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The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 due to the popularity of the Rams. [16] Initially denied in December, 1960, [17] but announced in late January, 1961, owner Barron Hilton relocated the Chargers down the coast to a soon-to-be expanded Balboa Stadium at Balboa Park in San Diego for the 1961 season, [18] [19] [20] their home field until 1966.
The Raiders unsuccessfully attempted to move back to Los Angeles in 2015 following a failed joint stadium project with the then-San Diego Chargers. The intercity rivalry was revived only with the Chargers' move from San Diego in 2017, following the Rams' return to Los Angeles in 2016.
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Chargers played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating back to the Greater Los Angeles area, where the franchise played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now known as the Los Angeles Chargers.
San Diego Stadium, where the Chargers played their home games from 1967 to 2016. The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The club was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 ...
The league had started actively promoting a return to Los Angeles no later than 2006, [1] and in January 2016, the NFL gave the St. Louis Rams approval to move back to Los Angeles. A year later, the Chargers also relocated to the city, while the Raiders relocated to Las Vegas in 2020.
The Chargers have filed for relocation to Los Angeles, and fans are upset, but one person in particular would be especially hurt by a move.
The Chargers have moved out of Costa Mesa into a new 14-acre practice facility near LAX they hope will aid their rise under coach Jim Harbaugh.
17 years ago, Eli Manning was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers — a team for whom he never played a single snap. Just before the draft, Manning ...