Breaking: Carson City Council Approves Potential Chargers Stadium
- Updated: April 21, 2015
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According to the LA Times, the Carson City Council has unanimously approved a $1.7 billion NFL stadium that could potentially be home to the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers.
Mayor of Carson, Albert Robles said the following after the announcement:
“There are two things we need in California: rain … and football. And football is coming to Carson.”
The representatives of the project will be attending a meeting tomorrow in New York to update the NFL on the progress. The LA Times reports the following on the story:
“Like Inglewood, Carson’s City Council had the option of adopting the initiative or scheduling a public vote later this year. The prospect of transforming a long-vacant former municipal landfill site next to the 405 Freeway into a 70,000-seat stadium proved too tempting to delay.
The ballot initiative process allowed both proposals to skip lengthy environmental reviews in a race in which time is of the essence.
The standing-room-only council meeting Tuesday resembled a pep rally. Team officials, union leaders and fans in Chargers and Raiders jerseys all urged the council to approve the stadium.
“We don’t need a vote,” said Felix Hernandez, clad in the black No. 81 jersey of Raiders Hall of Famer Tim Brown. “The community has spoken. Football needs to come back to Los Angeles.”
Stay tuned as more information comes from this story in the following days and months!
Football could be on its way back to LA!
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