Raiders, Chargers Willing To Change Divisions

Carmen Policy, a former 49ers executive hired to oversee the stadium proposal, announced the teams’ feelings on departing from the AFC West during a presentation on Monday. But the NFL Owners and their Relocation committee are listening, talking and possibly gearing up for a decision or two about some of their teams moving.

Taxpayers are being expected to pay for around a third of the stadium. Policy emphasized that the two-team stadium model would bring the most profits.

A promotional video, narrated by actor Kiefer Sutherland, boasted that the stadium bordered by palm trees would become part of a quintessential Los Angeles experience while coddling fans. Policy said. “No question”. A VIP lounge called the Hollywood Club would include a private, exclusive club for celebrities.

Members of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the LA Sports Council, received the same pitch from Policy the owners experienced in Chicago last week.

San Antonio would prefer to own an NFL team.

The San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders are willing to switch divisions if they relocate to Los Angeles in the near future, the point man on the teams’ joint stadium project in Carson, California said Monday.

“There are some very interesting scenarios, depending on how all this turns out.”

The NFL, he said, should back the proposal to build a stadium on a 168-acre vacant lot adjacent to the 405 Freeway in Carson because it’s a “Super Bowl nirvana”. The $1.78 billion dollar facility would seat 65,000, with the ability to expand to 75,000. However, no Oakland stadium plan has actually made clear how the Raiders will fund the project. There is also, somehow, in-stadium valet parking, and a good thing too, because after spending the duration of the game in the 56,000-square-foot bar area overlooking the field, it might be hard to find your car. The bottom line is the lower debt levels and higher revenues provide tremendous financial certainty.

Still, sending one team to Texas for a two- or three-year stay ultimately will do nothing to build a fan base in L.A., and it will infringe on turf already occupied by the Cowboys and Texans.