With the Vikings possibly moving closer to getting a stadium built in Minnesota and momentum continuing to build for a stadium to be built in L.A., folks in San Diego are starting to realize that their team could be the team to move.
As a result, Mayor Jerry Sanders has hired an adviser, who will assist with the preparation of a plan to finance a new stadium, according to Matthew T. Hall of the San Diego Union-Tribune (via SportsBusiness Daily).
Sanders estimates that a public contribution of $38 million per year would be needed. Over 30 years, that could generate half of the total funding for an $800 million facility that would replace Qualcomm Stadium.
“We can’t keep just saying we really want to keep you,” Sanders said. “We really have to present something. They’ve got some big decisions coming up, and we need to say, ‘Hey, here’s another piece of the decision.’”
Whether the Chargers are impressed with that piece is a separate issue. But some plan is much better than no plan, and previously that’s precisely what San Diego had.
