Chargers Play Sunday at Qualcomm

Published: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:39 PM PDT

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The Chargers released a statement from San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders that said this week’s game against the Houston Texans will be played at 1:05 p.m. Sunday as originally scheduled.

The statement said the NFL informed the Chargers the game would be played Sunday instead of Monday night as had been speculated. The full statement from Sanders:

Qualcomm Stadium will be ready for NFL football by this weekend. The City will be able to provide sufficient public safety personnel to manage a professional football game without impeding ongoing wildfire recovery efforts. I informed the Chargers late Thursday that should they decide to play their game at Qualcomm this weekend, the Stadium will be ready.

“Early Friday morning the Chargers informed me that the NFL has decided to play Sunday’s game as scheduled at Qualcomm Stadium. The Chargers and the Houston Texans will kick off at Qualcomm on Suinday, Oct. 28, at 1:05 p.m.

Here's a link to a transcript of a discussion with Chargers President Dean Spanos about the decision.

The game’s status was in doubt as the result of the wildfires that swept through San Diego County staring last Sunday. Qualcomm Stadium was used as an evacuation center, but Mayor Sanders announced on Thursday Qualcomm would be shut down as an evacuation center on Friday afternoon.

The BYU-San Diego State football scheduled for Saturday night at Qualcomm has been postponed until Dec. 1 at Qualcomm.

-- TOM SHANAHAN

2 Comments so far on this story...

Finally ... go Chargers!

Posted by Sam | reply to this comment
October 26, 2007 2:07 pm

So football is what is important to this town?? SAD, VERY SAD... "Eventually, as you know, we were assured by the Mayor that proper public safety personnel would be available and it would be possible to play football at Qualcomm on Sunday.” The numb nuts who worked the Charges deal should have made sure the contract says the Chargers will not play at the stadium in the event the stadium is required or needed as an emergency evacuation center. Then our Mayor, the NFL, evacuees etc. etc. wouldn't have to worry about making a decision of game, no game. This dude doesn't care if the Chargers ever play again!

Posted by Norman | reply to this comment
October 27, 2007 6:23 am

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