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 Aerial view from the north in 2005 | |
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  San Diego Location in the United States  San Diego Location in California | |
| Former names | San Diego Stadium (1967–1980) Jack Murphy Stadium (1981–1997) Qualcomm Stadium (1997–2011, 2012–2017) Snapdragon Stadium (2011) SDCCU Stadium (2017–2020) |
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| Address | 9449 Friars Road |
| Location | San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W |
| Public transit |  San Diego Trolley Green Lineat Stadium |
| Owner | San Diego State University |
| Operator | San Diego State University |
| Capacity | 70,561 (Football, Chargers) 67,544 (Baseball) 54,000 (Football, Aztecs) |
| Field size | Left field 330 (1969) 327 (1982) Left-center & Right-center 375 (1969) 370 (1982) Center field 420 (1969) 410 (1973) 420 (1978) 405 (1982) Right field 330 (1969) 327 (1982) 330 (1996) Backstop 80 feet (1969) 75 (1982)  |
| Surface | Bandera Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 18, 1965[1] |
| Opened | August 20, 1967 |
| Closed | March 2020 |
| Demolished | December 2020 – March 22, 2021 |
| Construction cost | $27.75 million ($254 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Frank L. Hope and Associates[1] |
| General contractor | Robertson/Larsen/Donovan[1] |
| Tenants | |
San Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1967–2019)
San Diego Padres (PCL) (1968)
San Diego 1904 FC (NISA) (2019) | |
San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California.[3] Opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium; it was renamed Jack Murphy Stadium for sportswriter Jack Murphy from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's naming rights were owned by Qualcomm; it was known as Qualcomm Stadium. The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, and were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union, renaming the stadium to SDCCU Stadium on September 19, 2017;[4] those naming rights expired in December 2020.[5] Demolition of San Diego Stadium began in December 2020; its last freestanding section was felled on March 22, 2021.[6]
The stadium was the longtime home for two teams of the major professional sports leagues: the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) and the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Chargers played at the stadium from 1967 through the 2016 season, after which they moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Chargers.[7] The Padres played home games at the stadium from their founding in 1969 through the 2003 season, then moved to Petco Park in downtown San Diego. Additionally, the stadium hosted the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 through the 1984 season.
San Diego Stadium was the home of San Diego State Aztecs football from 1967 through 2019. A college football bowl game, the Holiday Bowl, was held in the stadium every December from 1978 through 2019. The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, the Poinsettia Bowl, from 2005 until its discontinuation following the 2016 edition. In 2020, San Diego State University (SDSU) purchased the stadium site, with plans to develop the area into a noncontiguous campus expansion following the stadium's demolition, now known as SDSU Mission Valley. Snapdragon Stadium opened in August 2022 as the new home for the Aztecs football team.
The stadium hosted three Super Bowls: XXII in 1988, XXXII in 1998, and XXXVII in 2003. It also hosted the 1984 and 1998 World Series, the 1978 and 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and games of the 1996 and 1998 National League Division Series and the 1984 and 1998 National League Championship Series. It was the only stadium ever to host both the Super Bowl and the World Series in the same year (1998), and was one of three stadiums to host the World Series, the MLB All-Star Game, and the Super Bowl, along with the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
- ^ a b c "Qualcomm Stadium". Ballpark Tour. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Stadium". City of San Diego.
- ^ Showley, Roger (September 14, 2017). "'SDCCU Stadium' – the proposed new name for the 'Q'". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Kenney, Kirk\title=Aztec Stadium update: Out with the Old, In with the New (February 3, 2021). "Aztec Stadium update: Out with the old, in with the new". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "WATCH: Final Piece of San Diego Stadium Torn Down". KNSD. March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Ryan (January 12, 2017). "Report: Chargers plan to play in 30,000-seat soccer stadium in 2017–2018". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 12, 2017.