SAN DIEGO -- Hired by the San Diego Chargers in February to oversee the tough task of getting a downtown stadium built here, Fred Maas says he’s been down this road before.
In his role as head of downtown redevelopment for former San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, Maas helped guide another contentious project through completion, the building of $185 million library downtown.
Maas compared the arduous task of completing a controversial, multi-use facility in downtown San Diego to getting the library built.
“Folks said to me, ‘How can you build a downtown library?’” Maas said.