The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams in giving
the nation’s second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first
time in decades.
Team chairman Dean Spanos made the announcement Thursday in a letter posted on the Chargers’ Twitter account.
“San
Diego has been our home for 56 years. It will always be part of our
identity, and my family and I have nothing but gratitude and
appreciation for the support and passion our fans have shared with us
over the years. But today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new
era as the Los Angeles Chargers,” Spanos said in the letter.
The Chargers’ decision to move comes less than three months
after San Diego voters resoundingly rejected a team-sponsored measure
asking for $1.15 billion in increased hotel occupancy taxes to help fund
a $1.8 billion downtown stadium and convention center.
They’re
leaving behind a loyal fan base that cheered for Dan Fouts, Charlie
Joiner and Kellen Winslow during the Air Coryell years in the 1970s and
early 1980s, and for Junior Seau, Stan Humphries and Natrone Means on
the Chargers’ only Super Bowl team in 1994.
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