FOR FLU chargers stadium: c or no?

[phaster]

[quote=flu]Wow, mroe control-c , control-v from phaster. So, you’re posting what was posted a few months ago by others. Nothing earth shattering here.
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[quote=sandiegouniontribune.com]
chargers stadium: c or no?
opinion sept 29, 2016

Measure C will elevate area as a sports, business and tourism destination
gregory lucier and joe panetta

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-utbg-stadium-chargers-support-20160928-story.html

http://www.chargers.com/new-stadium

Downtown is the wrong spot for new stadium
Lawrence Herzog

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-utbg-stadium-chargers-opposition-20160928-story.html

https://www.facebook.com/nodowntownstadium/
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kinda wondering if the view of the voters out there is…

[quote=usatoday.com]
Chargers stadium gets only 25% support in new poll

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers still face a difficult, if not impossible, task of getting their proposed new stadium approved by voters this November, according to a YouGov poll conducted this past week at the request of USA TODAY Sports.

The online poll by YouGov, an international polling firm, showed that a quarter of San Diego adults strongly or somewhat support the proposal for a new, taxpayer-funded $1.8 billion stadium and convention center downtown.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2016/08/25/san-diego-chargers-stadium-fan-poll-support/89305858/
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personally in the grand scheme of things I’m against it for several reasons…

[quote=Don Bauder @ SD Reader]
still another reason to vote against the so-called convadium in November.

…the city’s pension plan has $8.859 billion in debt and only $6.204 billion in assets. That leaves a hole of $2.2655 billion. The city’s pension plan has reached “legal insolvency” because the assets are materially and substantially less than its liabilities

…San Diego’s infrastructure deficit has grown to multibillions of dollars. San Diego needs good streets and roads, clean and safe parks, adequate police and fire protection, a sustainable water supply.

…pension reforms are needed. Elected officials have excessively generous pensions — for example, they can purchase more pension credits than permitted under term-limit law. City pensioners have too many benefits; for example, they are permitted to receive both salary and pension benefits for five years after they reach retirement age, and this program is not cost-neutral as required by law.

…Infrastructure and pension deficits are hurting the city now. That is where reforms are needed.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/sep/17/ticker-san-diegos-227-billion-pension-hole/#
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[quote=jll research]

http://www.jllblog.com/sandiego/proposed-convadium-would-be-smallest-nfl-site-and-most-divided-center-in-the-nation/
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[spdrun]

Let the Chargers go and gently caress themselves, ideally after moving to LA. Why is a mediocre band of overweight men being offered public money?

[ltsddd]

Chargers should just go. And don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

[Coronita]

Wow. Thanks Phaster, for dedicating a new post for me.

My thoughts on the charger stadium? No….

Leave it alone. Don’t build anything new. Take it or leave it as is.

….Otherwise, I need to find another place to autocross, and there is no better place to autocross in CA than on the west parking lot….

[meadandale]

No way I’m voting to put the city on the hook for a billion dollars for a bunch of millionaires and billionaires (geez, I sound like Bernie…) when the roads in my neighborhood are crumbling. You could fit a large turkey in some of the pot holes around here.

[flyer]

No way +1.

[ucodegen]

I think Spanos is so busy trying to get his finger into expensive Real Estate at everyone else’s cost, that he is forgetting one of the important parts of going to the Stadium in the first place. It is part of the whole experience for some of the attendees… Tailgating. How in the heck are they going to support tailgating at their proposed stadium? There is insufficient room for parking.

I was watching the Tennessee vs Texas A&M game. Looking at the people in the stadium, I realized that the Chargers never drew a crowd as large as that — so why do they think they are owed a brand new Stadium at this city’s cost?

[phaster]

[quote=meadandale]No way I’m voting to put the city on the hook for a billion dollars for a bunch of millionaires and billionaires.[/quote]

seems the crowd here is in agreement about being against a downtown charger stadium

perhaps this might be preaching to the choir, but FWIW here is a comedy sketch about the issue

[quote=@anygivenweds (HBO 10pm Wed)]

The San Diego ‘Convadium’: It’s Not a Thing!

San Diegans are about to vote whether to spend $1+ billion of public funds on a new Chargers ‘Convadium’. Bill breaks down what you should know before going to the polls.

https://twitter.com/AnyGivenWeds/status/789170755342782464/video/1
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[enron_by_the_sea]

Even Union Tribune Editorial page came out against measure C.

I totally did not expect that given that Manchester-era UT was a big booster of giving Spanos whatever he wanted. I guess the paper has really changed its politics. (And yes, I think UT endorsed Hillary also …)

[NotCranky]

Isn’t football a dying sport?

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