I voted no on both stadium propositions. SDSU is pretty landlocked and it would be great if they could use part of the stadium site for a west campus. I don’t see how else the campus can expand, but both proposals just stink of slimy developer giveaways. Real estate developers run this town anyway, so I’m highly suspicious of both of these proposals. And I could give two shits about Aztek football. NCAA Division I is a corrupting influence as it is. I don’t see how a megamillion dollar football stadium does anything for academics. And I give even fewer shits about a professional soccer team whose games nobody will attend anyway.
For as long as I’ve lived in this town, developers have had a hard-on for building new sports facilities with public money. Anyone remember the incessant calls for a new sports arena downtown in the late 80s and early 90s? We seem to have lived alright without that. Oh, sorry, I forgot, they build a new baseball park that we’re still paying for.
