Chargers game location up in the air

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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has yet to announce if the San Diego Chargers can use Qualcomm Stadium for their scheduled game Sunday against the Houston Texans, but a county supervisor said it appears the team will be playing at home.

“I’m sensing some optimism that there will be a game on Sunday,” Supervisor Ron Roberts said this morning at a news briefing.

The Chargers will practice through Friday in Tempe, Ariz., and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Texas Stadium outside Dallas and Houston’s Reliant Stadium are the alternative sites being considered.

Yet, with evacuees who gathered at Qualcomm Stadium continuing to leave today, officials say moving the game may no longer be necessary.

— Lance Pugmire