If you’re a San Diego business owner, then you know that when looking for commercial space, the last thing you want to do is blindly sign the lease being offered to you, because a commercial lease always needs to be negotiated.  Looking at the Chargers’ lease of Qualcomm Stadium with the City of San Diego, the San Diego Union Tribune reports that the agreement expires in 2020.  Before then, the lease provides that the Chargers have a month-long window every year to notify the city of its intent to leave, with penalties at $54.6 million if the team moves next year, but dropping to less than half that amount in 2011 (an amount which some say could be a penalty the team is willing to pay).  At least according to Chargers’ special counsel Mark Fabiani, quoted in a Voiceofsandiego.org article, the city got a “bad deal” considering the limited revenue generated by Qualcomm.  (more…)