[TSFH Fan]

Carson mayor upset with Chargers and Raiders after failed stadium deal
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow ... story.html

Wearing a half-Chargers, half-Raiders jersey, Albert Robles speaks during a Feb. 20, 2015, news conference that officially announced a plan to build an NFL stadium in Carson. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

By Daniel Miller and Nathan Fenno
Carson Mayor Albert Robles isn’t happy with the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders in the aftermath of their failed attempt to build a $1.7-billion stadium in the South Bay city.

“During the last six months or so, I bit my tongue,” Robles told The Times. “I didn’t say anything negative publicly about our partners. But now that it’s over, I want the story to be told that they never really considered us a partner in the sense of what the term ‘partner’ means.”

Last week, NFL owners voted 30-2 to approve a competing stadium project in Inglewood backed by Rams owner Stan Kroenke. The Chargers have a one-year option to move to Los Angeles as part of the arrangement and must decide by March 23 whether to join the Rams for the 2016 season.

“This isn’t about Carson not getting it,” Robles said. “This is about how the Chargers, Raiders … treated their partner. And maybe this is the way things are done in the NFL.”

As the Chargers and Rams negotiate possibly sharing the Inglewood stadium, Robles said that Chargers owner Dean Spanos should “reflect on how he treated his [Carson] partners.”

“And as they say, karma is a [expletive],” Robles said. “So, hey, he treated us poorly. I hope Kroenke treats him poorly, is my point.”

Robles was sworn in as mayor in April, two months after the Chargers and Raiders announced the privately financed project. Carson’s city council unanimously passed a ballot initiative that allowed the proposed stadium to skip lengthy and expensive environmental reviews. The city later changed the name of an unfinished street near the old landfill where the venue would be built to “Stadium Way” and erected a large banner that introduced the area as the “Future Home of Professional Football.”

Robles doesn’t feel Carson had enough input in the process, though he’s unsure whether that would have changed the final outcome. He described the relationship between the city and teams as “quote-unquote partners.”

Robles noted that neither Spanos nor Raiders owner Mark Davis mentioned Carson during a news conference in Houston on Jan. 12 immediately following the approval of the Inglewood project by NFL owners. Davis, however, congratulated Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. during brief remarks.

In response to Robles’ comments, a spokesman for the project said the Chargers and Raiders “value our relationship” with Carson’s city government.

On Jan. 15, Spanos thanked Robles and the Carson City Council in a letter.

“The ultimate owners’ vote was influenced by many factors — but none of those factors had anything to do with the people of Carson or the City’s leadership,” Spanos wrote.

The Raiders didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Robles also expressed disappointment with Disney Chairman and CEO Robert Iger, who served as non-executive chairman of the joint venture between the teams that pursued the stadium deal. Robles expected to have a substantive dialogue with Iger, but said he spoke to him only once.

As part of a complex land transaction that closed in May, a joint-powers authority controlled by Carson acquired the 157-acre parcel where the stadium was to have been built, while a holding company jointly owned by the Chargers and Raiders took over an adjacent 11 acres.

The city now plans to pursue a commercial development on its parcel.

[snackdaddy]

Whenever there is a winner there has to be a loser. Well, two losers in this case. Just glad we're the winner.

[RedAlice]

Frankly, anyone who was as unself-aware as he was in wearing a Charger/Raider shirt like that - deserves to lose.

[RedAlice]

oh, you said funnier. I read it as funner and agreed.

Watching him squirm is fun.


Well, might just be us San DIego fans though.

[Elvis]

What an idiot: Everyone knows Raiders on the right, Chargers on the left...

[RedAlice]

What an idiot: Everyone knows Raiders on the right, Chargers on the left...

We need a cheers emoji!

[bubbaramfan]

Just further proof Spanos never intended to move to Carson.

[Stranger]

Just further proof Spanos never intended to move to Carson.

Disagree completely.

One thing that should be clear to all, at this point, is Dean's profound sense of entitlement.

He thinks he *deserves* shit and doesn't have to earn it... Because he never had to!!!

Up until last year I was surrounded by "Trust Fund Kids" and I know exactly what you are talking about. Not sure what Deano is like, but they kids actually think they are smart enough to have earned their fortunes, and look down on just about everyone other than their own kind.

[Hacksaw]

Just further proof Spanos never intended to move to Carson.

Disagree completely.

One thing that should be clear to all, at this point, is Dean's profound sense of entitlement.

He thinks he *deserves* shit and doesn't have to earn it... Because he never had to!!!

He's an idiot son who just got embarrassed publicly by his partners and 10's of thousands of interested parties looking on. Every Chargers fan I know has two things in common about the Chargers (besides loving the Chargers) are 1, is they don't want the team in LA (whether they live in LA or SD) and 2, they think Spanos is a idiot POS.

I believe the Chargers would ultimately prefer to stay in SD but Spanos listened to Dickardson and started believing his own spin. Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Houston meetings just to see the look of that turd's face when they read the vote count.
Personally his Charaide(r) caused me a great deal of angst this past year so to he I say,,,, just go away..

[Stranger]