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[BuiltRamTough]

Looks good. Very futuristic.

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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new ... gust-acee/

San Diego's latest stadium proposal won't work – right now.

Kevin Acee | 12:11 p.m. Aug. 10, 2015

In the most constructive and convivial way possible, San Diego’s government leaders have given up on hopes of negotiating with the Chargers and have all but abandoned the possibility a stadium solution will be achieved within an NFL-mandated timeline.

That’s good news.

Really. At least, as far as recent stadium negotiations have gone.

There is no way the Chargers accept the terms of a plan laid out by city and county leaders on Monday that calls for the a mere 33 percent of a $1.1 billion Mission Valley Stadium to be publicly financed. In fact, the proposal that calls for $750 million from the Chargers and NFL may get only a sound in response. That will be the sound of laughter.

But what San Diego has done is show it has a plan. Its latest volley is unrealistic, but it tangibly demonstrates a readiness and a feasible path.

“If they want an NFL franchise in the eighth-largest city in the nation, this is the time they make the decision,” City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said. “We have demonstrated we can meet their earliest timeframes.”

Even so, the team will balk at the private contribution ($362.5 million from the team, $200 million from the NFL and 187.5 million from the sale of personal seat licenses) and maintain its concerns about likely legal challenges to the city and county’s expedited environmental impact report. A draft of that report is complete and is open for public review. The city also released architectural renderings on Monday.

San Diego needs to resume talks with the Chargers within the next two weeks, at the latest, because a financial term sheet must be submitted to the City Council by Sept. 11. That allows the Registrar of Voters the required 88 days review before a January election.

Problem is, there is no incentive for the Chargers to talk right now. Everyone involved knows that. In all honesty, no one involved can blame them. So much is yet to be decided in Los Angeles – with the Chargers and Oakland Raiders vying for approval to build a stadium in Carson and the St. Louis Rams planning a stadium in Inglewood. The Chargers cannot risk being stuck in antiquated Qualcomm Stadium if they lose out on the L.A. opportunity.

“Until the NFL makes a decision, (the Chargers) are going to continue on the path they’re on,” County Supervisor Ron Roberts said. “I’m not optimistic we’re going to have significant negotiations between now and September.”

What the city is essentially doing is pointing its efforts around the Chargers and directly at the NFL right now, hoping to demonstrate that the region is serious and has a viable plan. The thinking is that perhaps then the NFL and its owners (who must approve any relocation with a three-quarter vote) will prompt the Chargers to get back to the negotiation table the team left in late June or maybe give the league reason to delay its return to Los Angeles in some fashion.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer said the city and county’s presentation to a committee of six owners in Chicago on Monday outlined the proposed financing and alerted them to the completed EIR.

“They will see a real path for success in San Diego,” Faulconer said. “It’s up to them to say, ‘Chargers come back to the table.’ ”

Will that happen? No one can say. Not even the NFL at this point could rule it out.

Faulconer, Goldsmith and Roberts – as they have for months – alluded to their willingness to work on a 2016 election if the NFL pushes back its deadline.

As it has been for some time, that is San Diego’s only hope. Their volley Monday shows the city and county are serious and should be recognized as such by the NFL.

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[Hacksaw]

How about Inglewood?

[dieterbrock]

Surely they were going to need more from Goldman Sachs to build Carson, they cant get financing from GS and own their own stadium?