San Diego woke up Saturday morning with the Chargers still here, at least for one more season.More.
Team owner Dean Spanos announced Friday afternoon that while he's reached an agreement that would enable him eventually to join the Rams in Inglewood and tap into the greener financial pastures of the nation's second-largest media market, he'll renew negotiations with local government officials on building a new stadium here.
"This has been our home for 55 years," he said in the note addressed to Chargers fans, "and I want to keep the team here and provide the world-class stadium experience you deserve."
The announcement was greeted mostly with optimism from elected officials, sighs of relief from longtime backers of the NFL team, and caution if not skepticism from others weary of stadium machinations that have been going on for almost 15 years.
Now comes the hard part: working out an agreement on where a new stadium will be built and how it will be funded, and then getting approval from voters...
PREVIOUSLY: "San Diego Chargers Should Stay in San Diego."
0 comments:
Post a Comment