Carson City Council approves $1.7-billion stadium for Chargers, Raiders
Carson City Council approved a stadium dually owned by the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers to be built in their city in a vote Tuesday night. The stadium will cost $1.7 billion, as first reported by The Los Angeles Times' Tim Logan and Nathan Fenno.
BREAKING: Carson, CA approves $1.7 billion NFL stadium for Chargers and Raiders near Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/OoKruXcpVT
— Ben Bergman (@thebenbergman) April 22, 2015
A vote took place Tuesday evening where Chargers and Raiders fans alike attended, eager to find out where their respective teams would be playing for the foreseeable future.
It's official, by a 3-0 Carson City Council vote, Carson approves a measure for the #Raiders and #Chargers stadium
— Vincent Bonsignore (@DailyNewsVinny) April 22, 2015
#Raiders and #Chargers fans loud and proud - together as crazy as that seems - yelling LA Chargers LA Raiders pic.twitter.com/YgJanuORtL
— Vincent Bonsignore (@DailyNewsVinny) April 22, 2015
"We see Carson as a real opportunity to build a state-of-the-art stadium," Chargers executive Jeffrey Pollack said according to Vincent Bonsignore of the Los Angeles Daily News.
In several ways, #Carson consultant says, NFL stadium is more enviro-friendly than the shopping plaza that was planned for the site.
— Tim Logan (@bytimlogan) April 22, 2015
"There are two things we need in California, rain and football … and football is coming to Carson," Carson mayor Albert Robles said to a jubilant crowd Tuesday, according to Ben Bergman of KPCC.
Carson is located in Los Angeles County, 13 miles south of Los Angeles and is less than 20 miles away from Los Angeles International Airport.
"I think this is a good deal for the city," says Carson's #stadium financial consultant. "I usually don't get applause lines like that."
— Tim Logan (@bytimlogan) April 22, 2015
Los Angeles once hosted the Raiders from 1982 to 1994 but then-Raiders owner Al Davis moved the club back to Oakland in June 1995, where they've been a mainstay since.