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Mayor Gloria Statement on Sports Arena Redevelopment Proposal Advancing to City Council

LAND USE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS MAYORS RECOMMENDATION OF MIDWAY RISING TO DEVELOP SITE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022

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SAN DIEGO Mayor Todd Gloria today issued the following statement after the City Councils Land Use and Housing Committee unanimously voted in support of his recommendation to select the Midway Rising team to redevelop the Sports Arena site:

I want to thank the City Councils Land Use and Housing Committee for unanimously advancing Midway Rising to the full City Council. This puts us one step closer to revitalizing the Midway community, building thousands of more affordable and middle-income homes to address our housing shortage and constructing a new world-class arena for our city. I look forward to the City Councils consideration and ultimately transforming the Sports Arena property into something all San Diegans can be proud of.

As proposed, the Midway Rising project will create:

  • A total of 4,250 new homes (2,000 affordable, 250 middle-income, and 2,000 market rate);
  • A new 450,000 square foot arena with capacity for 14,500-16,500 people;
  • A 200-room hotel and 250,000 square feet of retail; and
  • More than 11 acres of park and open space along with a 9.4-acre public plaza.

In 2021, the City received notice from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that a proposal by the previous administration to redevelop the Sports Arena was likely in violation of the Surplus Land Act (SLA). Mayor Gloria immediately restarted the redevelopment process in order to fully comply with state law. Over the past year, the City worked closely with HCD in issuing a Notice of Availability in compliance with the SLA, moving the five respondents through the statutory 90-day good faith negotiating period, and ultimately shortlisting the respondents down to three teams in May 2022.

The Sports Arena redevelopment area encompasses approximately 48 acres in the Midway-Pacific Highway Community area. For more information on the Midway Rising project, visit midwayrising.info.

The City Council is scheduled to consider the recommendation during its Sept. 13 meeting.

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