Council Votes on Midway Rising Redevelopment
San Diego's City Council will decide whether to advance a plan to convert Pechanga Arena into housing, entertainment and retail space.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Remote Work
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The San Diego City Council will vote Monday on the Midway Rising project, which would transform Pechanga Arena into a mix of housing, an entertainment venue and retail space. The city would grant a 105-year lease and redevelopment deal to a private development team that includes billionaire Stan Kroenke.
Why it matters
The vote determines whether a long-term public-private partnership moves forward on a major site in the Midway neighborhood. The California Supreme Court declined in January to hear the city's appeal, while a lower-court ruling blocking a height limit exemption for the project remains in place.
The proposal includes a 105-year lease and a planned 16,000-seat arena alongside 2,000 affordable apartments. The size of the infrastructure reimbursement to the developer is described only as hundreds of millions of dollars, and its final amount has not been specified.
The players
Stan Kroenke
Stan Kroenke is a billionaire real estate and sports owner whose development team is part of the proposed Midway Rising deal.
San Diego City Council
The San Diego City Council is the city's legislative body that will vote on whether to approve the Midway Rising redevelopment project.
The details
The project would include a 16,000-seat arena, retail space, parks and 2,000 affordable apartments, and the developer would be required to build the affordable units. A committee also advanced a resolution creating an enhanced infrastructure financing district, which would reimburse the developer for hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work.
Timeline
January: The California Supreme Court declined to hear the city's appeal.
Last month: A committee included the infrastructure financing district resolution.
Monday: The San Diego City Council is scheduled to vote on the Midway Rising project.
Big Picture
The council vote follows the California Supreme Court's January decision not to hear the city's appeal, leaving the lower-court ruling against the height limit exemption in place. The project's advancement therefore depends on how the city proceeds despite that ruling.
Residents in the Midway area would see Pechanga Arena redeveloped into housing, retail space and an entertainment venue over many years of phased construction. The 2,000 affordable apartments would be built by the developer under the contract terms.
The takeaway
Long-term public-private redevelopment deals like Midway Rising can reshape neighborhoods over decades, so the terms of the lease and affordable housing commitments matter as much as the headline project. Residents following the vote can track the council agenda for the final contract language.
What happens next
The San Diego City Council is scheduled to vote on the Midway Rising project on Monday.
Further reading
For related coverage of how the city's business landscape is changing, see Remote Work news in San Diego.
Source note: This article includes information reported by NBC 7 San Diego.
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