San Diego Stadium

San Diego Stadium

The Q The Murph
Aerial view from the north in 2005
San Diego Location in theUnited States San Diego Location inCalifornia
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)
Address	9449 Friars Road
Location	San Diego,California,U.S.
Coordinates	32°46′59″N117°7′10″W
Public transit	San Diego Trolley Green Line atStadium
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
Opened	August 20, 1967
Closed	March 2020
Demolished	December 2020 – March 22, 2021
Construction cost	$27.75 million ($254 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Frank L. Hope and Associates
General contractor	Robertson/Larsen/Donovan
Tenants
American football San Diego State Aztecs(NCAA) (1967–2019) San Diego Chargers(AFL/NFL) (1967–2017) Holiday Bowl(NCAA) (1978–2019) Poinsettia Bowl(NCAA) (2005–2016) San Diego Fleet(AAF) (2019) Baseball San Diego Padres(PCL) (1968) San Diego Padres(MLB) (1969–2003) Soccer San Diego Sockers(NASL) (1978–1984) San Diego 1904 FC(NISA) (2019)

San Diego Stadiumwas a multi-purposestadiuminSan Diego,California.The stadium opened in 1967 asSan Diego Stadiumand was known asJack Murphy Stadiumfrom 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium'snaming rightswere owned byQualcomm,and the stadium was known asQualcomm Stadiumor simplyThe Q.The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, and were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union, renaming the facility asSDCCU Stadiumon September 19, 2017;those naming rights expired in December 2020.Demolition of San Diego Stadium began in December 2020, with the last freestanding section of the stadium's superstructure felled by March 22, 2021.

The stadium was the longtime home for two teams of themajor professional leagues:theSan Diego Chargersof theNational Football League(NFL) and theSan Diego PadresofMajor League Baseball(MLB). The Chargers played at the stadium from1967through the2016 season,after which they moved toLos Angelesto become theLos Angeles Chargers.The Padres played home games at the stadium from theirfoundingin1969through the2003season, then moved to thePetco Parkindowntown San Diegoin2004.Additionally, the stadium hosted theSan Diego Sockersof theNorth American Soccer League(NASL) from 1978 through the 1984 season.

Following the demolition of San Diego Stadium,San Diego State Universitypurchased the land, with plans to develop the area into a campus expansion, now known as SDSU Mission Valley.Snapdragon Stadiumopened in August 2022, anchoring the entertainment district of the campus. San Diego Stadium was the home ofSan Diego State Aztecs footballfrom1967through2019.An annual college footballbowl game,theHoliday Bowl,was held in the stadium every December from1978through2019.The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, thePoinsettia Bowl,from2005until its discontinuation following the2016edition.

The stadium hosted threeSuper Bowls:XXIIin 1988,XXXIIin 1998, andXXXVIIin 2003. It also hosted the1978and1992Major League Baseball All-Star Games,as well as the games of the1996and1998 National League Division Series,the1984and1998 National League Championship Series,and the1984and1998 World 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 theHubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeinMinneapolisandLos Angeles Memorial ColiseuminLos Angeles.

History

Qualcomm Stadium logo (1997–2017)

In the early 1960s, localsportswriterJack Murphy,the brother ofNew York MetsbroadcasterBob Murphy,began to build up support for a multi-purpose stadium for San Diego. In November 1965, a $27 millionbondwas passed allowing construction to begin on a stadium, which was designed in theBrutalist style.Construction on the stadium began one month later. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.

The stadium was the first of the square-circle "octorad"style, which was thought to be an improvement over the othermulti-purpose stadiumsof the time for hosting both football and baseball (the second and last of this style was the since-implodedVeterans Stadium). Despite the theoretical improvements of this style, most of the seats were still very far away from the action on the field, especially during baseball games.

The Chargers (then a member of theAmerican Football League) played the first game ever at the stadium on August 20, 1967. San Diego Stadium had a capacity of around 50,000; the three-tier grandstand was in the shape of a horseshoe, with the east end low (consisting of only one tier, partially topped by a large scoreboard). The Chargers were the main tenant of the stadium until 1968, when the AAAPacific Coast LeagueSan Diego Padresbaseball team played its last season in the stadium, following their move from the minor league-sizedWestgate Park.Due to expansion of Major League Baseball, this team was replaced by the currentSan Diego Padresmajor-league team beginning in the 1969 season. (The Padres moved out of the stadium following the 2003 season.) The original scoreboard, a black-and-white scoreboard created by All American Scoreboards, was replaced in 1978 by one manufactured by American Sign and Indicator, which was the first full-color outdoor scoreboard ever built.This was replaced in 1987 by a White Way Sign scoreboard, in which the video screen is surrounded almost entirely by three message boards. The original video board was replaced in 1996 by aSonyJumboTron,with a second JumboTron installed behind the opposite end zone (third base in the stadium's baseball configuration).

Exterior of then-San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1984

After Jack Murphy's death in September 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium by a 6–2 vote of theSan Diego City Councilon January 6, 1981.In 1983, over 9,000 bleachers were added to the lower deck on the open end of the stadium raising the capacity to 59,022.

The most substantial addition was completed in 1997, when the stadium was fully enclosed, with the exception of where the scoreboard is located. Nearly 11,000 seats were added in readiness forSuper Bowl XXXIIin 1998, bringing the capacity to 70,561. Also in 1997, the facility was renamed Qualcomm Stadium afterQualcommCorporation paid $18 million for thenaming rights.The naming rights belonged to Qualcomm until 2017, after which the rights were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union. In order to continue to honor Murphy, the city named the stadium site Jack Murphy Field.However, as part of the naming agreement Jack Murphy Field was not allowed to be used alongside Qualcomm Stadium.Some San Diegans, however, still refer to the stadium as "Jack Murphy" or simply "The Murph". Before his death in 2004, Bob Murphy still referred to it as Jack Murphy Stadium during New York Mets broadcasts, even after it was renamed. However, this renovation relegated the Padres within their own stadium, as the city gave the Chargers full financial control of the 113 luxury suites.The stadium was temporarily renamed "Snapdragon Stadium" for 10 days in December 2011 as a marketing tie in for Qualcomm'sSnapdragonbrand.The legality of the temporary name change was challenged at the time, since it was agreed to unilaterally by San Diego's mayor, without approval from the City Council and against the advice of the City Attorney.The Aztecs' new stadium, built in 2022 after the demolition of SDCCU Stadium, has the permanent name ofSnapdragon Stadium.

With the departure of the Padres toPetco Parkfollowing the 2003 season and even beforehand, there was much talk of replacing the increasingly obsolete (by NFL standards) stadium with a more modern, football-only one. Also, the NFL had demanded a new stadium if San Diego was to host another Super Bowl; however, the city struggled to fund such a new stadium.On January 12, 2017, the Chargers announced they were moving to Los Angeles and now play atSoFi Stadiumwith theLos Angeles Rams.In 2018,San Diego State Universityannounced the construction of a newAztec Stadium(later renamed Snapdragon Stadium, which would be completed in 2022) on an expansion part of campus on the site of the stadium and parking lot.

SDCCU Stadium logo (2017–2020)

On December 27, 2019, the stadium hosted the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl, a college football bowl game betweenIowaandUSC(Iowa won the game), this was the final sporting event ever played at the stadium.Demolition of the stadium commenced in December 2020.

Super Bowls (NFL)

Date	Super Bowl	NFC Champion	Points	AFC Champion	Points	Attendance
January 31, 1988	XXII	Washington Redskins	42	Denver Broncos	10	73,302
January 25, 1998	XXXII	Green Bay Packers	24	Denver Broncos	31	68,912
January 26, 2003	XXXVII	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	48	Oakland Raiders	21	67,603

All-Star Games (MLB)

Date	All-Star Game	Winner	Runs	Loser	Runs	Attendance
July 11, 1978	1978(49th)	National League (NL)	7	American League (AL)	3	51,549
July 14, 1992	1992(63rd)	American League (AL)	13	National League (NL)	6	59,372

Configurations

Satellite view of then-Qualcomm Stadium in March 2003, with the trolley line at the bottom of the image.

In order to accommodate the dimensions of both football and baseball fields, the stadium was constructed with half of the lower (Field Level) level seating built of permanent concrete (in the southern quadrant of the stadium), and the other half of portable modular construction using aluminum or steel framing.

When the stadium was configured for baseball, the portable sections would be placed in the western quadrant of the stadium along the third base-left field side. Open bullpens were located along both foul lines just beyond the ends of the Field-level seats. In the Padres' final five seasons at the stadium from 1999 to 2003, the home plate area took on the shape of home plate itself (as opposed to the standard circle); this feature is seen inDetroit'sComerica Parktoday.

In the football configuration, the portable seating sections were placed in the northern quadrant of the stadium (covering what is used as left field in the baseball configuration) to allow for the football field to be laid out east–west (along the first base/right field foul line, with the western end zone placed in the area occupied by the portable seating sections in the baseball configuration, and the eastern end zone along the right-center field wall).

Doorways were cut in the walls of the stadium in order to allow access to these seats from the tunnel below the Plaza level in both configurations (in baseball configuration, the football doors could be seen above the left field inner wall; in football configuration, the baseball doors were visible above the west end zone, opposite the scoreboard). These doors were rolling metal overhead doors, with the field side painted to match the surrounding walls facing the field.

Seating capacity

Baseball

Years	Capacity
1967–1972	50,000
1973	44,790
1974–1975	47,634
1976	47,491
1977–1978	48,460
1979	51,362
1980	48,443
1981–1982	51,362
1983	51,319
1984	58,671
1985	58,396
1986–1988	58,433
1989–1990	59,022
1991	59,254
1992	59,700
1993	59,411
1994	46,510
1995	47,972
1996	49,639
1997	59,771
1998	67,544
1999–2002	66,307
2003	63,890

Football

Years	Capacity
1967–1981	52,596
1982–1983	52,675
1984	60,100
1985–1991	60,750
1992–1996	60,836
1997–1998	71,350
1999–2017	70,561

Tenants

Padres

Further information:San Diego Padres

A Padres game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1990, before upper deck expansion.

From their inception in1969until the end of2003,when they moved intoPetco Parkin the downtown area, theNational League's San Diego Padres called the stadium home.

The field dimensions varied slightly over the years. In 1969, the distance from home plate to the left and right field wall was 330 feet (100 m), the distance to the left- and right-center field power alleys was 375 feet (114 m), and the distance from home plate to center field was 420 feet (130 m). A 19-foot (5.8 m) wall, whose top was the rim of the Plaza level, surrounded the outfield, making home runs difficult to hit. Later, an eight-foot fence was erected, cutting the distances to 327, 368, and 405 feet (123 m), respectively. In 1996, a note of asymmetry was introduced when a 19-foot (5.8 m) high scoreboard displaying out-of-town scores was erected along the right-field wall near the foul pole and deemed to be in play, and so the distances to right field and right-center field were 330 feet (100 m) and 370 feet (110 m), respectively, while the remaining dimensions remained the same.

Orel Hershiserbroke Don Drysdale's scoreless inning streak at Jack Murphy Stadium on September 28, 1988, as the Los Angeles Dodgers played the San Diego Padres.Rickey Hendersoncollected his 3000th major league base hit at Jack Murphy Stadium on October 7,2001as a Padre, in what was also the last major league game forTony Gwynn,the eight-timeNational Leaguebatting champion andHall of Famerwho played his entire career with San Diego. It was also before a Padres game where comedianRoseanne Barrgave her infamous rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner"in1990.

Chargers

Further information:San Diego Chargers

An NFL Chargers playoff game in 2007

The stadium was the site of the1980 AFC Championship Game,which the "Bolts"lost to theirAFC Westand in-state rival, theOakland Raiders,34–27. The Chargers also hosted Wild Card and Divisional Playoff games in1979,1980,1992,1994,1995,2004,2006,2007,2008and2009,going 5–6 in all playoff games held at the stadium. The Chargers won all their games at the stadium against theDetroit Lions(5–0—0) andJacksonville Jaguars(4–0—0), but lost all their meetups against theAtlanta Falcons(0–6—0),Carolina Panthers(0–3—0), andGreen Bay Packers(0–6—0). The Chargers moved toDignity Health Sports ParkinCarson,a suburb of Los Angeles, following the2016 NFL season.

Aztecs

Interior of then-Qualcomm Stadium before aSDSU Aztecs footballgame

Further information:San Diego State Aztecs football

Since its inception, the stadium, which was approximately five miles from campus, had been the home ofSan Diego State UniversityAztecs footballthrough the2019 season,the final season before demolition of the stadium commenced.Before the building of the stadium, they had played their games atBalboa Stadiumand their small, on-campus stadium, theAztec Bowl(which is now the site ofViejas Arena,the home of the university's basketball teams). Traditionally, the team, clad in all-black uniforms and red helmets, has played its home games at night, a tradition started during the days of former head coachDon Coryellbefore the stadium was even opened. There have been attempts in the past to change from "The Look", but all have been associated with subsequent poor play by the Aztecs and a return to the traditional look.

Other football games

Following the 1978 college football season, the stadium began hosting theHoliday Bowl,an annual bowl game held before New Year's Day. It originally hosted theWestern Athletic Conferencechampion (at the time, the hometown Aztecs had just joined this conference) against a nationally ranked opponent. The game has traditionally been a high-scoring affair, and until the2006 editionno team had ever been held to ten points or less. From 1995 through 2004, everylosingteam scored at least 20 points. The1984 gameis well known for being the culmination ofBYU's championship season,the last Division I-A (now FBS) national championship not won by a member of aPower Five conferenceor a majorindependent program.

On December 22, 2005, a second bowl game came to San Diego when the inauguralPoinsettia Bowlwas played at the stadium, withNavybeatingColorado State.The Poinsettia Bowl was organized by the same organizing committee as the Holiday Bowl. It was officially discontinued after the 2016 game, as the organizing committee announced (in January 2017) that it had decided to host only one game, beginning with the 2017 season.

On October 27, 2018, the Navy Midshipmen hosted theNotre Dame Fighting Irishat the stadium for a regular season game.

The stadium was the home field for theSan Diego Fleetof theAAF.They played 4 home games at the then named SDCCU Stadium in February and March 2019, with a home record of 3–1, before the league folded following week 8 of the inaugural season.

CIFSan DiegoSection Finals forhigh school footballwere held at the stadium. These usually took place on a Friday in early December, and four games were played (with eight teams representing four separate divisions, which are determined by the enrollment sizes of the individual schools).

Soccer

The stadium was a venue for manyinternationalsoccermatches. The stadium hostedFIFAtournaments, including theCONCACAF Gold Cup,and theU.S. Cup(an international invitational), as well as many international friendly matches involving theMexico National Team.The most recent international friendly at the stadium set an all-time attendance record for the sport in the region. The match between Mexico andArgentinawhich was held on June 4, 2008, drew 68,498 spectators.In addition, the stadium was part of the 18-stadiumUnited States 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid,but the United States did not win either bid for the World Cup.

The stadium also hosted several international friendlies featuring clubs such asReal Madrid,Chivas,Portsmouth F.C.andClub América.

TheSan Diego Sockersof theNorth American Soccer Leagueplayed at the stadium from 1978 to 1983. The stadium was the venue ofSoccer Bowl '82of the North American Soccer League andMajor League Soccer's1999 All-Star Game.

On January 29, 2017, theUSMNTplayed a friendly (exhibition) match againstSerbia,the first ever meeting between the two teams. The match finished as a 0–0 draw.

The stadium hosted two group stage matches of the2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

On July 25, 2018, the stadium hosted a2018 International Champions Cupmatch betweenA.S. RomaandTottenham Hotspur.Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1.

In 2019, the stadium hosted matches ofNational Independent Soccer AssociationclubSan Diego 1904 FC.

Other sports

In October 1967, just weeks after the stadium opened, it hosted aSCCAevent organized by San Diego Region. The event was not held in the stadium itself, but on a temporary course mapped out through the stadium's parking lot. In July 1968, the Region organized a SCCA National for the car park, now called the San Diego Stadium International Raceway, but the combination of a very small crowd and complaints about the noise ensured that the experiment was not repeated.

The stadium also hosted rugby matches. In October 1980, theUSAplayedNew Zealandin a rugby match televised on ESPN. With 14,000 fans in attendance, this game at the time was the largest crowd ever to watch an international rugby game in the US.Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFCplay rugby union at the adjacent mini-stadium, so-calledLittle Q.

The stadium was home to a round of theAMA Supercross Championshipeach year, usually in early February, from 1980 to 2014.The stadium also hosted a round ofMonster Jam,also ran and operated byFeld Entertainment.In 2015, both events were moved to Petco Park.

ESPNheld their inaugural Moto X World Championships at the stadium in April 2008,and has previously used the stadium parking lot and surrounding streets as a venue in the X Games Street Luge competition.

On May 4 and 18, 2013, the stadium was used as a racecourse by theStadium Super Trucks.

Concerts on the Green

Concerts on the Greenwas a sports field converted into a music and entertainment venue, located on the southwest corner of the stadium parking lot. The field was originally used as a practice venue for the San Diego Chargers. After the team moved to Chargers Park about a mile north of the stadium, the area was used primarily forrugby.AEGleased the area and retrofit it into an open-air amphitheater for concerts and other entertainment shows. The venue had the capability to hold 12,500, making it the second biggest entertainment venue in the Greater San Diego area; onlyNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatreseats more.

Non-sporting events

The stadium being used as an evacuation center duringCalifornia wildfires of October 2007.

Concerts

Many concerts were also held inside the stadium over the years, by famous artists of many different genres.

In 1983 rock radio stationKGB101.5 FM hosted the KGB Skyshow 8 with Uriah Heep,Eddie Money,Mötley CrüeandDef Leppardfinishing the show.

Date	Artist	Opening act(s)	Tour / Concert name	Attendance	Revenue	Notes
August 9, 1976	ZZ Top	Blue Öyster Cult Johnny & Edgar Winter	Worldwide Texas Tour	—	—
October 7, 1981	The Rolling Stones	George Thorogood J. Geils Band	American Tour 1981	70,000 / 70,000	$1,050,000
October 27, 1982	The Who	John Mellencamp Loverboy	The Who Tour 1982	51,771 / 55,000	$776,565
August 22, 1989	The Who	—	The Who Tour 1989	40,101 / 46,500	$902,273	This concert was recorded for the live album,Join Together.
September 30, 1992	Guns N' Roses Metallica	Body Count	Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour	42,167 / 45,938	$1,159,593
November 10, 1992	U2	—	Zoo TV Tour	—	—
April 14, 1994	Pink Floyd		The Division Bell Tour	51,610 / 51,610	$1,594,069
June 4, 1994	Eagles	—	Hell Freezes Over	—	—
October 17, 1994	The Rolling Stones	Seal	Voodoo Lounge Tour	—	—
March 22, 1995	Billy Joel Elton John	—	Face to Face 1995	52,665 / 52,665	$2,350,025
April 28, 1997	U2	—	PopMart Tour	—	—
February 3, 1998	The Rolling Stones	Santana	Bridges to Babylon Tour	55,507 / 55,507	$3,220,069
July 16, 2001	*NSYNC	Eden's Crush Samantha Mumba Dante Thomas	PopOdyssey	38,304 / 57,555	$1,983,015
July 27, 2008	Stone Temple Pilots	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Wolfmother	2008 Reunion Tour	—	—
September 6, 2008	Bob Dylan	—	Never Ending Tour 2008	—	—	This concert was a part of "Concerts on the Green".
July 9, 2015	One Direction	Icona Pop	On the Road Again Tour	52,510 / 52,510	$4,353,534	"Spaces" was performed and "Act My Age" was added to the setlist.
May 12, 2016	Beyoncé	DJ Khaled	The Formation World Tour	45,885 / 45,885	$6,028,115
August 22, 2016	Guns N' Roses	The Cult	Not in This Lifetime... Tour	49,458 / 49,458	$5,337,634
September 22, 2017	U2	Beck	The Joshua Tree Tour 2017	54,221 / 54,221	$6,469,130
October 8, 2017	Coldplay	Tove Lo Alina Baraz	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	54,279 / 54,279	$5,955,986	Part of the show was broadcast live at a benefit concert inMexico Cityfor the relief efforts for theCentral Mexico earthquake.The proceeds from the show went towards the relief efforts for theCentral Mexico earthquake.
September 27, 2018	Beyoncé Jay-Z	Chloe X HalleandDJ Khaled	On the Run II Tour	42,953 / 42,953	$5,445,486

In TV and movies

American Idol(season 7)held auditions there in July 2007; a total of 30 people who auditioned there made it to the next round.

In a January 30, 2009, episode ofMonk,The stadium was known as Summit Stadium in the episodeMr. Monk Makes the Playoffswith the fictitious San Francisco Condors as the home team.

Many parts of the 1979 filmThe Kid from Left Fieldwere filmed in and around the stadium.

The ending to the 1978 filmAttack of the Killer Tomatoeswas filmed on the field, using locals as extras.

The Little Q

The Little Q was a sports field, used primarily forrugbylocated adjacent to the stadium; the Little Q was home to San Diego'sSuper Leaguerugby teamOMBACand theCollege Premier DivisionSan Diego State UniversityAztec rugby team.

Big SoCal Euro

Big SoCal Euro was a gathering of European car enthusiasts. It attracts over 3,000 car lovers every year. Not only is Big SoCal Euro one of the largest all European car gatherings, but it is also one of the oldest events of its kind, established in 2002. It had been held at the stadium since 2007. The event was founded by Lon Mok ofSoCalEuro.com

Other events

Billy Graham hosted a crusade at the stadium in early May 2003.

During theCedar Firein October 2003 and theOctober 2007 California wildfires,the stadium served as an evacuation site for those living in affected areas. (This was similar to the use of theHouston Astrodomeand theNew Orleans SuperdomeduringHurricane Katrina.) The Cedar Fire forced the Chargers to move a contest with theMiami Dolphinsto Arizona State University'sSun Devil StadiuminTempe, Arizona.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, the San Diego County Council of the Boy Scouts of America used the stadium's concourse areas (between the rear of the grandstands and the freestanding wall which contains the entrance gates) as well as portions of the parking lots as the site of its annual Scout Fair. The San Diego County Council has since merged with the council representing Imperial County to form the Desert Pacific Council.

Sale and demolition

See also:San Diego Chargers stadium proposalsandSnapdragon Stadium

The stadium under demolition December 10, 2020

San Diego Stadium's demolition as of March 10, 2021

On June 30, 2020, the city of San Diego approved the sale of the stadium to San Diego State University and on August 10, 2020, the university officially took control.A new stadiumis under construction on the site and is anticipated to seat 35,000 and support events including SDSU football, non-football NCAA championship games, professional soccer, a future NFL team, and special events such as concerts.Following failed efforts in 2010 and 2016 to build a new stadium in downtown San Diego'sEast Village,San Diego State bought the entire 135 acres (55 ha), including the existing stadium, from the city for $88 million. A competing redevelopment proposal, known as SoccerCity, envisioned that stadium site could be leased from the city and redeveloped with private funding if San Diego was awarded aMajor League Soccerteam. The SoccerCity proposal was placed on the November 2018 ballot alongside the SDSU proposal but was defeated.The entire $3.5 billion SDSU project includes housing, office, and retail space, hotels, and 80 acres of parks and open space including a 34-acre river park on city property and will be rolled out in phases over 8–10 years.

The stadium was scheduled to be decommissioned following the end of the 2021 college football season whileSnapdragon Stadiumis constructed on the existing parking lot.However, on September 15, 2020, San Diego State University announced that the stadium would be demolished in early 2021. The stadium was taken down in pieces starting in December 2020 rather than beingimplodeddue to the California environmental law. The2020and2021 seasonswere played atDignity Health Sports ParkinCarsonuntil Snapdragon Stadium's planned completion for the Fall 2022 season.

On March 22, 2021, the last freestanding section of San Diego Stadium visible from Interstates 8 and 15 was felled, leaving the plaza level to be demolished.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums

External links

• VisitingFan.com: Reviews of Qualcomm Stadium
• Qualcomm Stadium Seating Chart