Chargers, Raiders hire ex-49ers GM Carmen Policy to spearhead Carson stadium

The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders hired former San Francisco 49ers general manager Carmen Policy to spearhead the team's dually-owned football stadium.

Carson City Council approved a stadium to be built in the Los Angeles County suburb in April, with an estimated cost of $1.7 billion.

Policy joined San Francisco as its vice president in 1983 and was the 49ers' general manager from 1991-97, where the club won Super Bowls in 1984, 1988, 1989 and 1994 in large part due to his and Bill Walsh's personnel decisions. The 72-year-old was named the 49ers president and CEO in 1991 and later took on the same role with the Cleveland Browns from 1998-2004.

"It's exciting to bring me back to the NFL environment," Policy said to Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal. "My goal is to make sure Carson is presented in the best possible light and put the two teams in a position to be in total compliance with the league."

The proposed stadium is slated to be built on a 168-acre plot of land.

"I really and truly believe that the Carson site is going to be a perfect place for the type of experience that these two teams are hoping to create," Policy said to ESPN's Eric D. Williams. "It's a football facility and not a real estate development. The way it's planned and laid out will really give it a major boost."