December 08, 2005
Chargers to be forced to pay for land?
This came up last week, but I missed it in all the D.C. excitement: The San Diego Chargers' plan to build a stadium in exchange for 60 acres of free land could be tripped up by local law. Turns out the land is officially owned by the San Diego water department, and by law the city is required to get its appraised value in return if it's rezoned and sold for another use. Chargers lawyer Mark Fabiani insists that "there are ways to deal with the issue that are legally appropriate and publicly acceptable" - but simultaneously said he didn't want to discuss them in public for fear of alienating potential development partners, so no telling what those would be.
Posted by Neil deMause
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