Chargers seek hotel tax to help fund stadium
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The San Diego Chargers plan to ask voters in November Sebastian Vollmer Jerseyto approve an increase in the city's hotel tax to build a combined 65,000-seat stadium and convention center annex downtown.
The Chargers say they need to gather 66,447 signatures from registered voters by mid-June to place the initiative for the $1.8 billion project on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Then comes the hard http://www.patriotsofficialonlinesshop.com/shane-vereen-jersey_c-406.htmlpart - convincing voters to approve a solution to the long, bitter saga of trying to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium.
The citizens' initiative comes after the Chargers were rebuffed by NFL owners in their attempt to build a stadium with the rival Oakland Raiders in a Los Angeles suburb. The Chargers were given the right to join the Rams in a stadium expected to open in Inglewood in 2019 if they can't get a new stadium built in San Diego.
The team didn't immediately respond to a request to make chairman Dean Spanos available for comment. Spanos angered many http://www.patriotsofficialonlinesshop.com/stephen-gostkowski-jersey_c-431.htmlfans last year with his attempt to move to Los Angeles.
The measure is expected to be opposed by the powerful tourism and convention industry, which wants the convention center expanded at its bayfront location, not several blocks away as the Chargers' plan calls for.
Mayor Kevin Faulconer, whose wants aJeremy Hill Jersey new stadium built at the Qualcomm site in Mission Valley, seemed tepid in his response to the Chargers' plan.
''After more than a decade, the Chargers are putting forward a plan of their own and San Diegans may finally have the ultimate say on a new stadium in November,'' Faulconer said in a statement. ''The convention center element makes this proposal more than a stadium and the long term future of San Diego's tourism economy is now intertwined in this plan. As always, my top priorities are to protect jobs, protect taxpayers and do what's right for all San Diegans. I will evaluate the proposal's details through that lens.''
Earlier this year, Comic-Con, the annual entertainment and comic extravaganza that hashttp://www.officialbengalsnflshop.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_KEVIN_HUBER_JERSEY.html outgrown the convention center, expressed doubts about the Chargers' plan to build a non-contiguous expansion as part of a stadium deal.
April Boling, a board member of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, said in a statement that the Chargers' proposal ''is not a good deal for San Diegans. It is only a good deal for the Chargers and the team's development partner, which wants to build a hotel on property it owns next to the new facility.''
The Chargers say they need to gather 66,447 signatures from registered voters by mid-June to place the initiative for the $1.8 billion project on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Then comes the hard http://www.patriotsofficialonlinesshop.com/shane-vereen-jersey_c-406.htmlpart - convincing voters to approve a solution to the long, bitter saga of trying to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium.
The citizens' initiative comes after the Chargers were rebuffed by NFL owners in their attempt to build a stadium with the rival Oakland Raiders in a Los Angeles suburb. The Chargers were given the right to join the Rams in a stadium expected to open in Inglewood in 2019 if they can't get a new stadium built in San Diego.
The team didn't immediately respond to a request to make chairman Dean Spanos available for comment. Spanos angered many http://www.patriotsofficialonlinesshop.com/stephen-gostkowski-jersey_c-431.htmlfans last year with his attempt to move to Los Angeles.
The measure is expected to be opposed by the powerful tourism and convention industry, which wants the convention center expanded at its bayfront location, not several blocks away as the Chargers' plan calls for.
Mayor Kevin Faulconer, whose wants aJeremy Hill Jersey new stadium built at the Qualcomm site in Mission Valley, seemed tepid in his response to the Chargers' plan.
''After more than a decade, the Chargers are putting forward a plan of their own and San Diegans may finally have the ultimate say on a new stadium in November,'' Faulconer said in a statement. ''The convention center element makes this proposal more than a stadium and the long term future of San Diego's tourism economy is now intertwined in this plan. As always, my top priorities are to protect jobs, protect taxpayers and do what's right for all San Diegans. I will evaluate the proposal's details through that lens.''
Earlier this year, Comic-Con, the annual entertainment and comic extravaganza that hashttp://www.officialbengalsnflshop.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_KEVIN_HUBER_JERSEY.html outgrown the convention center, expressed doubts about the Chargers' plan to build a non-contiguous expansion as part of a stadium deal.
April Boling, a board member of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, said in a statement that the Chargers' proposal ''is not a good deal for San Diegans. It is only a good deal for the Chargers and the team's development partner, which wants to build a hotel on property it owns next to the new facility.''
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