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{{short description|Multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California, United States}}
{{Infobox venue
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| nickname = The Q, The Murph
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| image = [[File:Qualcomm Stadium.jpg|center|275px]]
| caption = Aerial view of the stadium from the north side, 2005
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| opened = August 20, 1967
| closed = March 2020
| demolished
| owner = [[San Diego State University]]
| operator = San Diego State University
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; American football
[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State Aztecs]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1967–2019)<br />[[History of the San Diego Chargers|San Diego Chargers]] ([[American Football League|AFL]]/[[National Football League|NFL]]) (1967–2016)<br />[[Holiday Bowl]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1978–2019)<br />[[Poinsettia Bowl]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (2005–2016)<br />[[San Diego Fleet]] ([[Alliance of American Football|AAF]]) (2019)
; Baseball
[[San Diego Padres (PCL)|San Diego Padres]] ([[Pacific Coast League|PCL]]) (1968)<br />[[San Diego Padres]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) (1969–2003)
; Soccer
[[San Diego Sockers (1974–1996)|San Diego Sockers]] ([[North American Soccer League|NASL]]) (1978–1984)<br />[[San Diego 1904 FC]] ([[National Independent Soccer Association|NISA]]) (2019)
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| address = 9449 Friars Road
| construction_cost = US$27.75 million<br />(${{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 (1997–2017)<br />SDCCU Stadium (2017–2020)
| seating_capacity = 70,561 ([[American football|Football]], Chargers)<br />67,544 ([[Baseball]])<br />54,000 (Football, Aztecs)
}}
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==History==
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[[File:Qualcomm Stadium logo.jpg|thumb|Qualcomm Stadium logo (1997–2017)]]▼
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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 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|isbn=978-0-932653-72-7}}</ref> Construction on the stadium began one month later. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.
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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 for [[Super Bowl XXXII]] in 1998, bringing the capacity to 70,561. Also in 1997, the facility was renamed Qualcomm Stadium after [[Qualcomm]] Corporation paid $18 million for the [[naming rights]].<ref name="Cornerstone183"/> 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.<ref>[http://clerkdoc.sannet.gov/legtrain/Minutes/1997/min19970318 San Diego City Council Minutes, March 31, 1997]</ref> However, as part of the naming agreement Jack Murphy Field was not allowed to be used alongside Qualcomm Stadium.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://apse.dallasnews.com/oct2001/3-7grant.html |title=Newsroom Role Getting a Tough Test|date=October 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805003828/http://apse.dallasnews.com/oct2001/3-7grant.html |work=The Dallas Morning News|publisher=Associated Press |author1= Grant, Geoff|archive-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> 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. The stadium was temporarily renamed "Snapdragon Stadium" for 10 days in December 2011 as a marketing tie in for Qualcomm's [[Snapdragon (system on chip)|Snapdragon]] brand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/16/snapdragon-stadium-unveiled-bowl-season/ |title=Snapdragon Stadium unveiled for bowl season |newspaper=[[U-T San Diego]] |date=December 16, 2011 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krueger|first=Paul|url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Snapdragon-qualcomm-san-diego--136855603.html#ixzz2GNDYV8CN |title=Qualcomm Name Change Was Illegal: City|work=[[KNSD]] Channel 7 San Diego |date=January 6, 2012|access-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref> However, this renovation relegated the Padres to second-class citizens within their own stadium, as the city gave the Chargers full financial control of the 113 luxury suites.<ref>[https://thisgreatgame.com/ballparks-qualcomm-stadium/]</ref><ref>[https://footballstadiumdigest.com/2017/01/qualcomm-stadium-leaves-legacy-in-the-nfl/]</ref>
With the departure of the Padres to [[Petco Park]] following 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.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 21, 2006|title=San Diego mayor says city can't afford new Chargers stadium|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/chargers/2006-04-21-chargers-stadium_x.htm|access-date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> On January 12, 2017, the Chargers announced they were moving to Los Angeles and now play at [[SoFi Stadium]] with the [[Los Angeles Rams]]
[[File:Sdccu stadium demolition.jpg|thumb|220x124px|left|SDCCU stadium under demolition December 10, 2020]]▼
===Super Bowls ([[National Football League|NFL]])===▼
After the departure of the Chargers conversations over the future of the stadium and the land it was on picked up. The stadum's lone tenent was the [[San Diego State University]] [[San Diego State Aztecs football|foorball team]] and the university laid out a plan over the next two years for a new football stadium and an expansion of SDSU campus on the site. 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=1 March 2019}}</ref>
On December 27, 2019, the stadium hosted the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl, a college football bowl game between [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] and [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (Iowa won the game), this was the final sporting event ever played at this stadium.<ref>https://www.fevo.com/edp/Last-Game-Played-at-SDCCU-Stadium-GZIpxS76#:~:text=The%202019%20SDCCU%20Holiday%20Bowl%20between%20USC%20and%20Iowa%20was,of%20the%20final%20game%20played.</ref> Demolition of the stadium commenced in December 2020
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.<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> [[Aztec Stadium|A new stadium]] is 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adamek|first=Steve|date=28 February 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=1 March 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Grove|first=Jennifer|date=10 October 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=11 October 2019|df=mdy-all
The stadium was scheduled to be decommissioned following the end of the 2021 college football season while [[Aztec Stadium]] is 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 between December 2020 and Febuary 2021 rather than [[Building implosion|imploded]] due to California environmental law. The [[2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2020]] and [[2021 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2021]] seasons will be played at [[Dignity Health Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California|Carson]], until Aztec Stadium's planned 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=2020-09-15|website=SDSU Athletics|language=en}}</ref>▼
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On October 27, 2018, the Navy Midshipmen hosted the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] at the stadium for a regular season game.<ref>[http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/columnists/bryce-miller/sd-sp-miller-navy-notre-dame-san-diego-20181025-story.html How did game between Navy, No. 3 Notre Dame come to San Diego?] - Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 October 2018</ref>
[[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF]] [[San Diego]] Section Finals for [[high school football]] were held at
==Soccer==
The stadium also hosted several international friendlies featuring clubs such as [[Real Madrid]], [[C.D. Guadalajara|Chivas]], [[Portsmouth F.C.]] and [[Club América]].
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SDCCU 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'', 9 May 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 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
On May 4 and 18, 2013, the stadium was used as a race course by the [[Stadium Super Trucks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/ssts/tour/ |title=Schedule |work=[[Stadium Super Trucks]] |access-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124159/http://stadiumsupertrucks.com/ssts/tour/ |archive-date=October 19, 2013 }}</ref>
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[[American Idol (season 7)|''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 of ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'',
Many parts of the 1979 film ''[[The Kid from Left Field (1979 film)|The Kid from Left Field]]'', were filmed in and around the stadium.
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===The Little Q===
The Little Q is a sports field, used primarily for [[Rugby football|rugby]] located adjacent to
=== 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, it is one of the oldest events of its kind, established in 2002. It had been held at
===Other events===
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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.
▲[[File:Sdccu stadium demolition.jpg|thumb|220x124px|left|SDCCU stadium under demolition December 10, 2020]]
▲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.<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> [[Aztec Stadium|A new stadium]] is 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adamek|first=Steve|date=28 February 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=1 March 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Grove|first=Jennifer|date=10 October 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=11 October 2019|df=mdy-all}}</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> San Diego State bought the entire 135 acres, 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=1 March 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=1 June 2020}}</ref>
▲The stadium was scheduled to be decommissioned following the end of the 2021 college football season while [[Aztec Stadium]] is 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 between December 2020 and Febuary 2021 rather than [[Building implosion|imploded]] due to California environmental law. The [[2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2020]] and [[2021 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2021]] seasons will be played at [[Dignity Health Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California|Carson]], until Aztec Stadium's planned 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=2020-09-15|website=SDSU Athletics|language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
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