The Chargers have come full circle. They played their first AFL season in 1960 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, spent 56 seasons in San Diego at Balboa Stadium and then the stadium later known as Qualcomm, and came back to the Los Angeles area in 2017. Since 2020 they have shared SoFi Stadium in Inglewood with the Rams.
Here is every home in order, with the years the Chargers played there, what made each one matter and what stands on the site today. Each stadium links to our full guide where we have one.
Every Chargers Stadium, 1960 to Today
- Los Angeles
1960The first home, as a charter member of the AFL owned by Barron Hilton. The Chargers won the Western Division, but after a season of financial losses in Los Angeles they moved to San Diego in January 1961.
Stadium history →- San Diego
- 1961–1966
Balboa Stadium
The city added an upper deck to lift capacity from 23,000 to 34,000 for the Chargers. It hosted the 1961, 1963 and 1965 AFL Championship Games, and the Chargers won the 1963 title, still the franchise's only league championship.
Today: Torn down in the 1970s over earthquake concerns; a 3,000-seat stadium opened on the site in 1978 and is used by San Diego High School
1967–2016Opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and later named Jack Murphy Stadium, then Qualcomm Stadium from 1997. Home for 50 seasons; the Chargers left for Los Angeles in 2017 after efforts to build a new stadium in San Diego failed.
Today: Demolished in 2020–21; San Diego State's Snapdragon Stadium opened on the site in 2022
Stadium history →- Carson
2017–2019A soccer stadium, home of the LA Galaxy and then called StubHub Center, used as a temporary home while SoFi Stadium was built. Its roughly 30,000 seats were far below the NFL's 50,000 minimum for temporary homes.
Today: Still home of the LA Galaxy
Stadium history →- Inglewood
- 2020–presentCurrent home
Built on the former Hollywood Park racetrack site and shared with the Rams. It opened in 2020, hosted Super Bowl LVI in 2022 and World Cup matches in 2026, and is scheduled to host Super Bowl LXI in 2027.
Visiting guide →
Chargers Stadium FAQ
Where did the Chargers play before SoFi Stadium?
At Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, then called StubHub Center, from 2017 through 2019. Before that they spent 1967–2016 at the San Diego stadium known over the years as San Diego Stadium, Jack Murphy Stadium and Qualcomm Stadium, and 1961–1966 at Balboa Stadium. Their very first season, 1960, was at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
How many stadiums have the Chargers had?
Five: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Balboa Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium, Dignity Health Sports Park and SoFi Stadium. One 2003 home game against the Dolphins was moved to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, because of San Diego’s Cedar Fire, but that was a one-off, not a home.
Why did the Chargers leave San Diego?
The stadium in Mission Valley had become outdated by NFL standards, and the city struggled to pay for a replacement; efforts in 2010 and 2016 to build a new stadium downtown failed. Owner Dean Spanos announced the move to Los Angeles on January 12, 2017, and the team paid a relocation fee to the NFL.
Is Qualcomm Stadium still standing?
No. It hosted its last sporting event in December 2019 and was demolished between December 2020 and March 2021. San Diego State built Snapdragon Stadium on the site, which opened in 2022. The original Balboa Stadium is also gone; a much smaller 3,000-seat stadium replaced it in 1978.
Where do the Chargers play now?
At SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, on the former Hollywood Park racetrack site. The indoor stadium opened in 2020, seats about 70,000 and is shared with the Rams.