too many years of sucking in the playoffs

Excuses, excuses, excuses....

There is no reason a good team like the Chargers should not be selling out. None.

Like Jacksonsville, San Diego is obviously not a very passionate football city.

It was brought up in the Union Tribune that one reason they can't sell out is because they added seats to try and attract a Super Bowl game. Yet, the capacity of that hole is still less than Arrowhead. If the Chiefs were playing like the Chargers are, I promise you Arrowhead, located in a metropolitan area of 2 million or so, would be filled up like it was in the '90's.

Yet here are the Chargers, a legitimate Super Bowl contending team, located in a metro area of over 3,000,000 people, next to Orange County, another 3,000,000, not to mention Los Angeles County (without a team) at just under 10,000,000, and they can't sell out a football game. Granted you have people like me who live in northernmost LA County which is over 3 hours away, but I bet you'll find Chiefs fans who live in Iowa or Nebraska who make that trip every Sunday.

San Diego, and Southern California in general, is a pretty lame sports base if you ask me.

This x1000!

I dont think they are a SB bound team at all. First round loser bound maybe.

Completely agree. You can bet Seattle would have butts in every seat if they were still here and leading the West.
Hmmmm....wonder if we could swap SD for Seattle?

Just saw that the Dolts have received a 24 hour extension until Saturday at 1:00 PM to sell about 1,300 remaining tickets needed to avoid a blackout.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...void-blackout/

That report must be from the pre-season. That can't be happening on week 12 entering the thick of the playoff chase can it?

I guess, what are they gonna do? Take your birthday away?

I heard the NFL made a special exception and gave them another 24 hour extension.

USC, UCLA, the LA Dodgers, Anaheim Angels and of course, LA Lakers all have very good attendance.

There are just so many things to do on Sunday than to burn it on a football game. It's so much easier to roll out of bed, watch it on the Ticket or beach side at a sports bar or on the Tivo later than to spend an entire day just to watch a 3 hour game.

That's partially why the NFL won't work in Los Angeles, even though the league continues to "say" that they want a team here.

We'll face the same problems as San Diego, but with ticket prices that are easily three times as expensive.

Dodgers have no issues filling up Dodger Stadium. Its true that they come late and leave early, but they sell alot of tickets. Same goes for the Lakers. While, i understand Arena's as smaller, No matter where the Lakers go, they sell out arena and have for a long time.

I hear what you're saying about the other teams, and maybe it's just that coming from the Midwest I don't understand the culture here (even though I've lived here a total of 11 years.) The Dodgers, for instance, draw very well, but their fans often leave early and...I don't know, maybe it's just a misunderstanding I have.

But in San Diego, where the Chargers are basically the only show in town, it really surprises me that they can't sell out that stadium when their team is on top and looking really good.

Why do you think NFL football works better on the east coast and midwest than the west coast?

Is it because football is more of a "blue collar" mentality?

Why is USC football so big then??

Sorry dude, didn't mean to ignore what you posted, either. The Lakers are the Yankees of the NBA, so I wouldn't lump them in together with the Chargers and the rest. And as far as USC/UCLA (I know you didn't bring them up), don't they play tomorrow? You sure as hell wouldn't know by listening to the news or anything.