National Football League

Spanos says Chargers to stay in San Diego in 2016

Published Jan. 29, 2016 6:23 p.m. ET

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SAN DIEGO (AP) Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos says the team will play in San Diego in 2016 and he'll work with politicians and the business community to try to resolve a long, bitter battle over a new stadium.

Spanos' statement was posted on the team's web site shortly after a report said the Chargers had reached a deal to join the Los Angeles Rams in a stadium expected to open in Inglewood in 2019.

Says Spanos: ''I am committed to looking at this with a fresh perspective and new sense of possibility.''