After years of battles to get the city of San Diego to help pay for a new stadium, the now Los Angeles Chargers abandoned hope. Less than two months later, there is another potential solution that could bring the NFL back to the Southern Californian city. As reported by Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune, Doug Manchester has approached the NFL about privately funding a new stadium on the same land that currently houses the now-unused Qualcomm Stadium. “Manchester, the former owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune, told Goodell he had ‘assembled a powerful group of associates’ who will develop the land on which Qualcomm Stadium sits and ‘construct a new 70,000-seat stadium and surrounding development.'” The stadium could be the answer the Oakland Raiders need, especially in light of recent events which have caused their Las Vegas deal to potentially fall through (more on that here). “Significantly, the letter said the project could ‘provide an immediate alternative’ for the Raiders if their stadium propo
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