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City warns group seeking NFL team to stay away from Chargers
June 6, 2002
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The City Attorney's office warned a group seeking to bring an NFL team back to Los Angeles to stay away from the San Diego Chargers.
A letter written by City Attorney Casey Gwinn said any contact by the Anschutz Entertainment Group could cause a significant drop in ticket sales if publicity about a possible Chargers' move to Los Angeles grows.
``The city trusts that AEG will conduct its business affairs in Los Angeles without interfering with the contractual rights and obligations of the city and the Chargers under the agreement,'' the letter read.
AEG said Wednesday that company president Tim Leiweke could not comment on the letter because he had not seen it.
The letter comes a week after the Chargers announced that AEG had contacted the team to gauge its interest in moving to a 64,000-seat stadium the group hopes to build on the edge of downtown Los Angeles.
A 1995 lease, which was intended to keep the Chargers in San Diego until 2020, allows the team to reopen contract negotiations Dec. 1 if certain conditions are met. The earliest the team can leave would be after the 2003 season.
The Chargers have said they need a new stadium in order to remain competitive in the National Football League.
Mark Fabiani, hired by the Chargers to coordinate their effort to get a new stadium, has said team officials told AEG to check back later this year when talks with San Diego officials were further along.
``As we have said all along, the Chargers are focused on fielding a winning team and finding a publicly acceptable way to become economically competitive in San Diego for many years to come,'' Fabiani said in a statement.
``We are reviewing the city's letter to the Anschutz Entertainment Group, but the letter does not in any way change the Chargers' focus.''
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June 6, 2002
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The City Attorney's office warned a group seeking to bring an NFL team back to Los Angeles to stay away from the San Diego Chargers.
A letter written by City Attorney Casey Gwinn said any contact by the Anschutz Entertainment Group could cause a significant drop in ticket sales if publicity about a possible Chargers' move to Los Angeles grows.
``The city trusts that AEG will conduct its business affairs in Los Angeles without interfering with the contractual rights and obligations of the city and the Chargers under the agreement,'' the letter read.
AEG said Wednesday that company president Tim Leiweke could not comment on the letter because he had not seen it.
The letter comes a week after the Chargers announced that AEG had contacted the team to gauge its interest in moving to a 64,000-seat stadium the group hopes to build on the edge of downtown Los Angeles.
A 1995 lease, which was intended to keep the Chargers in San Diego until 2020, allows the team to reopen contract negotiations Dec. 1 if certain conditions are met. The earliest the team can leave would be after the 2003 season.
The Chargers have said they need a new stadium in order to remain competitive in the National Football League.
Mark Fabiani, hired by the Chargers to coordinate their effort to get a new stadium, has said team officials told AEG to check back later this year when talks with San Diego officials were further along.
``As we have said all along, the Chargers are focused on fielding a winning team and finding a publicly acceptable way to become economically competitive in San Diego for many years to come,'' Fabiani said in a statement.
``We are reviewing the city's letter to the Anschutz Entertainment Group, but the letter does not in any way change the Chargers' focus.''
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