Stadium Proposals/Issues/News Thread

[Jawlz]

Originally Posted by LordBling

Looks like the vikings are back in the relocation discussion. Maybe top of the list given the apparent (IMO) urgency:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/1...sh-for-stadium

Bad for Minnesotans, but good for us, I suppose.

From the LA Daily News: http://www.dailynews.com/ci_20437500...ship-sailing-l

[gobolts_charger]

LA wants 2 teams. It would be great if the 2 teams were:

1) The Vikings (NFC)
2) The Raiders (AFC)

[BoltLaw]

It would NOT be great to get the Raiders.

Dont you wish that hatefullness on us.

[Strife9878]

Vikings Stadium news (click for full artile)

Mike Benson, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, says he would propose a four-percent income tax on Vikings players, along with any executives earning more than $200,000 per year. Benson also suggests increased sales taxes on sports memorabilia, liquor, and purchases in the stadium, and a sales tax online purchases of NFL merchandise.

This was something I have pitched to people before... or at least parts of it.

I am not sure I like taxing the players... but I completly understand adding a tax to tickets, concessions, etc... Tax the people useing it. It makes sense allthough it is understandable the NFL won't like it... and with the LA leverage they are pushing it might be hard to get anything done that does not come out of the general fund for SD which is allready a massive mess.

[hegor]

Originally Posted by Strife9878

Vikings Stadium news (click for full artile)



This was something I have pitched to people before... or at least parts of it.

I am not sure I like taxing the players... but I completly understand adding a tax to tickets, concessions, etc... Tax the people useing it. It makes sense allthough it is understandable the NFL won't like it... and with the LA leverage they are pushing it might be hard to get anything done that does not come out of the general fund for SD which is allready a massive mess.

As much as I hate taxation, at least these are tax items that are targeted towards the end user, rather than punishing the non-sports fan with a stadium and a team they have no interest in. Taxing the players and owners seems appropriate, as they are the biggest winners in the stadium deal.

[Rek]

Originally Posted by gobolts_charger

LA wants 2 teams. It would be great if the 2 teams were:

1) The Vikings (NFC)
2) The Raiders (AFC)

I can only imagine the riots if the Turds went back to LA.

[Strife9878]

Originally Posted by hegor

As much as I hate taxation, at least these are tax items that are targeted towards the end user, rather than punishing the non-sports fan with a stadium and a team they have no interest in. Taxing the players and owners seems appropriate, as they are the biggest winners in the stadium deal.

IMO unless there was a standard rate throughout all NFL cities... that puts us at a competitive disadvantage. The difference in state tax rates has not affected things as much as I would expect. (I am surprised the Dolphins/Buccaneers don't get every FA they seek... 8 paychecks state tax free a year?) As far as the players winning… It makes little difference if they play here or in LA… the contracts will carry over and as long as the league has a salary cap there won’t be much difference. The team isn’t going to cease to exist putting the 53 players out of work... it will be moved if we don’t get something done soon.

And yes I hate taxation to a point further than most... but to me, adding a tax to tickets to events held at the new stadium. (Be they Chargers tickets, Aztecs tickets, BCS Championship [no, it is not a national championship if there is no playoffs], UFC event, boxing event, soccer, monster truck, or whatever else we can put there in the Chargers offseason) makes sense to me. Even if it was just $5/ticket... that could help the tax payers quite a bit. The people who use it pay a portion of it. With the insane profit margins the vendors in the stadium make I am ok taxing them a bit higher than normal to help pay for things... then again the margins may be offset by the rent cost of the captive customers. I doubt anyone has access to the accounting books so we will never know.

In short... the team winning is a good thing for the entire city. People go to work happier on Monday. (only half a joke). Also I think people are a lot more likely to go out and visit a sports bar if the team is winning... same goes for a lot of smaller restraints who pay for the rights to broadcast the game... bringing in a lot of business that otherwise would not come in. I don't want to weaken the team's ability to sign FAs, be it our guys or another teams. Because the Padres are a farm team that will almost never keep any elite player for the duration of his career they aren’t going to do much for the local businesses.

If SD loses the Charagers I see a lot of sports themed business failing.. or at the absolute least struggling.

[RRizGod]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ock-blackouts/

Gotta love whats going on in Minnesota.

This is sure back firing in the NFL's face right now.

[bolt91]

whoever ends up going to LA, theyll have an awesome stadium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vFyFCuBgRTA

[RRizGod]

Originally Posted by Strife9878

Even if it was just $5/ticket... that could help the tax payers quite a bit. The people who use it pay a portion of it. With the insane profit margins the vendors in the stadium make I am ok taxing them a bit higher than normal to help pay for things... then again the margins may be offset by the rent cost of the captive customers. I doubt anyone has access to the accounting books so we will never know.

Of course the rent costs will be offset by customers.

a new stadium will do very little in the long run to fill the stadium. Look at the Petco.