San Diego Chargers Reject New Staduim Plans

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Published: May 30, 2009

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... redevelopment project to the land surrounding Qualcomm Stadium, stating that the project would be too big for the Mountain Valley site.

According to the Associated Press on Thursday, hours before the project was to be publicly announced, attorney Mark Fabiani sent developer Perry Dealy a letter stating that the team does not believe it has a realistic chance of happening and to stop referring to the Chargers in reference to the project.

"We did it reluctantly," Fabiani told the Associated Press of the Charger Club's decision to back out of the plan.

The plan, named the The River Park at Mission Valley would include a 70,000 seat stadium, 3.76 million square feet of office space in 11 buildings, a 16-story hotel, 6,000 residential spaces, 500,000 square feet of retail space, and more than 14,000 parking spaces according to the Associated Press.

The San Diego Chargers still hope to build a new stadium, with areas such as Chula Vista and downtown San Di...

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