Chargers stadium history: Every place the Bolts have called home

The LA Chargers have only played in two cities but there has been a lot of controversy around where the team has played. With strong roots in San Diego, the decision to move back to Los Angeles in 2020 was a controversial one that split the fanbase. All in all, the Chargers have played in five different stadiums across the two different cities that the franchise has called home. Here is everywhere the team has played. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: 1960 Like today, the first stadium that the Chargers ever played in they shared with the Los Angeles Rams. The Chargers could not gain traction in Los Angeles with the Rams, who played in the NFL at the time, dominating the market. Thus, after one disappointing season then-owner, Barron Hilton (yes, the same Hilton as the hotel chain) opted to move the Chargers south to San Diego. Meanwhile, the Rams continued to bring in huge crowds at the Coliseum as the lone team in Los Angeles (until the Raiders came around in 1982). Balboa Stadium: 1961-1966 The first place t