Nearly four years after San Diegans voted down the Chargers stadium-convention center plan seeking $1.15 billion in hotel tax money, a few words are in order.
Thank you, voters.
Thank you very much.
And if Dean Spanos and family were given truth serum, they’d likely say thank you, too.
Football lovers who criticized San Diego voters for rejecting the ham-handed Chargers measure in November 2016 never were on the best footing, but amid the current economic crisis, their case has crumbled to dust.
San Diego city finances now under siege because of the coronavirus pandemic would fall under severe stress if the city also had to cover the steep falloff in hotel tax revenues meant to pay for an NFL palace.