[ZOOKER]

The Chargers are going in together with the Raiders for a stadium in Carson.

Really? Novel idea to have two major teams sharing a stadium, but with some tweaking it could work.

Scheduling: one team has to be on the road when the other team's at home. Exception: when they play each other, which one is the home team? Do they alternate?

Of course all of the signage has to be changeable (or mention BOTH teams). Ditto souvenirs, drink cups, promo items.

Upside is the stadium gets used nesrly every weekend during the season. Downside: can the grass take the abuse?

[chrisinoc]

“Novel idea to have two major teams sharing a stadium, but with some tweaking it could work.”

Agree that it is hard to share but is doable.

USC, UCLA, and the LA Rams shared the Coliseum for almost 30 years (less than ideal for all three).

The Dodgers and Angels shared Dodger Stadium for four years.

The NY Giants and Jets share MetLife Stadium.

[kingu]

Really? Novel idea to have two major teams sharing a stadium, but with some tweaking it could work.

The Clippers (basketball), Lakers (basketball) and the Kings (Ice Hockey) all share the same facility at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles. In some cases, the facility had to be an ice hockey rink one night, a basketball stadium the next, a basketball stadium for another team, an ice hockey rink, host a major concert, then be again a basketball stadium on consecutive days when both the Lakers and the Clippers were in the playoffs, and the Kings were going for the Stanley Cup. All went flawless. There's some good experience locally at hosting multiple teams in the same venue. Note also that likely these same stadiums will also host teams for others sports and similar swaps will have to happen as well. That said, a third and forth stadium have been proposed - only the stadium in Downtown Los Angeles is unlikely to ever host a NFL franchise yet still get built on the public dime. All the rest are privately financed.

Stadium locations already moving forward: Carson, Torrance. Likely to be built no matter what: Downtown Los Angeles. Probably the best design (yet likely the most awful traffic location) is the Los Angeles Stadium at the Crossroads in Industry (intersection of the 60 FWY and the 57 FWY.)