VOTE IN POLL BELOW
It’s a new ballgame now for what happens to the Qualcomm Stadium site in Mission Valley.
With San Diego State ending talks with the FS Investors group to work out a joint use deal for the so-called Soccer City proposal, there are lots of questions as to what happens next and what happens after 2018 when the city plans to tear down Qualcomm Stadium and the Aztec football team not having a place to play football.
Having gotten all the petition signatures they need and even more, the developers of the Soccer City plan go to the City Council next month. The council is expected to put it on a special election ballot in November when, if you live in the city, you’ll be able to vote the plan up or down.
Mayor Faulconer tried and failed to bring San Diego State and the Soccer City developers together on a combined use plan, but each side has some competing interests.
SDSU, the largest university in the Cal State system and an economic driver to San Diego’s economy, has a campus that can’t be expanded and they need more space to grow and they need a major college football stadium.
The Soccer City investors’ plan is way more than just a new stadium and an MSL soccer team. It’s a big development in Mission Valley that includes almost 5,000 condos and apartments plus offices, retail shops and restaurants.
And there are existing Mission Valley business and commercial land owners who have some concerns about the Soccer City project.
So without support from SDSU and the history of San Diego voters not supporting big projects, it’s going to be harder to get the ballot measure approved.
It looks like the battle over Mission Valley will be won or lost not on the field but at the ballot box.
CLICK HERE to read statements from SDSU, FS Investors and Mayor Faulconer's office.
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