Poll: Chargers stadium measure is way, way behind

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 10/7/16 | David Garrick

[jeannineinsd]

The Chargers current won-loss record is 1-3. If the Chargers were 3-1, the new stadium might have more voter support. Everyone loves a winner, I don't know if too many people love a loser.

[rod1]

San Antonio Chargers sounds pretty good.

[SaxxonWoods]

Yep, the team has not had a good year recently, and that’s a problem.

[married21]

Awkward title, or I just have a knack for getting things wrong: I thought they were trying to measure the stadium, like it needed new drapes or something.

[KarlInOhio]

Sucks to be an NFL team owner when the taxpayers finally stop being billion dollar suckers every time the owners say jump. Now that LA has a team the biggest market without a nearby team is Portland ... and the Portland Chargers doesn't have the threat that the LA Chargers does. Maybe LA could grab another couple teams before saturation.

It couldn't happen to a nicer league.

[Lurkinanloomin]

No taxpayer money should ever be spent building stadiums for billionaire owners so there millionaire players have a place to play.
If they want a new stadium, let them build it with their own money.

[DIRTYSECRET]

It’s impossible to have a winning team there. Weather is too nice. Plus they got a nude beach.

[kaktuskid]

More like Las Vegas Chargers

[DIRTYSECRET]

Why subsidize millionaires? They can build their own.

[Dr. Sivana]

Everyone loves a winner, I don't know if too many people love a loser.

Notwithstanding the team's current success, the Cubs have been perpetually loved losers.

[jeannineinsd]

Awkward title, or I just have a knack for getting things wrong: I thought they were trying to measure the stadium, like it needed new drapes or something.

You are right, it is an awkward title. I did copy it straight from the newspaper's website. It is referring to a ballot measure - the voters of the City of San Diego need to approve the new visitor taxes to build a new stadium to benefit the NFL Chargers (the team that owner Dean Spanos has been telling us for years really should be the Los Angeles Chargers.)

[Snickering Hound]

San Antonio would be nice but I’d bet on Las Vegas.

[married21]

Doesn’t San Diego already have high taxes on visitors (like hotel taxes)? It’s kind of a pricey destination.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why didn't the NFL take a long-term approach to this back when they merged in 1970?

Teams should have committed a minimum of 10% of all revenues to a new stadium fund. Then we wouldn't be having this crap we're having now.

[grania]

It’s really irritating that public funds pay for stadiums, vote or not. What a perfect opportunity to have fan support by selling shares of stock.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Rented a car in Kansas City Missouri fr 6 weeks for a job in the south end of the state.

Got charged $6.00 dollars per day “Stadium Fee” just so out-of-towners renting a car at the airport would be the ones paying for the Kansas City chief’s stadium.

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Sounds like the same issue we had in Pittsburgh when they built two shiny new stadiums with tax payer money. Two stadiums were proposed for Philadelphia as well to get support from the Eastern part of Pennsylvania.

They had a state wide referendum on the issue which was called “Plan A”. It was defeated 80% to 20% at the polls.

The legislature then went to “Plan B”.

Plan B was Plan A the only difference being that the voters had no choice in the matter because there was no referendum with Plan B.

The promised revenues were never seen and we are now paying for two shiny new stadiums in Pittsburgh, two in Philadelphia, and we’re STILL paying for Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, even though it doesn’t exist any more.

i was really hoping that everybody learned the lesson that Pennsylvania had to learn. Apparently not.

[Cen-Tejas]

Stadium deal is getting Kaepernicked.

[Mr. Jeeves]

San Antonio would be nice but I’d bet on Las Vegas.

They are getting the Raiders. It's just about set in stone.

[Wolfie]

The lesson is...Power does what it wants.