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Line 37: \| seating_capacity = 70,561 ([[American football\|Football]], Chargers)<br />67,544 ([[Baseball]])<br />54,000 (Football, Aztecs) }} '''San Diego Stadium''' was a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[San Diego]], California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium\| title=Stadium \|website=City of San Diego}}</ref> ~~The stadium opened~~Opened in 1967 as ~~'''~~San Diego Stadium~~'''~~; ~~and~~it was ~~known as~~renamed '''Jack Murphy Stadium''' for sportswriter [[Jack Murphy (sportswriter)\|Jack Murphy]] from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's [[naming rights]] were owned by [[Qualcomm]]; ~~the stadium~~it was ~~known as~~named '''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;<ref>{{cite news\|last=Showley\|first=Roger\|title='SDCCU Stadium' – the proposed new name for the 'Q'\|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-stadiumname-20170914-story.html\|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]\|date=September 14, 2017\|access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> those naming rights expired in December 2020.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Kenney\|first=Kirk~~\title=Aztec~~ ~~Stadium update: Out with the Old, In with the New~~\| title=Aztec Stadium update: Out with the old, in with the new \|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2021-02-03/san-diego-state-aztecs-football-sdsu-mission-valley-stadium-update-demolition\|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]\|date=February 3, 2021\|access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> Demolition of San Diego Stadium began in December 2020; its last freestanding section was felled on March 22, 2021.<ref name="last piece">{{cite web \|title=WATCH: Final Piece of San Diego Stadium Torn Down \|url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/watch-final-piece-of-san-diego-stadium-torn-down/2556015/ \|publisher=KNSD \|access-date=March 24, 2021\|date=March 21, 2021}}</ref> The stadium was the longtime home for two teams of the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada\|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 San Diego Chargers season\|1967]] through the [[2016 San Diego Chargers season\|2016 season]], after which they moved to the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area to become the [[Los Angeles Chargers]].<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Wilson\|first1=Ryan\|title=Report: Chargers plan to play in 30,000-seat soccer stadium in 2017–2018\|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/report-chargers-plan-to-play-in-30000-seat-soccer-stadium-in-2017-2018/\|work=CBS Sports\|date=January 12, 2017 \|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> The Padres played home games at the stadium from their founding in [[1969 San Diego Padres season\|1969]] through the [[2003 San Diego Padres season\|2003 season]], then moved to [[Petco Park]] in [[downtown San Diego]]. Additionally, the stadium hosted the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)\|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)\|North American Soccer League]] (NASL) from 1978 through the 1984 season. San Diego Stadium was the home of the [[San Diego State Aztecs football]] team from [[1967 San Diego State Aztecs football team\|1967]] through [[2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team\|2019]]. ~~An annual~~A college football [[bowl game]], the [[Holiday Bowl]], was held in the stadium every December from [[1978 Holiday Bowl\|1978]] through [[2019 Holiday Bowl\|2019]]. The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, the [[Poinsettia Bowl]], from [[2005 Poinsettia Bowl\|2005]] until its discontinuation following the [[2016 Poinsettia Bowl\|2016 edition]] ~~edition~~. ~~Following the demolition of San~~In ~~Diego Stadium~~2020, [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) purchased the ~~land~~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 inon ~~August~~the site in 2022 as the new home for the Aztecs football team. The stadium hosted three [[Super Bowl]]s: [[Super Bowl XXII\|XXII]] in 1988, [[Super Bowl XXXII\|XXXII]] in 1998, and [[Super Bowl XXXVII\|XXXVII]] in 2003. It also hosted the [[1984 World Series\|1984]] and [[1998 World Series]], the [[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game\|1978]] and [[1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], and games of the [[1996 National League Division Series\|1996]] and [[1998 National League Division Series]] and the [[1984 National League Championship Series\|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 Super Bowl, World Series, and 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. ==History== Line 251: ==Soccer== The stadium was a venue for many [[Exhibition game#International football\|international]] [[association football\|soccer]] matches. The stadium hosted [[FIFA]] tournaments, including the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]], and the [[United States Cup\|U.S. Cup]] (an international invitational), as well as many international friendly matches involving the [[Mexico national football team\|Mexico ~~National~~national ~~Team~~team]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20070227-1619-soclist27.html \|title=El Tri in San Diego \|newspaper=[[U-T San Diego\|San Diego Union-Tribune]] \|date=February 27, 2007}}</ref> The most recent international friendly at the stadium set an all-time attendance record for the sport in the region. The match between Mexico and [[Argentina national football team\|Argentina]] which was held on June 4, 2008, drew 68,498 spectators.<ref>{{cite news \|first=Mark\|last=Zeigler\|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20080605-9999-2s5mexsoc.html\|title=Messi Makes Mess of El Tri's Defense\|newspaper=[[U-T San Diego\|San Diego Union-Tribune]]\|date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> In addition, the stadium was part of the 18-stadium [[United 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 as [[Real Madrid]], [[C.D. Guadalajara\|Chivas]], [[Portsmouth F.C.]] and [[Club América]]. Line 266: ==Other sports== In October 1967, just weeks after the stadium opened, it hosted a [[Sports Car Club of America~~\|SCCA~~]] event 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.<ref>[http://www.oldracingcars.com/fb/1968/sopac/ Southern Pacific SCCA Formula B 1968 on OldRacingCars.com]</ref> The stadium also hosted rugby matches. In October 1980, the [[United States national rugby union team\|~~USA~~United States]] played [[New Zealand national rugby union team\|New Zealand]] in 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.<ref>{{cite magazine \|magazine=Sports Illustrated \|title=An All Black And Blue Day \|date=October 20, 1980 \|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1980/10/20/825056/an-all-black-and-blue-day-the-worlds-best-side-from-down-in-new-zealand-trounced-the-us-before-the-sports-largest-american-audience \|author1=Levin, Dan}}</ref> [[Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC]] played rugby union at the adjacent mini-stadium, so-called '''Little Q'''. The stadium was home to a round of the [[AMA Supercross Championship]] each year, usually in early February, from 1980 to 2014.<ref name="utsandiego.com">[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/may/09/supercross-petco-qualcomm-monster-jam/ Petco saved Supercross, Monster Jam shows] ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', May 9, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/06/supercross-petco-park-motorcross/ Supercross comes to Petco Park] ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', February 6, 2015</ref> The stadium also hosted a round of [[Monster Jam]], also ran and operated by [[Feld Entertainment]]. In 2015, both events were moved to Petco Park.<ref name="utsandiego.com"/> Line 376: On June 30, 2020, the City of San Diego approved the sale of the stadium to [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) and on August 10, 2020, the university officially took control.<ref>{{cite news\|title=City Approves Agreement for SDSU to Purchase Mission Valley Stadium Site\|url=https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=78072\|access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> A new stadium broke ground on the site one week later and ultimately opened in 2022 as [[Snapdragon Stadium]], with a seating capacity of 35,000 to support events including [[San Diego State Aztecs football\|SDSU football]], non-football NCAA championship games, professional soccer, a possible future [[NFL]] team, and special events such as concerts.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Adamek\|first=Steve\|date=February 28, 2019\|title=SDSU Selects Clark Construction to Build $250M Mission Valley Stadium\|work=San Diego Business Journal\|url=http://sdbj.com/news/2019/feb/28/sdsu-selects-clark-construction-build-250m-mission/\|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Van Grove\|first=Jennifer\|date=October 10, 2019\|title=SDSU is about to make an offer to buy the city's Mission Valley stadium site\|language=en-US\|work=San Diego Union-Tribune\|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/story/2019-10-10/sdsu-is-about-to-make-an-offer-to-buy-the-citys-mission-valley-stadium-site\|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref> Following failed efforts in 2010 and 2016 to build a new stadium in downtown San Diego's [[East Village, San Diego\|East Village]],<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Kleske\|first1=Andrew\|last2=Sanchez\|first2=Leonel\|date=May 19, 2010\|title=Chargers release downtown stadium plan\|newspaper=[[U-T San Diego]]\|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/19/chargers-release-downtown-stadium-plan/\|access-date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> SDSU bought the entire {{convert\|135\|acre}}, 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 a [[Major League Soccer]] team. The SoccerCity proposal was placed on the November 2018 ballot alongside the SDSU proposal but was defeated.<ref name="explained">{{cite news\|last=Van Grove\|first=Jennifer\|date=October 4, 2018\|title=The Mission Valley stadium ballot measures explained\|work=San Diego Union Tribune\|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-stadium-ballot-indepth-20181013-story.html\|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Huard\|first=Ray\|date=May 31, 2020\|title=City Approves Deal to Sell Stadium Site to SDSU\|work=San Diego Business Journal\|url=https://www.sdbj.com/news/2020/may/31/city-approves-deal-sell-stadium-site-sdsu/\|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The stadium was scheduled to be decommissioned following the end of the 2021 college football season while Snapdragon Stadium was being constructed on the existing parking lot.<ref name=":0" /> 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 being [[Building implosion\|imploded]] due to the California environmental law. The [[2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team\|2020]] and [[2021 San Diego State Aztecs football team\|2021 season]]s were played at [[Dignity Health Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California\|Carson]] until Snapdragon Stadium's completion for the ~~Fall~~ 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=FB to Play at Dignity Health Sports Park in 2021\|url=https://goaztecs.com/news/2020/9/15/general-aztec-football-to-play-at-dignity-health-sports-park-in-2021.aspx\|access-date=September 15, 2020\|website=SDSU Athletics\|date=September 15, 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="last piece" /> Line 457: [[Category:American football venues in California]] [[Category:Baseball venues in California]] ~~[[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums]]~~ [[Category:Defunct American football venues in the United States]] [[Category:Defunct Major League Baseball venues]] Line 483 ⟶ 482: [[Category:San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)]] [[Category:Qualcomm]] [[Category:College baseball venues in California]]