Cowboys Fans Taking Over SoFi Stadium in First Chargers Home Game
By Liam McKeone
The Los Angeles Chargers have not played at their brand-spanking new stadium in front of fans yet. Until today. Slated to host the Dallas Cowboys, it's the first game at SoFi Stadium with Chargers faithful filling seats.
Or it was supposed to be, anyway. The Chargers had attendance problems in San Diego that did not go away with their move to L.A. In 2019, the first Chargers season in Los Angeles, it got so bad that the players themselves got upset about so many opposing fans in the stands making life difficult for what was supposed to be a home game.
That trend continued into 2021, at least for the first game. Cowboys fans are notorious for traveling en masse and it was no different today for the team's Week 2 matchup against the Chargers. Check it out:
A look at the crowd coming into SoFi Stadium for today’s Cowboys-Chargers game. pic.twitter.com/PFz9ZYftlZ
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 19, 2021
The Cowboys normally draw well on the road, especially in Southern California where they hold training camp, but one Cowboy official said this was the most fans he has ever seen for a Cowboys road game. pic.twitter.com/EebbDvmuxT
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 19, 2021
Definitely not a shortage of @dallascowboys fans @SoFiStadium @CBSDFW @CBS11Sports pic.twitter.com/EAWK3SbYPj
— keith russell (@krussellcbs11) September 19, 2021
There are some Cowboys fans here. pic.twitter.com/M1KPAP1mqe
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) September 19, 2021
Sofi Stadium after the Trevon Diggs INT. This is a Cowboys home game. pic.twitter.com/aZ74QeTuDK
— Hookah Doncic (@MasterTes) September 19, 2021
The stadium will be pretty loud when Justin Herbert is on the field, to the chagrin of anybody and everybody who supports the team.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, I suppose. Another "home" game for the Chargers that's getting taken over by opposing fans.