The Los Angeles Chargers finished last season with a lowly 5-11 record but legendary Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts sounds less frustrated about the team’s struggles than the relatively modest size of the franchise’s temporary home. He even told KNX 1070 News Radio in an interview on Monday that he’s embarrassed about it, via CBS Local:
“It is embarrassing, I think, for both the Chargers and the National Football League, to be playing in a 27,000-seat stadium,” Fouts, said Monday in an interview with KNX 1070 News Radio. “In fact, the Chargers’ first game ever, when they beat the New York Titans in a preseason game, in the Coliseum, it drew 27,000.”
Fouts was referring to StubHub Center, which will be the Chargers’ residence while they await the completion of the construction of a new stadium they will be sharing with the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood sometime in 2020.
While the Chargers had the second fewest attendees for NFL home games last season with an average of 57,024 at Qualcomm Stadium, that’s still way more than the 27,000 capacity of StubHub Center, which also serves as home for the LA Galaxy of MLS.
Fouts has his point, but it appears counterintuitive when acknowledging the fact that the Chargers failed to fill StubHub Center with fans during their first preseason game this year against the Seattle Seahawks on August 13, as they attracted just 21,054 spectators.
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