Chargers failed to secure anywhere near the votes needed for a new stadium
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Looks like the AFC West will soon be the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders.The Chargers, after Tuesday's resounding defeat in a ballot initiative for a new stadium in San Diego, have few options but to exercise their option to join the Rams in Los Angeles, according to sources close to the situation. The franchise went into this vote anticipating a defeat, but these results were more lopsided than many anticipated and leave owner Dean Spanos with little choice.
Several NFL ownership sources who have been in contact with Spanos in the past believe he will move in the wake of this defeat, an effort he sunk more than $10 million into. There is a sense that this year -- with a strong presidential race turnout, with an option to move to L.A. looming, and with some late mayoral support -- that perhaps the Chargers could get a majority. Falling this far from even that threshold was a major blow.
"If Dean stays, it's not because he thinks he can get a stadium in San Diego," one ownership source said. "It's just because he doesn't want to take the deal in Inglewood."
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