The latest step in the NFL's long-running effort to bring football back to the Los Angeles area is complete as the city council of Carson unanimously voted to approve a proposal for a privately financed $1.7 billion stadium that would house the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers if both teams moved there. After the 3-0 vote, Carson mayor Albert Robles said, per the Los Angeles Times, "There are two things we need in California: rain ... and football. And football is coming to Carson!"
Here's another view (from the opposite side) of what the new stadium could look like, via the Times and Manica Architecture.
In only eight days, supporters of the Carson, Calif., plan got 15,000 signatures in favor of the initiative, more than twice the required number, per the Times. While the ballot initiative did promise that no tax dollars would be used to build the stadium, there was very little in the way of other details, as the council members acknowledged those would be worked out in the coming months. "As of the date of completion of this Report, no official project design documents have been provided by the Stadium Developer," a report stated.
Still, the city decided to approval the proposal. "They want this," Mayor Robles said. "Why delay the inevitable?"
The decision to approve the Chargers-Raiders stadium comes some two months after the Inglewood city council approved a similar proposal for a $1.86 billion stadium that would allow the St. Louis Rams to move back to the Los Angeles area. The Rams would share their stadium with as yet unidentified second team.
