It would be a bare bones stadium for the most part.

No, it would just have to be a little smaller. Hell, build it with a max of 65K fans. You don't need all these crazy ass amenities anyway.

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Those amenities are the revenue the owners don't have to share with the other teams and players.

If San Diego is not getting fan support (I don't know if that's true or not, but I'm assuming that - along with the stadium disagreement - is why they are moving) ok... then move. But why would you go to LA now? The Rams just moved there again last season. Wouldn't you wait to see if LA will support at least one team before trying to cram another one in there?

If they find in a few years that the Rams have more fans than they can handle, great, a team in need of a new home will have a place to go, but seems odd to do this now right behind the heals of the Rams.

My guess is due to San Diego's proximity to LA, the Chargers are hoping that they will retain their current fan base and simply add on more from the LA area? Maybe, but I wouldn't count on it.

My sister, who lives in Anaheim, said that the Angels really pissed off a ton of their fans when they simply changed their name from the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. And they didn't even move anywhere... just the name change.

So?

You're already getting a shit load from revenue sharing. The Spanos family isn't rich for an NFL owner. Sell or GTFO.

They are moving to LA because it's easy. The NFL already has greased the skids. And Stan needs/wants another tenant for his new stadium.

Who's going to buy a franchise in an over-saturated league of a sport that as big concerns over long-term viability due to head injuries and THEN spend hundreds of millions to build a new stadium?

Id imagine the list of people willing to buy an NFL franchise would be long.

He left there already

That will pobably turn out to be a big mistake. They will probably lose more fans than gain. I would catch my self rooting for them at times. Underdog thing I guess. Not now. And I'm originally from Lost Angels. Sad to see them leave San Diego.

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The NFL set a deadline. If the Chargers would have declined, the Raiders would have got the option to be the 2nd team in LA.

The whole thing sucks. I don't think it's really working out well for anybody.

First off, land is extremely expensive. People here routinely spend millions on homes, only to destroy them completely, then build new homes on the property. So in order to find 60+ acres for parking and a stadium, you're talking hundreds of millions of dollars in Los Angeles. San Diego is expensive, too.

Secondly, we're in an earthquake zone. There is an enormous amount of concrete and steel required to build homes, let alone, a 72,000 seat football stadium. For example, we have 2 homes going up at the end of my street. There is a massive amount of steel and concrete required to even dig out the hillside (I can post pictures if anyone's interested). I can't even imagine the thousands of tons of concrete and steel that will make up Kroenke world.

All that said, from my understanding, had the Spano family taken the Mission Valley deal, the current stadium would have been destroyed while the new stadium was being built in the current parking lot, which meant that they wouldn't need to spend millions on a land purchase. The Spanos family rejected that proposal.

They're going to fail miserably in LA and will likely be on the hunt for a new home in the next decade.