February 14, 2004
San Diegans: If you pay it, we will build
A poll commissioned by San Diego business leaders who back a new stadium for the Chargers turns out to show only that the team's demands are likely too high. Of San Diego voters surveyed, 59 percent backed a new stadium built by the Chargers, public site improvements at "a minimal cost" to taxpayers, and an end to the ticket guarantee that has cost the city $36.4 million since 1997. The team, by contrast, says it will build a $400 million stadium only if the city hands over 60 acres of public land for development, and provides $175 million in roads and infrastructure. Pollster Dave Metz, according to the Union-Tribune, replied that "the question on the hypothetical agreement was not modeled on the Chargers' redevelopment proposal." Yeah, we got that.
