The future of San Diego's push to build a new sports arena is in flux after a new report recommended that the San Diego Sports Arena, built in 1966, be considered historic. In an April 11 staff report to the city's Historical Resource Board, staff found the San Diego Sports Arena qualifies for all three historical designations and that demolition of the currently named Pechanga Arena will create "significant" historical impacts. While the report finds that developers of the Midway Rising project, which looks to bring thousands of apartments, and retail stores as well as a new arena, could lessen the historical impacts by including historical photos of the current arena in the newly built arena. The demolition will not eliminate the impacts. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/report-finds-san-diego-sports-arena-is-historic/509-41b106ac-7b6a-449d-9586-54c9d3457d73