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San Diego Stadium

Qualcomm Stadium
"The Q, The Murph"
Qualcomm Stadium logo.jpg
Qualcomm Stadium.jpg
Former names San Diego Stadium (1967–1980)
Jack Murphy Stadium (1981–1997)
Snapdragon Stadium (December 2011)
Address 9449 Friars Road
Location San Diego, California
Coordinates 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W / 32.78306; -117.11944Coordinates: 32°46′59″N 117°7′10″W / 32.78306°N 117.11944°W / 32.78306; -117.11944
Public transit Qualcomm Stadium Station
Owner City of San Diego
Operator City of San Diego
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
Construction cost US$27.75 million
($199 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Frank L. Hope and Associates
General contractor Robertson/Larsen/Donovan
Tenants
San Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1967–present)
San Diego Chargers (NFL) (1967–2017)
San Diego Padres (PCL) (1968)
San Diego Padres (MLB) (1969–2003)
San Diego Jaws (NASL) (1976)
Holiday Bowl (NCAA) (1978–present)
San Diego Sockers (NASL) (1978–1984)
Poinsettia Bowl (NCAA) (2005–2016)

Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California, United States. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was later known for many years as Jack Murphy Stadium. Since 1997, the stadium's naming rights have been owned by Qualcomm, a San Diego-based telecommunications equipment company.

It is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team from San Diego State University. Two college football bowl games, the Holiday Bowl and Poinsettia Bowl, are held in the stadium every December. The stadium was the longtime home of two professional franchises, 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, while the Padres played home games at the stadium from their founding in 1969 through the 2003 season, when they moved to Petco Park in downtown San Diego.

The stadium has hosted three Super Bowl games: Super Bowl XXII in 1988, Super Bowl XXXII in 1998, and Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003. It has also hosted the 1978 and 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Games, as well as games of the 1996 and 1998 National League Division Series, the 1984 and 1998 National League Championship Series, and the 1984 and 1998 World Series. It is the only stadium ever to host both the Super Bowl and the World Series in the same year (1998) and is one of three stadiums to host the World Series, MLB All-Star Game, and Super Bowl, along with the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.


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