SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The San Diego Chargers plan to ask voters in November to approve an increase in the city's hotel tax to build a combined 65,000-seat stadium and convention center annex downtown.
The Chargers say they need to gather 66,447 signatures from registered voters by mid-June to place the initiative for the $1.8 billion project on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Then comes the hard part - convincing voters to approve a solution to the long, bitter saga of trying to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium.
The citizens' initiative comes after the Chargers were rebuffed by NFL owners in their attempt to build a stadium with the rival Oakland Raiders in a Los Angeles suburb.