After seeing/reading about what has happened in Detroit with the Ilitch family and the city passing a bill that allocated over $300 million dollars in city funds for Little Cesar’s Arena and the District Detroit. Do you feel San Diego made the right choice in not having a stadium built for the Chargers and Spanos family?

Kelli Calimlin

Although Chargers stadium would raise hotel taxes to pay for the stadium (in theory). I still have a hard time giving billionaires public money or raising taxes to go directly to their product. I feel taxes should ALWAYS go to the betterment of the community. As A sports fan I have to admit there is no study that shows sports teams create a better economy for the city.

After seeing the NFL draft this weekend in Nashville, and the millions of tourist dollars pumped into the city because of it, I can't help but think a stadium here would have had a positive impact on San Diego. Maybe not at first, and maybe not every year, but I do think there are intangibles (like all the people who will now travel to Nashville who haven't been there after seeing it on TV this weekend), that should be accounted for. The main fault i find with the City, though, is that they and the Spanos' family both refused to even meet in the middle and compromise on a deal that would have benefitted everyone. Also, having traveled to the Super Bowl the past few years, I've seen first hand what it brings to the host cities, in terms of dollars, jobs, exposure, etc.

Allison Ratzlaff

A new stadium would have allowed the MLS to come here and maybe the XFL too in addition to the SuperBowl and Wrestlmania