Chargers to announce they're moving to LA tomorrow

[boltfan72]

Here's a good representative crowd shot of an LA Chargers home game, from the last LA Chargers home game...

 

[boltfan72]

They were already there when I was a little boy - weren't that popular in my opinion - they just wasn't that good of a team and were already losing. Anaheim is going to be dominated by L.A. Fans even though it's a different county

They moved from the Coliseum to Anaheim because the team sucked and people stopped going. Every game was blacked out and they thought by downsizing the stadium and not having to sell 90k tickets they could pack the stadium again. It didn't work.

 

[wazzu31]

I agree to a point. I do think it's ok for the city to have some skin in the game if they can use the stadium to attract more events, and benefit from tourism. San Diego had $375 million on the table, and Dean walked away. So again, go fuck yourself Dean.

Agree with this 100%, IMO it should be a 50/50 venture where the sports franchise gets to play rent free but the rest of the year it is for city use where they can collect a huge amount of revenue and not having to burden the taxpayers by raising taxes to make the city a first class city.

 

[Vitamike]

Last year when the Rams moved it was celebrated in LA. They were there for nearly 50 years, and came home. This is how LA is reacting to the Chargers moving:

Chargers shouldn’t look for a welcome wagon in L.A.

That was 100% spot on!

 

[Eugene Baker III]

They would need to renovate the stadium first. It's in bad shape.

Sorry. I was being sarcastic....after first quarter, the pee and poo flows on the floor and down the ramps.


Yet, Raiders Fan shows up. Faithfully.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

They moved from the Coliseum to Anaheim because the team sucked and people stopped going. Every game was blacked out and they thought by downsizing the stadium and not having to sell 90k tickets they could pack the stadium again. It didn't work.

Well that goes back to what I said before - Los Angeles fans will not support shitty teams year after year. The Clippers is the only shitty team that really worked. Even The Angels had a better product then the Rams, but I do think they will have a better chance in Inglewood then Los Angeles.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

That was 100% spot on!

The Chargers was only there for one year - It's different for the Rams who was there for 50 years.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Sorry. I was being sarcastic....after first quarter, the pee and poo flows on the floor and down the ramps.


Yet, Raiders Fan shows up. Faithfully.

Personally I think if they would agree to tear down the stadium and build a new one, even now the Chargers or the Raiders would agree to go or stay in San Diego, but I remember the stadium being flooded and under water back in the 1992 or so and that was 24 years ago. Quite frankly I am surprised the building hasn't been red tagged as a death trap

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Lmao

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

I predict the same fanbase, was a shame they could not get a new stadium deal done in SD though.

 

[Center Ice]

Qualcomm would welcome the Raiders....the plumbing certainly has proven to be acceptable to their Fans...

Given the resurgent Raiders play and popularity, expect the city to be burned down if they left.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

StarBigD is 100% accurate. Pro sports teams are owned by bazillionaires, they should pay for their own damn stadia but they always find a way to foist it on to the tax payers under the guise of "Jobs" and "revenue"...or they will take the team elsewhere.

Some call this "Capitalism"

 

[boltfan72]

StarBigD is 100% accurate. Pro sports teams are owned by bazillionaires, they should pay for their own damn stadia but they always find a way to foist it on to the tax payers under the guise of "Jobs" and "revenue"...or they will take the team elsewhere.

Some call this "Capitalism"

Apparently Dean has committed to pay the $550 million relocation fee over 10 years, but he couldn't pay that much for a San Diego stadium. I wonder how much Kroenke will charge him for his security deposit.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Apparently Dean has committed to pay the $550 million relocation fee over 10 years, but he couldn't pay that much for a San Diego stadium. I wonder how much Kroenke will charge him for his security deposit.

Amazing how they can suddenly "find" half a billion dollars tucked away in the sofa cushions, or something

 

[Eugene Baker III]

I predict the same fanbase, was a shame they could not get a new stadium deal done in SD though.

Spanos should have paid for himself.

The Spanos family, which owns the Chargers, is worth $2.4 billion

How the Spanos Family Built a Fortune Selling Bologna Sandwiches to Mexican Farmworkers - Voice of San Diego

Alexander Spanos & family

 

[Eugene Baker III]

Apparently Dean has committed to pay the $550 million relocation fee over 10 years, but he couldn't pay that much for a San Diego stadium. I wonder how much Kroenke will charge him for his security deposit.

So far, they have been banished to the Stub Hub Center which holds a whooping 30,000.


I doubt they fill that thing, either....unless it is Raider Day.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Spanos should have paid for himself.

The Spanos family, which owns the Chargers, is worth $2.4 billion

How the Spanos Family Built a Fortune Selling Bologna Sandwiches to Mexican Farmworkers - Voice of San Diego

Alexander Spanos & family

DURN! That's a lotta baloney

 

[boltfan72]

So far, they have been banished to the Stub Hub Center which holds a whooping 30,000.


I doubt they fill that thing, either....unless it is Raider Day.

What's pathetic is Dean actually had to wrestle with this question:

Does it look worse if the Coliseum has 20,000 fans or if we can't sell out a soccer stadium?

 

[Eugene Baker III]

Should have moved to OKC.... OKC Chargers with the OKC Thunder.

Actually, having lived down here since 1990, the Raiders should have moved to Qualcomm, Chargers to Las Vegas.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Sorry. I was being sarcastic....after first quarter, the pee and poo flows on the floor and down the ramps.


Yet, Raiders Fan shows up. Faithfully.

The Raiders fans is a strange bunch - I think they would sit in their own shit to see the games - lol