Former San Diego Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. says that San Diego fans 'still hate the Chargers' seven years after relocating.
When the Chargers announced they were moving from San Diego to Los Angeles, many fans were livid. After all, the Chargers had spent the majority of their team's history in San Diego. The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1960 as part of the AFL but moved to San Diego the following year in 1961. They played in San Diego through the 2016 season, before moving to Los Angeles.
Instead, Spanos and the Chargers joined Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke to build and now play at SoFi Stadium, the Chargers' and Rams' state-of-the-art facility in Inglewood, CA. The Chargers moved their training facility out of San Diego, and currently practice at their renovated facility, The Bolt, in El Segundo, CA.
“When the Chargers initially left, it took a while…and I think to this day people are still raw about it,” Gwynn said on. “I think, over time, people have softened in terms of shutting football out as a whole and have kind of opened up to it. They still hate the Chargers, and they’re very upset with that organization, but they enjoy talking football. Especially with the emergence of sports betting and fantasy football, everybody is dialed into it.
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