A stadium and redeveloped waterfront plan from U-T San Diego's ownership and opinion arm
A front-page editorial proposing San Diego build a stadium, sports arena and expanded convention center at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, also detailed in the Dialog section of the newspaper, lit up Twitter on Sunday.
- The A1 editorial:
Editorial: Think big — New vision needed for downtown waterfront ...11 hours ago ... If our city is to reach its potential, it must think big, starting — but only starting — with the need for a new stadi...- The details:
- Editorial: Making the vision a reality | UTSanDiego.com11 hours ago ... Editorial: Think big — New vision needed for downtown waterfront · Artist's rendering of proposed stadium ... Reac...
- The image:
- Reaction from Mayor Jerry Sanders, the Chargers, organized labor and Sanders' convention center plan point person:
Reactions to U-T San Diego plan | UTSanDiego.com11 hours ago ... Reactions to U-T San Diego plan ... Editorial: Think big - New vision needed for downtown waterfront · Editorial: Maki...- Word that San Diego's waterfront, long deemed prime property and eyed (and rebuffed) as a potential stadium site since at least 2004, was again being explored for major redevelopment spread after midnight when the posts went live on utsandiego.com.
Doug Manchester/U-T San Diego float grandiose dream of stadium + sports arena complex at 10th Ave Marine Terminal utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/…- The conversation started quickly, and picked up as people awoke to the editorials and renderings.
But the paper's vision is for a transformation of the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. Here's what's there now: http://pic.twitter.com/5LC8WIXr
I'm told Mayor's team is meeting 2day to discuss how to respond to front-page editorial in today's @sdut Guessing @MayorSanders isn't happy.
@MeanestBossEver @SDUT the vision is a big idea, I just think its the wrong one to promote right now- The idea caught national attention in one well-read journalism industry website.
San Diego Union-Tribune owner promotes waterfront plan | JIMROMENESKO.COMWhen real-estate developer Doug Manchester bought the San Diego Union-Tribune (now called U-T San Diego) in November, the Los Angeles Tim...- Locally, questions and comments kept coming into the afternoon. A sample:
- Even mayoral aide Gerry Braun, a former U-T San Diego columnist, got involved.
@LorenaSGonzalez I don't know the waterfront contours by heart, but this download suggests several acres of Bay infill media.utsandiego.com/news/documents…
