The Chargers released a study Wednesday that forecast 900,000 new visitors each year to its proposed $1.8 billion stadium and convention center in downtown San Diego, boosting the region’s hotel revenues by $750 million over the first decade of operation.
City government could expect an average of $12.5 million a year in higher taxes on hotel stays, said the report by Hunden Strategic Partners, a tourism economics consultancy.
“I started out as a skeptic,” said Rob Hunden, the firm’s managing partner, referring to his hiring by the Chargers in May to conduct an independent review of the concept.