San Diego Chargers Oceanside via Mass Transit?

Dateline: Oceanside [North San Diego County] CA, USA

Today media reports are flying that the San Diego Chargers are re-considering a move to Oceanside.This could have greater implications than a "simple" change of location for an NFL team. It is a chance to show the world that mass transit is the modern efficient and world-class solution to transporting folks to/from major events.

It could become a strategic move to reign in our dependency on the automobile with one audacious forward thinking project. For starters consider that professional football has been around longer than the automobile, with roots to the early 1900s.

We realize that this is "Take Two" for the Chargers in Oceanside. “Take One” was "Goat Hill" and it evoked lots of controversy. The “Goat Hill” location was the wrong place at the wrong time.

North County Times published about this back in 2007

Also, in 2007, vidiots.us expanded the concept to emphasize that mass transit was key to success for Oceanside/San Diego Chargers.

For all "old goats" that see the world only through rear view mirrors, Southern California developed into "Autopia" while Disneyland was opening in 1954. In only 55 years auto transport has created a deadly, unsustainable and costly gridlock throughout the Southern California area and now across Urban/Suburban areas around the country/world.

Now, in 2009, “change” is the mantra for prosperity in our complex, information based, world.

The new Oceanside Charger Stadium “proposed site” is currently a wasteland occupied by a decrepit drive-in swap meet and a noisy underutilized civil aviation airport. For those who are hell bent to fly here, Palomar Airport is only a few miles south.

Now is the time to provide a modern solution to moving fans to big events. Such a venue could attract culture of every sort, if Mass Transit is fully deployed. It could easily stimulate the local economy providing [thousands] of jobs and sustainable quality living for our cities future.

Oceanside is destined for "change" whether us old goats like it or not! The question is whether it is “enlightened change” or "NIMBY" [Not In My Back Yard].

We understand that this "Oceanside Charger Mass Transit" project is going to cost a fortune. Consider that the SouthWestern California Metroplex exceeds 20,000,000 and with market [fan base] that large there are countless examples of private/corporate collaboration that could fund the entire project including the high-speed monorail to connect Oceanside Transit Center to the new stadium/venue.

All that is needed is enlightened planning and world class marketing. Would Oceanside allow such a grand vision? The potential for the Chargers to become all of "Southern California's NFL team" is only a train ride away. Enter at gate 9 3/4.

"Let the Games begin!"