SAN DIEGO -- After a month of meetings with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and other key local officials, the San Diego Chargers announced on Tuesday that they have arrived at a decision on where to locate a new NFL stadium: downtown San Diego.
The team chose to pursue a multi-use facility and convention center expansion in downtown San Diego through the citizens’ initiative process, rather than build a new stadium in Mission Valley, the current site of Qualcomm Stadium.
The Chargers have maintained for some time that building a stadium downtown has been the franchise’s preference, while Faulconer’s group pitched to the NFL a $1.