Today is an important today as it regards the Chargers’ future in San Diego. I’m not sure if it’s the most important, but it’s certainly not inconsequential.
San Diego residents vote today whether to adopt Measure C, the Chargers’ stadium & convention center Initiative estimated to cost $1.8 billion.
Among them, I really wish the Chargers had simply left the Convention Center element alone. Regardless of how you feel about the Convention Center question, this attracted a lot of unnecessary opposition from a powerful and influential interest group in San Diego.
The rush of losing the Los Angeles Stadium Derby in mid-January to crafting a ballot initiative by mid-March (to guarantee a San Diego stadium plan would reach the November ballot) meant there simply wasn’t time to make sure all interested stakeholders had gotten agreements in place with the Chargers before the language in the measure was locked in place.