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Carson gets stadium plan victory

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Declaring victory in its signature drive to expedite approval of a proposed stadium that could house the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, a group of community and business leaders delivered 40 boxes of petitions to Carson City Hall Wednesday.

Members of Carson2gether said they collected more than 15,000 signatures from Carson voters. The group needs 8,041 valid signatures to put the issue before the City Council, which can either place the proposal on the ballot or approve it outright.

The Chargers and Raiders announced Feb. 19 they are working on a joint proposal to build a 72,000-seat stadium at Del Amo Boulevard and the San Diego (405) Freeway in Carson, if they are unable to strike deals for new facilities in their respective cities.

Following the lead of Inglewood, where St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is planning to build a stadium at the former Hollywood Park racetrack site, backers of the Carson stadium want to push the project forward through the initiative process.

With enough petition signatures, the project will go directly to the Carson City Council. The initiative process allows the project to avoid lengthy and expensive environmental reviews.

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