While many hailed the return to a uniform style often hailed as the best in the NFL, some saw it as yet another slap in the face to San Diego fans who for years wanted the team to make that move — only to see it move to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Chargers players rock the powder blue in a 2018 game in London. By Des Bieler Des Bieler Sports reporter covering national topics, including fantasy football, as well as supporting coverage of D.C.-area teams Email Bio Follow April 17 at 1:21 AM The Los Angeles Chargers took advantage of a slow period in the NFL to drop some major news Tuesday, at least to those interested in uniform design.
— Timothy L. Miller April 16, 2019 Versions of the powder-blue uniforms date back to the Chargers’ inaugural season in 1960 — when they spent one year in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego — until they moved to a darker blue in 1974. The team brought back the look 20 years later as an occasional alternate uniform, amid frequent calls for the Chargers to make the decision they announced Monday.
As fate would have it, the same year in which the Chargers first brought back the uniforms, 1994, also saw the Raiders and Rams spend their final seasons in Los Angeles. The Rams departed for St. Louis, and Los Angeles went without an NFL team until 2016, when they returned. That venue, formerly called the Home Depot Center, then StubHub Center and now Dignity Health Sports Park, has a seating capacity of approximately 27,000, making it by far the NFL’s smallest facility in current use. Despite that, the Chargers have had enormous difficulty in filling it with their own fans, as many have refused to come up north from San Diego while Angelenos have been slow to embrace the team, resulting in home games full of raucous cheering for opponents.
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