but confirms that their gone after next season.

 

[pemory09]

Interesting that Spanos buys land in Orange County to build a practice facility and headquarters and THEN announces he's staying in SD this season.

IMO this all but confirms that their gone after next season.

Agreed.

 

[Iceman]

Interesting that Spanos buys land in Orange County to build a practice facility and headquarters and THEN announces he's staying in SD this season.

IMO this all but confirms that their gone after next season.

Yep, gives the San Diegoins a small glimmer of hope by staying 1 more year in SD

 

[conraddobler]

Two teams can't play in LA at the same time in the old stadium because of USC so they're stuck staying another year.

IMO no one should show up.