Developer interested in Chargers for Industry

He did not say how big a stake his boss, billionaire Ed Roski Jr., would want in a team that relocates. Semcken also didn't mention that unless Roski sells the Silverton Casino Lodge he has owned in Las Vegas since 1997 the NFL won't let Roski buy a team.

Roski is a friend of the Spanos family, which owns the Chargers. He was recently named the 236th-richest American by Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, and is a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Kings. He helped develop Staples Center, where the Lakers, Kings and the Los Angeles Clippers play.

At the Orange County builders' breakfast, Semcken said the NFL has no interest in expanding beyond 32 teams, but said the league does seem high on the prospect of returning to Los Angeles 15 years since the departure of the Raiders and Rams.

The Industry project consists of a 75,000-seat stadium, 25,000 parking spots, 1.1 million square feet of retail, 1.4 million square feet of offices, practice fields, an orthopedic facility and room for an adjunct football Hall of Fame.

Perhaps it was just an unintentional reference to the team that has called San Diego home since 1961, but when Semcken was done yesterday, home builder Dave Bartlett said, “I don't know about anyone else, but I'm charged up.”



