LOS ANGELES -- Since announcing the team's intentions to move here in January, Los Angeles Chargers chairman Dean Spanos has been focused on transitioning the organization to his new home.

He revamped a 100,000-square foot office space in Costa Mesa for the team's new headquarters, helped modify the StubHub Center as the team's temporary home on game days, hired a new head coach in Anthony Lynn and helped relocate hundreds of employees and players to new homes.

On Monday, Spanos will get an opportunity to see all of the work behind the scenes come to fruition when the Chargers face the Denver Broncos on the road on Monday Night Football.

"Right now we just want to get the first game under our belt and get the season going," Spanos said. "That's the most important thing right now. All the other stuff, it will work itself out in the next two or three years.

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"But right now it's just the product on the field, get our team playing well and get back into the playoffs -- that's our goal this year."

Of course, Spanos understands he left many angry and bitter fans behind in San Diego with his team's move a couple hours north to Orange County. He's heard their voices crackle on sports talk radio and has seen the posts on social media.

And while many fans in San Diego burned or donated their gear and disowned the team, some remain loyal to the Chargers and have followed the team to Los Angeles.

That has not gone unrecognized by Spanos, who says that fans in San Diego remain an important part of the organization.

"[We say] Thank you," Spanos said, when asked about San Diego fans who still follow the team. "They've been great. They've been loyal to the team and there's a lot of them. I'm very appreciative -- my family, players and the entire organization thanks them."

Spanos and the rest of the organization are in the midst of an awkward balancing act -- trying to carve out a niche in an ultra-competitive sports market with the team's self-proclaimed "Battle for LA," yet stay connected to fans in San Diego just a two-hour drive away.

"The transition is never easy," Spanos said. "It was a difficult decision, an emotional decision. But we're here. I'm looking forward to the future. Los Angeles has been great. The people have been great.

"It's a new chapter for us and we're moving on."

Helping to bridge that gap for the Chargers and the Spanos family is Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson, hired as a special assistant by the team this year.

"Look, I understand that it's going to take some time," Tomlinson said. "People don't get over being hurt in just a week or two, or a month or two months. It's a process, and hopefully over time they will be able to get over it. Because at the end of the day it's that lightning bolt that we all care about.

"So I believe that will happen. Who knows when, but I do know that there's a number of fans from San Diego that still support the organization, and we'd like to have more of those people from San Diego."

Tomlinson said one of the ways he will help bridge that gap is to continue to support and do community events in San Diego.

Tomlinson's focus is community outreach. And the Chargers have maintained several community programs focused on youth football in San Diego, along with renewing their involvement in the Spanos Classic, a high school all-star game that takes place in January.

"This organization has always been one that's been strong in the community," Tomlinson said. "Dean Spanos has always been a guy to reach out and have charity functions in the community.

"So my hope is we don't forget about the San Diego community, that we're still able to reach down in that community and touch people, and still have events so they feel like they're still part of the organization, and still have a relationship with a lot of our players. That's the hope. And then obviously, that would be my role."