Steelers Fans Have Taken Over SoFi Stadium Against the Chargers
Everyone knows Pittsburgh Steelers fans travel well, but that seems to be even more true whenever they play the Los Angeles Chargers. Steelers fans took over the Chargers' soccer stadium home back in 2019 and it's happening again Sunday night.
Steelers fans have poured into LA this weekend and they clearly had no issue getting tickets to the game. It sounded like a home game for the Black and Yellow. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat writer Ray Fittipaldo estimated it was 80-20 Steelers fans. Al Michaels claimed it was about 65 percent Steelers fans.
This crowd is probably 80-20 Steelers fans.
— Ray Fittipaldo (@rayfitt1) November 22, 2021
Here's some shots of what the crowd looked like:
Home Game, baby!! pic.twitter.com/sXT2MkZDyF
— Melissa (@mdrizzy22) November 21, 2021
#SteelersNation is hereeeeeeeeeeee pic.twitter.com/Vyli4bAlXJ
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 22, 2021
There is lots of @steelers fans at @SoFiStadium #TheFredoReport #Chargers #BoltUp pic.twitter.com/nwHW2AFgCV
— Fredo (@FredoCervantes) November 22, 2021
Example #593 why the Chargers had zero business moving to LA from San Diego.
— Jai Shields (@TheJShield) November 22, 2021
This game might as well be played back east at Heinz there’s so many Steelers fans in the building. https://t.co/xbUulkjp00
Look at all the #Steelers fans?
— MINKAHSZN || IG (@minkahsznig) November 22, 2021
Pic credit: @realMarcThomas pic.twitter.com/8UWMm9PYnW
A look at tonight’s crowd as the Steelers take the field pic.twitter.com/mx4pA2SpSs
— Daniel Popper (@danielrpopper) November 22, 2021
People say a lot of bad things about LA, but this is a city that realized their little soccer stadium wasn’t big enough for all the @steelers fans so they built this whole new venue so we could all be here tonight.#HereWeGo? pic.twitter.com/drnTkQ1qIQ
— patrick (@muldowney) November 22, 2021
A couple Steelers fans made the trip to L.A.
— NFL on CBS ? (@NFLonCBS) November 22, 2021
(via @steelers) pic.twitter.com/DT2xG0UmNr
Mike Tomlin salutes some of the Steelers fans who traveled to SoFi Stadium pic.twitter.com/uBBIs0eXnK
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) November 22, 2021
First time at SoFi. The discrepancy in Steelers/Chargers fans is actually more insane than I thought it’d be. About 10/1 Steelers to Chargers ratio. Wild stuff. pic.twitter.com/5If2gwN8Lw
— ʀᴀɴᴅᴀʟʟ ᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ (@RandallAnthony_) November 22, 2021
This is the Chargers' first season allowing fans in the $5 billion stadium Stan Kroenke built for them. There should be excitement about the facility and fans should be willing to pay to see it. The novelty hasn't worn off yet. They have a good roster and an exiting young quarterback in Justin Herbert and this is a big Sunday night matchup. Despite that, the Chargers can't sell more tickets to their fans than their opponents. That's not a recipe for sustainable NFL success.
It's pretty hilarious that's still happening in their fifth season in LA.