Southern California NFL Training Camps: The Beach League Beckons

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Southern California will be a prime spot for NFL training camps this year.

With the Costa Mesa City Council unanimously approving a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, five teams will be holding their practices within a 105-mile radius in late July and early August. There hasn’t been a cluster of teams training in such close proximity since the late 1990s, when five teams trained in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Back then it was called the Cheese League. This summer, it might as well be the Beach League with the Chargers, Rams, Raiders, New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys all in the area.

The Raiders will be at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex, which hosted the Chargers from 2017 to 2023. The complex has two full-length football fields, room for bleachers and plenty of parking for fans compared to the Chargers’ headquarters, which was 2 miles away. It is also a location new Raiders general manager Tom Telesco knows quite well after having served as Chargers GM from 2013 to 2023.

The Bolts will hold camp at their new facility in El Segundo, which they will move into next month after the end of offseason workouts.


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