San Diego government officials feel optimistic following their meeting with NFL Executive Vice President Eric Grubman and Chargers special counsel Mark Fabiani Tuesday.
Mayor Kevin Faulconer said that Grubman received San Diego’s presentation “very well” and that they have made “unprecedented progress” on the stadium project.
County supervisor Ron Roberts was excited that both sides—the NFL and San Diego—began to talk about what the stadium might look like.
However, even after the three hour-plus meeting, there still remains one issue, the city has nobody to negotiate a new stadium with.
The Chargers have left the negotiating table regarding a new stadium, which is the reason the city has decided to aim its efforts directly at the NFL.
City attorney Jan Goldsmith said the city is on track for a Jan. 12 vote, but pointed to the fact that they have no one to negotiate with at the moment.
According to Marty Caswell, a reporter for The Mighty 1090, Faulconer doesn’t have an answer at the moment on how the city will get the Chargers back to the negotiation table.
Faulconer doesn’t have an answer on if he expects the NFL to hasten the Chargers back to negotiating table
— Marty Caswell (@MartyCaswell) July 28, 2015
Next up for the city is a full blown California Environmental Quality Act report that’s on schedule, and the first draft is scheduled to be released on Aug. 10.