The Chargers will file for relocation to Los Angeles when the NFL entertains applications beginning January.
Mark Fabiani, point person for their stadium issue, said that with two other teams expecting to move there, they want to protect their market in Los Angeles and Orange County where 25 percent of their season-ticket business comes from.
The Raiders and Rams are also expected to file for relocation in January, ESPN reported. A three-fourths vote from NFL owners -- or 24 of 32 owners -- is required in order for a relocation to be approved.
The league has two Los Angeles proposals on the table.
In January, Rams owner Stan Kroenke unveiled plans to build a $1.86 billion, 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood. A month later, the Chargers and the Raiders proposed to build a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson.
Los Angeles has not had an NFL team since the Rams and Raiders departed for St. Louis and Oakland, respectively, in 1995.
In August, plans were announced to build a new $1.1 billion stadium in San Diego at the current Qualcomm Stadium site at Mission Valley in order to convince the Chargers to stay.
The Chargers have maintained that they prefer a downtown stadium alternative over the Mission Valley site.However, hoteliers opposed an NFL stadium that is not contiguous with the convention center.
Attorney Cory Briggs and a group of San Diego-area residents have crafted a way to raise money for the building of a joint-use NFL stadium and convention center expansion.
According to Fabian, the Chargers are open to that proposal if the NFL delays franchise relocation to Los Angeles for another year.​
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