Chargers issue Q&A on reasons for relocation bid
A rendering provided by Manica Architecture shows the proposed $1.7-billion NFL stadium the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders football teams want to build in Carson.
The San Diego Chargers have released a Q&A from the club’s perspective in advance of Wednesday night’s NFL town hall meeting in that city.
Unlike the St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders, who have been relatively mum in terms of public comments on relocation, the Chargers – and specifically special counsel Mark Fabiani – have talked expansively on the topic for several years.
Fabiani has been particularly critical of the efforts of San Diego politicians in their most recent stadium proposal, which is predicated on an expedited environmental impact report.
“In June 2015, the City insisted on pursuing a quickie environmental clearance process that the Chargers franchise simply was not comfortable with,” Fabiani writes in the document. “We tried to explain to the City that no other project of this scope and controversy in California had ever been approved based on a quickie environmental review, and we supplied the opinions of the best environmental lawyers in California to back us up. But, once again, the City’s vision of how to proceed was different from the team’s vision.”
The Chargers are proposing sharing a stadium in Carson with the Raiders. Rams owner Stan Kroenke is backing a stadium concept in Inglewood which would be capable of housing one or two NFL teams.
Wednesday’s meeting will take place at the Spreckels Theatre in downtown San Diego from 7-10 pm.
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