Moving the Chargers to LA was the dumbest business decision I've ever seen.
Nobody likes them up here in LA and now SD Chargers fans (I've met several) feel betrayed and frankly don't really want them back; or so they say... |
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I think what I mean by "Missing Something" is that San Diego is a great city. But. It needs something to say IM HERE ! not just talking about downtown but the city as a whole needs something. I think sadly the city sometimes gets overshadowed by LA because of its close proximity, which isn't fair. San Diego needs an Aquarium, maybe even the biggest and best on the West Coast. It would compliment the San Diego zoo nicely, which I feel is the best Zoo in the country. The Gas Lamp is great, it needs more, that monolithic mall needs to be torn and the gas lamp should be expanded on the property. San Diego needs more solid Museums, its needs a fisherman's ward type development. It needs more to draw in the tourist. The Chargers leaving is fine and I agree that the people of San Diego should have shown them the door, granted I hate that door was an entrance to LA lol I hate the Chargers being here and a lot of people feel the same. What San Diego needs is for a downtown arena for an NBA team that can be shared with a hockey team. San Diego also needs more theme/amusement parks. SeaWorld isn't cutting it, I went there for the first time in years and was severely underwhelmed. Legoland is tooo far away. Maybe a Sixflags are expansion of another theme park. Shopping. The downtown mall/thing I found to be weird and underwhelming and a waste of space, not to mention monolithic. Tear it down to street level and make it a continuation of the Gas lamp. Maybe put a stage in the center for performances. Mission Valley, lots of hotels and 2 big-ish malls that flanked the Chargers Stadium...Well... two very middle America shopping destinations are good enough. San Diego needs a solid shopping destination. Last but not least. Can someone PLEASE relocate the DA** Airport ! I get that its "Historical" for whatever reason but I feel with its location, not only is it hindering Downtown but its hindering the entire San Diego region. Its needs to bee relocated and expanded. Has anyone every though of taking the Tokyo approach and maybe building into the ocean ? on the other side of Coronado? I know it will be expensive but the long term benefits would be amazing. Billions added to the economy a year. With the land that the current airport sits on, expand downtown and/or create a new hotel/shopping/entertainment corridor for San Diego. maybe even some Casinos ? make it a more pedestrian friendly version of the Strip. Tourists from all over would flock to San Diego. |
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SD is better without them! |
I thoroughly enjoyed the time I lived in San Diego for about 1.5 years, before moving to LA. I don't think it's really missing any one thing necessarily, it just needs to continue on the path of densification downtown to create a more 24/7 city life.
That streetcar proposal from downtown to Balboa Park (and realistically, into Hillcrest) would also do wonders for connectivity. I, for one, would not be in favor of having the airport relocated. That was one of my favorite things about San Diego. First, it's a beautiful airport, in an incredibly convenient location (esp if you live near downtown). Secondly, it's a great first impression to visitors of the city. What it really needs is a trolley link (or at least a people mover over to the nearest stop which I think would be Little Italy). |
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Football is on the decline because of concussion issue
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Just to speak specifically on your idea, it has been proposed multiple times over the past 30 years in a wide set of variations. Building anywhere on the other side of Coronado would interfere with the flight paths into North Island, which would eliminate its value as a military base and jeopardize the entire military presence in the region. So say goodbye to roughly 30% of the SD economy, not to mention destroying one of the most visited beaches in the world. If you wanted to build in the bay, just take into account how small the bay is and how big a major international airport can be. http://www.trbimg.com/img-57d11b90/t...-bay-2009jan09 By the way, this particular proposal was done up by a group with no airport planning expertise, the runways are too closely spaced to allow multiple planes to land at same time and the taxiways seemed almost purpose built to cause traffic jams. For a realistic design it's pretty likely you'd have to close off the entire bay. Building far offshore has been proposed too, of course, but you should know that Tokyo didn't build its airport in "the middle the ocean", it built it on a preexisting island in its harbor. You may have been thinking of Osaka, which built an artificial island in its comparatively giant bay with the most expensive construction project in history to that point. No one has ever built an airport far offshore, like you'd have to in San Diego, where the water is too deep to reclaim land and you'd have to construct some massive floating structure capable of withstanding some fairly intense ocean waves. Doesn't seem worth it just to build a few casinos tbh. |
How big is the NHL and NBA looking to expand? Seattle is building a new area to attract both leagues and they would get teams before SD. The NFL has the most with 32, NBA can add 2, NHL 1. I don't think the leagues want to oversaturate the market. With 40+ teams, the odds of your cities winning is slim so whats the point in going to games? I think Soccer city would be great. The new Banc of California stadium sells out to LAFC no problem. Soccer is going to be the next big thing in the USA and SD needs to get onboard now.
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We obviously just get SD County. So if an NBA team were trying to get a solid local TV deal here they would need to show solid ratings. Example SD Market 1 mill 66k households in Market # 28 St. Louis #21 at 1.215 million. So their market is 12% larger than ours. Theoretically SD we need to get 10% better ratings to get a similar TV deal. I know there is also corporate sponsorships etc etc. I'm just showing you guys the nuts and bolts of how the Sports Business works. San Diego sports is DEAD from Oct through April the NBA season so I think we could get very high TV ratings in our market. We obviously do great for the World Cup. Seattle NBA team will have to compete with NHL and NFL during the beginning of season. All things to consider. NOTE: NBA will be expanding by 2 and good chance either the New Orleans Pelicans or Memphis Grizzlies will move so even if Seattle gets an NBA team San Diego will still have options. :cheers: |
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Does anyone know when the Ritz Carlton project is supposed to break ground? It Would add some nice needed height in East Village and It would be Sd's (downtowns) first 5 star hotel and residenceshttps://i.imgur.com/Mbo1WKw.jpg
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I think San Diego needs to be different than other westcoast cities to get its rep up. like SF is already a Tech Hub and LA has entertainment and media, so SD needs to start bringing something new to the table to get better recognition. Maybe the Fashion and Beauty industry?? I know its a stretch but we have Mexico right next to us and can benefit from using lower production costs. Plus I believe we ranked #2 for best looking ppl in the country at one point so it would be easy to hire models. Just an idea.
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The public side of the fashion industry, the one that would be interested in hiring models, is heavily tied to the entertainment industry. Your clothing/jewelry/makeup lines gain "cred" from being worm by trend setters, so it will always been advantageous to co-locate in media hubs like LA or NYC to gain better access to movie stars and other publicized personalities like that. Most models don't make as much as you might think anyway, so from a cost benefit ratio it's far better to locate your company in LA and pay models to relocate from SD, and most do. |
I'm starting to get a little worried about 7th and Market. It is such a game changer if we lose that it will hurt badly. I guess it will take so long to construct that theoretically we could go through a recession and come out other side when it is finally finished in 2021 lol.
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Thanks Joe |
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