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Escondido Chargers? Sounds Like Home Sweet Home

Escondido Is A Perfect Fit For the New Charger Stadium

It appears that the San Diego Chargers are gravitating  and warming up to the idea of their new home being in Escondido.  It seems to have the most pros and least cons of any of the current sites in consideration.

After more than seven years and $10 million worth of work, the Chargers are still in search of a publicly-acceptable way to privately finance a Super Bowl quality stadium in the San Diego region.

The team’s efforts are now focused in three areas, Oceanside, Escondido and downtown San Diego according to Mark Fabiani, the team’s point man on stadium issues.

Talks with Escondido began in earnest in May, according to Fabiani, with the Chargers, community leaders and city officials evaluating a series of stadium feasibility issues.

Some of those issues include parking and transportation infrastructure.  So the initial work focused on those areas.  Now comes the private financing question:  will a development project, in conjunction with several hundred million dollars in contributions from the Chargers and the NFL, be sufficient to to privately finance the entire project?

The answer to that question remains to be determined hopefully in the very near future.  If the city of Escondido and it’s residents have it their way, they will do whatever it takes to make it happen.

My vote is YES!  Welcome Home “Escondido Chargers”!

This could be the best boost in the economy  this city has ever seen. 

If you are a resident of Escondido or are considering buying a home there in the near future, you may see a pretty significant increase in value when the Chargers make Escondido their new home.

GO CHARGERS!!!

Bill Johnston of Chargers.com contributed to this article.