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| stadium_name = San Diego County Credit Union Stadium

| nickname = ''The Q''<br>''The Murph''

| logo_image =

| image = [[File:Qualcomm Stadium.jpg|center|275px]]

| ownerclosed = CityMarch of San Diego2020

| dimensions = '''Left field'''<br />330 (1969),<br />327 (1982)<br />'''Left-center & Right-center'''<br />375 (1969),<br />370 (1982)<br />'''Center field'''<br />420 (1969),<br />410 (1973),<br />420 (1978),<br />405 (1982)<br />'''Right field'''<br />330 (1969),<br />327 (1982),<br />330 (1996)<br />'''Backstop'''<br />80 feet (1969),<br />75 (1982) [[File:SanDiegoStadiumDimensions.svg|180px]]

| construction_cost = US[[United States dollar|$]]27.75 million<br />(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|27750000|1967}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})

| former_names = San Diego Stadium (1967–1980)<br />Jack Murphy Stadium (1981–1997)<br />Qualcomm Stadium<br>(1997–2011, 2012–2017)<br />Snapdragon Stadium (2011) <br />SDCCU Stadium (1997–20172017–2020)

| seating_capacity = 70,561 ([[American football|Football]], Chargers)<br />67,544 ([[Baseball]])<br />54,000 (Football, Aztecs)

'''San Diego County Credit Union Stadium''', commonly known as '''SDCCU Stadium''', iswas a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite Theweb |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium| openedtitle=Stadium in 1967|website=City asof '''San Diego}}</ref> Stadium'''Opened andin was1967 lateras knownSan forDiego manyStadium; yearsit aswas 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]],; a San Diego-based telecommunications equipment company and the stadiumit was known asnamed '''Qualcomm Stadium'''. The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, and thewere stadium was renamed in September 2017. Currently the naming rights are ownedpurchased by [[San Diego County Credit Union]], whorenaming paidthe $500,000stadium forto the'''SDCCU rightsStadium''' throughon DecemberSeptember 3119, 2018.2017;<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|accessdateaccess-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 |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>

ItThe isstadium the home ofwas the [[Sanlongtime Diegohome Statefor Aztecstwo football]]teams team from [[San Diego State University]]. One college football [[bowl game]],of the [[HolidayMajor Bowl]],professional issports heldleagues in the stadiumUnited everyStates December.and TheCanada|major stadiumprofessional wassports the longtime home of two professional franchises,leagues]]: the [[History of the San Diego Chargers|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 2017-20182017–2018|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/report-chargers-plan-to-play-in-30000-seat-soccer-stadium-in-2017-2018/|website=CBSSports.com|publisherwork=CBS Sports|accessdatedate=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> while theThe 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]], when theythen moved to [[Petco Park]] in [[downtown San Diego]]. TheAdditionally, the stadium washosted alsothe home[[San toDiego aSockers second(1978–1996)|San collegeDiego bowlSockers]] game,of the [[PoinsettiaNorth Bowl]],American fromSoccer 2005League until(1968–1984)|North itsAmerican discontinuationSoccer followingLeague]] (NASL) from 1978 through the 20161984 editionseason.

In the early 1960s, local [[sportswriter]] [[Jack Murphy (sportswriter)|Jack Murphy]], the brother of [[New York Mets]] broadcaster [[Bob Murphy (announcer)|Bob Murphy]], began to build up support for a multi-purpose stadium for San Diego. In November 1965, a $27&nbsp;million [[bond (finance)|bond]] was passed allowing construction to begin on a stadium, which was designed in the [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist style]].<ref name="Cornerstone183">{{cite book|title=San Diego: California's Cornerstone|author=Engstrand, Iris|page=183|publisher=[[Sunbelt Publications]]|date=2005|ISBNisbn=978-0-932653-72-7}}</ref> Construction on the stadium began one month later. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.

[[File:Qualcomm Stadium-baseball.jpg|thumb|200px|Satellite view of then-Qualcomm Stadium in March 2003, with the trolley line at the bottom of the image.]]

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 in [[Detroit]]'s [[Comerica Park]] today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/qual702.jpg|format=Photo|website=Ballparks of Baseball | title=Qualcomm Stadium |date=July 2017}}</ref>

In the football configuration, the portable seating sections arewere 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 arewere 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 arewere visible above the west end zone, opposite the scoreboard). These doors arewere rolling metal overhead doors, with the field side painted to match the surrounding walls facing the field.

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! scope="row" style="background-color:{{Baseball #de6108;secondary color:style|San #000066;Diego Padres}}"| 1967–1972

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| 59,411<ref name="capdec">{{cite news |title=Padres Reduce Seating|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19931202&id=2uRRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IZQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811,423983|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=December 2, 1993|accessdateaccess-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

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| 47,750972<ref>{{cite news |title=Baseball Stadiums at a Glance|author=Neil Hohlfel|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1995_1298823/baseball-stadiums-at-a-glance.html|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=August 27, 1995|accessdateaccess-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref><ref name="BOB_Jack_Murphy">{{cite web |title=Jack Murphy Stadium |url=https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/jack-murphy-stadium/ |website=Ballparks of Baseball |access-date=November 15, 2019 |date=1998}}</ref>

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| 49,639<ref name="green">{{cite book|last=Lowry|first=Phil|title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present|year=2006|publisher=Addison Wesley Publishing Company|location=New York City|isbn=0-201-62229-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greencathedralsu0000lowr_u1c9}}</ref>

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| 52,596<ref>{{cite news |title=Fans Haven't Forgotten Chargers-Raiders Game|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XhgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703,716510&dq=en|newspaper=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]|date=September 8, 1979|accessdateaccess-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

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| 60,836750<ref>{{cite news |title=Mecklenburg Still Waiting to See Denver's Greatness Injured Chargers MayFrustrate BeJets Proving Ground38–17|first=Frank|last=Litsky|url=httphttps://nlwww.newsbanknytimes.com/nl-search1990/we12/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct03/sports/chargers-0=0F34BBA48994E89F&p_field_directfrustrate-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePMjets-38-17.html|newspaper=[[The GazetteNew (ColoradoYork Springs)|The GazetteTimes]]|date=OctoberDecember 253, 19921990|accessdateaccess-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

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| 7160,350836<ref>{{cite news |title=SanMecklenburg DiegoStill in LineWaiting to beSee SuperDenver's BowlGreatness FinalistInjured forChargers 2002|first=BarryMay M.Be Proving |last=BloomGround|url=httpshttp://pqasbnl.pqarchivernewsbank.com/sandiegonl-search/accesswe/1243796101.htmlArchives?didsp_product=1243796101:1243796101NewsLibrary&FMTp_multi=ABSCSGB&FMTSd_place=ABS:FTCSGB&typep_theme=currentnewslibrary2&datep_action=Nov+11%2C+1997search&authorp_maxdocs=Barry+M.+Bloom200&pubp_topdoc=The+San+Diego+Union+1&p_text_direct-+Tribune0=0F34BBA48994E89F&descp_field_direct-0=San+Diego+in+line+to+be+Super+Bowl+finalist+for+2002document_id&p_perpage=10&pqatlp_sort=googleYMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=[[U-TThe SanGazette Diego(Colorado Springs)|SanThe Diego Union-TribuneGazette]]|date=NovemberOctober 1125, 19971992|accessdateaccess-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|LosSan AngelesDiego Chargers}}"| 1999–20171997–1998

===The Padres===

The baseball field dimensions had varied slightly over the years. In 1969, the distance from home plate to the left and right field wall was {{convert|330|ft|m}}, the distance to the left- and right-center field power alleys was {{convert|375|ft|m}}, and the distance from home plate to the center field was {{convert|420|ft|m}}. A {{convert|19|ft|m|singadj=on}} 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 {{convert|405|ft|m}}, respectively. In 1996, a note of asymmetry was introduced when a {{convert|19|ft|m|singadj=on}} 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 {{convert|330|ft|m}} and {{convert|370|ft|m}}, respectively, while the remaining dimensions remained the same.

[[Orel Hershiser]] broke 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 Henderson]] collected his 3000th major league base hit hereat Jack Murphy Stadium on October 7, [[2001 San Diego Padres season|2001]] as a Padre, in what was also the last major league game for [[Tony Gwynn]], the eight-time [[National League (baseball)|National League]] batting champion and [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] who played his entire career with San Diego. It was also before a Padres game here where comedian [[Roseanne Barr]] gave her infamous rendition of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" in [[1990 San Diego Padres season|1990]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Laurence|first=Robert|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030717-9999_1c17barr.html|title=Roseanne Tries Raising the Bar|newspaper=[[U-T San Diego|San Diego Union Tribune]]|date=July 17, 2003|accessdateaccess-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313182411/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030717-9999_1c17barr.html|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===The Chargers===

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[[File:Qualcomm Jan 14 07.jpg|left|thumb|300px|An NFL Chargers playoff game in 2007]]

The stadium was the site of the [[1980–81 NFL playoffs|1980 AFC Championship Game]], which the "[[1980 San Diego Chargers season|Bolts]]" lost to their [[AFC West]] and in-state rival, the [[1980 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]], 34–27. The Chargers also hosted Wild Card and Divisional Playoff games in [[1979 San Diego Chargers season|1979]], 1980, [[1992 San Diego Chargers season|1992]], 1994, [[1995 San Diego Chargers season|1995]], [[2004 San Diego Chargers season|2004]], [[2006 San Diego Chargers season|2006]], [[2007 San Diego Chargers season|2007]], [[2008 San Diego Chargers season|2008]] and [[2009 San Diego Chargers season|2009]], going 5-55–6 in all playoff games held at the stadium. The Chargers werewon unbeatenall their games at SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium against the [[Detroit Lions]] (5–05–0—0) and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (4–04–0—0), but winlesslost all their meetups against the [[Atlanta Falcons]] (0–60–6—0), [[Carolina Panthers]] (0–30–3—0), and [[Green Bay Packers]] (0–60–6—0). The Chargers moved from SDCCU Stadium to the [[StubHubDignity CenterHealth Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California|Carson]], a suburb of Los Angeles, following the [[2016 NFL season]].

===The Aztecs===

[[File:Qualcomm Interior.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Interior of then-Qualcomm Stadium before a [[San Diego State Aztecs football|SDSU Aztecs football]] game]]

{{Further information|San Diego State Aztecs football}}

Since its inception, the stadium, which iswas approximately five miles from campus, hashad been the home of the [[San Diego State UniversityAztecs football]] team through the [[2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team|Aztecs2019 footballseason]], the final season before demolition of the stadium commenced.<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> Before the building of the stadium, they had played their games at [[Balboa Stadium]] and their small, on-campus stadium, the [[Aztec Bowl (stadium)|Aztec Bowl]] (which is now the site of [[Viejas 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 coach [[Don Coryell]] before 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.

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On December 22, 2005, a second bowl game came to San Diego when the inaugural San Diego County Credit Union [[Poinsettia Bowl]] was played at SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium, with [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] beating [[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado 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.

SDCCUThe Stadiumstadium has beenwas a venue for many [[Exhibition game#International football|international]] [[association football|soccer]] matches. The stadium has hosted [[FIFA]] tournaments, including the [[CONCACAF]] [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|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 Nationalnational Teamteam]].<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 SDCCUthe 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, SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium 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 has also hosted several international friendlies featuring clubs such as [[Real Madrid]], [[C.D. Guadalajara|Chivas]], [[Portsmouth F.C.]] and [[Club América]].

The [[San Diego Sockers (1974–96)|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] played at the stadium from 1978 to 1983. SDCCUThe Stadiumstadium was the venue of [[Soccer Bowl '82]] of the North American Soccer League and [[Major League Soccer]]'s [[1999 MLS All-Star Game|1999 All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MLS All-Star Game 1999|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/allstar/1999 |website=mlssoccer.com |accessdateaccess-date=February 15, 2013}}</ref>

On January 29, 2017, the [[United States men's national soccer team|USMNT]] played a friendly ([[exhibition match|exhibition]]) match against [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], the first ever meeting between the two teams. The match finished as a 0-00–0 draw.<ref name="USA-Serbia">http{{cite news |title=USA 0–0 Serbia: international football friendly – as it happened |url=https://www.ussoccertheguardian.com/storiesfootball/live/2017/01jan/29/23/40/20170129-mnt-recap-usa-kicksserbia-offinternational-2017football-withfriendly-0latest-0score |access-draw-against-serbiadate=November 14, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=February 20, 2017}}</ref>

In October 1967, just weeks after the stadium opened, it hosted a SCCA[[Sports Car Club of America]] 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>

SDCCUThe Stadium hasstadium also hosted rugby matches. In October 1980, the [[United States national rugby union team|USAUnited 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, Oct.|date=October 20, 1980, http|url=https://sportsillustratedwww.cnnsi.com/vault/article1980/magazine10/MAG112388020/2825056/index.htman-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]] playplayed rugby union at the adjacent mini-stadium, so-called '''Little Q'''.

SDCCUThe Stadiumstadium 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'', 9 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'', 6 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"/>

[[ESPN]] held their inaugural Moto X World Championships at SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium in April 2008,<ref>{{cite news|title=Monster Energy Athletes Win Half of the Events @ ESPN Moto-X World Championships|url=http://www.monsterarmy.com/blog/?id=bcdeeddf-c2e3-474a-89eb-1869e1a277de|publisher=monsterarmy.com|accessdateaccess-date=February 15, 2013}}</ref> and has previously used the stadium parking lot and surrounding streets as a venue in the X Games Street Luge competition.

'''Concerts on the Green''' iswas 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 for [[Rugby football|rugby]]. [[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG]] leased 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; only [[CricketNorth Island Credit WirelessUnion Amphitheatre]] seatsseated more.

[[File:QualcommEvacuationCenter.jpg|thumb|200px|The stadium being used as an evacuation center during [[California wildfires of October 2007]].]]

Many concerts havewere also been held inside the stadium over the years, by famous artists of many different genres. [[Metallica]] and [[Guns N' Roses]] brought their co-headlining [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]] to the stadium on September 30, 1992, with [[Body Count]] as their opening act. Guns N' Roses later returned to perform at the stadium on August 22, 2016 as part of their [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]] with [[The Cult]] as their opening act.

In a January 30, 2009, episode of ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', SDCCUThe Stadiumstadium was known as Summit Stadium in the episode ''Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs'' with the fictitious San Francisco Condors as the home team.

The Little Q iswas a sports field, used primarily for [[Rugby football|rugby]] located adjacent to SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium; the Little Q iswas home to San Diego's [[Rugby Super League (United States)|Super League]] rugby team [[Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC|OMBAC]] and the [[College Premier Division]] [[San Diego State University]] Aztec rugby team.

Big SoCal Euro iswas 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 hashad been held at SDCCUthe Stadiumstadium since 2007. The event was founded by Lon Mok of [http://www.SoCalEuro.com SoCalEuro.com]

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| title = Home of the<br />[[San Diego Chargers]]

| years = 1967 &ndash; 20171967–2017

| after = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|StubHub Center]]

| title = Home of the<br />[[Holiday Bowl]]

| years = 1978 &ndash; present1978–2019

| after = current[[Aztec stadiumStadium]]

| title = Home of the<br />[[Poinsettia Bowl]]

| years = 2005 &ndash; present2005–2016

| after = current stadiumnone

| title = Home of the<br />[[San Diego Padres]]

| years = 1969 &ndash; 20031969–2003

| years = 1978<br />1992

| before = [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]<br />[[SkyDome]]

| after = [[Kingdome|The Kingdome]]<br />[[Oriole Park at Camden Yards|Camden Yards]]

| years = [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]] 1988<br />[[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]] 1998<br />[[Super Bowl XXXVII|XXXVII]] 2003

| before = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]<br />[[Louisiana Superdome]]<br />[[Louisiana Superdome]]

| after = [[Joe Robbie Stadium]]<br />[[Pro Player Stadium]]<br />[[Reliant Stadium]]

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