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Chargers say they have best season ticket sales since 2008
Posted by Josh Alper on September 8, 2015, 9:19 AM EDT
The NFL is expected to hold a town hall-type meeting in San Diego, Oakland and St. Louis so that local fans can “show support for their teams and vent their grievances” about the potential move to Los Angeles that the teams in those cities are contemplating.
Fans in San Diego have been showing their support for the Chargers in another way. The Chargers say, via U-T San Diego, that they have their highest season ticket sales since 2008 this year.
Chargers officials say the team has sold 56,112 season tickets so far this year, which is the most since they sold 60,500 before Norv Turner’s second season as the team’s head coach. In addition to their AFC West rivals, the Chargers host the Lions, Browns, Steelers, Bears and Dolphins this season. The games against the Steelers and Bears will be on Monday nights.
While there are several possible reasons for the spike — enthusiasm about the team, a desire to show the NFL that San Diego will support their team or the potential novelty of being there for the final game at Qualcomm Stadium, to name a few — the lack of progress on stadium talks between the team and the city mean that there’s a pretty good chance that anyone renewing their seats for 2016 will need to do so in a different zip code.
Chargers say they have best season ticket sales since 2008
Posted by Josh Alper on September 8, 2015, 9:19 AM EDT
The NFL is expected to hold a town hall-type meeting in San Diego, Oakland and St. Louis so that local fans can “show support for their teams and vent their grievances” about the potential move to Los Angeles that the teams in those cities are contemplating.
Fans in San Diego have been showing their support for the Chargers in another way. The Chargers say, via U-T San Diego, that they have their highest season ticket sales since 2008 this year.
Chargers officials say the team has sold 56,112 season tickets so far this year, which is the most since they sold 60,500 before Norv Turner’s second season as the team’s head coach. In addition to their AFC West rivals, the Chargers host the Lions, Browns, Steelers, Bears and Dolphins this season. The games against the Steelers and Bears will be on Monday nights.
While there are several possible reasons for the spike — enthusiasm about the team, a desire to show the NFL that San Diego will support their team or the potential novelty of being there for the final game at Qualcomm Stadium, to name a few — the lack of progress on stadium talks between the team and the city mean that there’s a pretty good chance that anyone renewing their seats for 2016 will need to do so in a different zip code.
