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Raiders & Chargers Have a Plan to Share Stadium in Los Angeles

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110811 ChargersRaiders%201?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1424459269100NFL(SAN DIEGO) — The Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers announced on Thursday that they have collaborated on building a stadium in Carson, California that they both would share if they relocate and move to California.

The stadium is privately financed and costs $1.7 billion and in a joint statement both teams said they have been working for many years in their home markets to find a solution.

“We are pursuing this stadium option in Carson for one straightforward reason: If we cannot find a permanent solution in our home markets, we have no alternative but to preserve other options to guarantee the future economic viability of our franchises,” the teams said in the joint statement.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has appointed a nine member advisory group to come up with a recommendation for a stadium site.

“It’s now abundantly clear that while we have been working here in San Diego to create a plan for a new stadium, the Chargers have for some time been making their own plans for moving to Los Angeles,” Faulconer said in a statement Thursday night. “This would amount to abandoning generations of loyal Chargers fans. Despite this news, we are going to continue our efforts to develop a viable stadium solution.”

The Rams are also interested in relocating their franchise to Los Angeles, according to multiple reports.


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