the chargers moved from san diego to los angeles in 2015.
the chargers moved from san diego to los angeles in 2015.
when did the chargers move from san diego to los angeles?
2015
on february 19, 2015, the oakland raiders and san diego chargers announced plans for a privately financed $1.7 billion stadium that the two teams would build in carson, california if they were to move to the los angeles market. such a move would have marked a return to the nation's second-largest market for both teams; the raiders played in los angeles from 1982 to 1994 while the chargers called la home for their inaugural season in the american football league. the chargers were the only nfl team to play in southern california at the time (until the rams moved to los angeles in 2016), with san diego being a distance from los angeles, and the chargers counted los angeles as a secondary market. the chargers have been looking to replace qualcomm stadium (which, like the oakland coliseum opened in the late 1960s) since at least 2003, and have had an annual out clause in which it can move in exchange for paying a fine to the city of san diego for its remaining years on its lease. the raiders, meanwhile, have been operating on year-to-year leases with oakland coliseum, the stadium it has shared with the oakland athletics for most of its time in oakland, california, since the last long-term lease on that stadium ended in 2013.
2016 nfl season
the los angeles chargers are a professional american football team in the national football league (nfl) based in the greater los angeles area. the club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the american football league (afl), and spent its first season in los angeles before moving to san diego in 1961. they returned to los angeles in 2017. nfl teams assign each of their players a jersey number ranging from 1 through 99. the chargers no longer issue four retired numbers. as of 2010, the team's policy was to have the chargers hall of fame committee evaluate candidates for a player's number to retire after the player has retired from the league after five years. the committee consisted of chargers executive vice president a. g. spanos, chargers public relations director bill johnston, san diego hall of champions founder bob breitbard, and the presidents of the san diego sports commission and the chargers backers fan club. there are few recognized guidelines in sports regarding retiring numbers, and the nfl has no specific league policy. "you have to have enough numbers for players to wear," said nfl spokesman greg aiello. the chargers have rarely retired numbers. the "san diego union-tribune" wrote, "the [chargers] tend to honor their heritage haphazardly."
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