Qualcomm Stadium
The Q, The Murph
Location	9449 Friars Road San Diego, CA 92108
Opened	1967
Owner	City of San Diego
Operator	City of San Diego
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$27 million USD
Former names	San Diego Stadium (1967-1980) Jack Murphy Stadium (1980-1997)
Tenants	San Diego Chargers (NFL) (1967-Present) Holiday Bowl (NCAA) (1978-Present) Poinsettia Bowl (NCAA) (2005-Present) San Diego State Aztecs (NCAA) (1967-Present) San Diego Padres (NL) (1969-2003) San Diego Sockers (NASL) (1978-1984) San Diego Jaws (NASL) (1976)
Capacity	50,000 (1967) • 44,790 (1973) • 47,634 (1974) 47,491 (1976) • 48,460 (1977) • 51,362 (1979) 48,443 (1980) • 51,362 (1981) • 51,319 (1983) 58,671 (1984) • 58,433 (1986) • 59,022 (1990) 59,254 (1991) • 59,700 (1992) 1997: 71,294 (football); 67,544 (baseball)
Field dimensions	Left field: 330 (1969); 327 (1982) Right-center & Left-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 (1969), 75 (1982)

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The stadium is located immediately northwest of the interchange of Interstate 8 and Interstate 15; the neighborhood surrounding the stadium is known as Mission Valley, in reference to the Mission San Diego de Alcala, which is located to the east, and its placement in the valley of the San Diego River. In the US state of California, Interstate 8 is designated for, from Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in San Diego to the California- Arizona In the US state of California, Interstate 15 is a major north-south route through the San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Mission San Diego de Alcalá, also known as the San Diego Mission Church, was founded on July 16, 1769, the first in the twenty-one Alta California The San Diego River is a River in San Diego County California.

History

In the early 1960s, local sportswriter Jack Murphy, the brother of New York Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, began to build up support for a multipurpose stadium for San Diego. Sports journalism is a form of Journalism that reports on Sports topics and events While the sports department within some Newspapers has been Jack Murphy ( February 5, 1923 &ndash September 24, 1980) was a sports editor and columnist for the San Diego Union newspaper "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Robert Allan Murphy ( September 19, 1924 &ndash August 3, 2004) was an American sportscaster who spent 50 years doing In November 1965, a $27 million bond was passed allowing construction to begin on a stadium, which was designed in the Brutalist style. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. In Finance, a bond is a Debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and Interest The term Brutalist Architecture originates from the French Béton brut, or "raw concrete" a term used by Le Corbusier to describe Construction on the stadium began one month later. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.

The Chargers played the first game ever at the stadium on August 20, 1967. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Athletics Marathon August 5 &mdash Pan American Games Marathon, Winnipeg Canada Men's 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 AAA Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres baseball team played its last season in the stadium, following their move from the minor league sized Westgate Park. The Pacific Coast League (PCL is a Minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. Due to expansion of Major League Baseball, this team was replaced by the current San Diego Padres major-league team beginning in the 1969 season. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 (The Padres moved out of QUALCOMM Stadium following the 2003 season. )

Statue of Jack Murphy and his dog Abe in front of the stadium

After Jack Murphy's passing in 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium or simply Jack Murphy Stadium. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1980 in athletics (track and field World Records June 12 &mdash 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 for Super Bowl XXXII in 1998, bringing the capacity to over 71,000. Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played on January 25 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego California to decide the National Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1998 in athletics (track and field Decathlon Also in 1997, the facility was renamed QUALCOMM Stadium after QUALCOMM Corporation paid $18 million for the naming rights. Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Qualcomm ( is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego California Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations The naming rights will belong to QUALCOMM until 2017. 2017 ( MMXVII) will be a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In order to continue to honor Murphy, the city named the stadium site Jack Murphy Field. ^[1] However, as part of the naming agreement Jack Murphy Field was not allowed to be used alongside QUALCOMM Stadium. ^[2] Many San Diegans, however, still refer to the stadium as "Jack Murphy" or simply "The Murph. " The most common nickname these days is "the Q".

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

The stadium was the first of the square-circle "octorad" style, which was thought to be an improvement over the other cookie cutter stadiums of the time for hosting both football and baseball. Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of Stadium designed for use by multiple teams playing Baseball, American football, soccer, and in some (The second and last of this style was the since-imploded Veterans Stadium. Philadelphia Veterans Stadium (informally called "The Vet") was a professional sports facility located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison ) 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.

Configurations

In order to accommodate the dimensions of both football and baseball fields, the stadium was constructed with half of the Field-level seating permanent (built of concrete, in the southern quadrant of the stadium), and the other half 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 and serve as the third-base half of the infield. Open bullpens were located along both foul lines just beyond the ends of the Field-level seats.

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

The Padres

From their inception in 1969 until the end of 2003, when they moved into PETCO Park in the downtown area, the National League's San Diego Padres called the stadium home. PETCO Park is an open-air Stadium in downtown San Diego, California. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball 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 330 feet, the distance to the left- and right-center field power alleys was 375 feet, and the distance from home plate to the center field was 420 feet. A 19-foot 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, respectively. In 1996 a note of asymmetry was introduced when a 19-foot 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 and 370 feet, respectively, while the remaining dimensions remained the same.

Rickey Henderson collected his 3000th major league base hit here on October 7, 2001 as a Padre, in what was also the last major league game for eight-time National League batting champion and Hall of Famer: "Mr. Padre" Tony Gwynn, who played his entire career here. Rickey Henley Henderson (born as Rickey Nelson Henley, December 25 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Feng Jing, China The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Anthony Keith Gwynn (born May 9 1960 in Los Angeles California) is a former Right fielder in Major League Baseball, statistically one of the best and Anthony Keith Gwynn (born May 9 1960 in Los Angeles California) is a former Right fielder in Major League Baseball, statistically one of the best and Recent fans were treated to a recording of the song "Hell's Bells" by the heavy metal rock band AC/DC whenever ace reliever Trevor Hoffman arrived in a game in the 9th inning in a save situation. " Hells Bells " is the first track of the album Back in Black of Australian Hard rock band AC/DC. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Trevor William Hoffman ( October 13, 1967 in Bellflower California) is a closer in Major League Baseball who has played for the Victories by both the Padres and Chargers have been celebrated by the playing of the song "Gettin' Jiggy With It" recorded by singer and actor Will Smith.

The Home of the Chargers

NFL game between the San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams

The San Diego Chargers teams that played football here in the 1970's and 1980's featured a high-scoring offense led by quarterback Dan Fouts and featuring running back Chuck Muncie, tight end Kellen Winslow, receiver Charlie Joiner and place-kicker Rolf Benirschke; however, the first Chargers team to advance to the Super Bowl (in 1994, Super Bowl XXIX) featured a strong defense anchored by linebacker Junior Seau and an unspectacular but efficient offense led by quarterback Stan Humphries and running back Natrone Means. The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego California. Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10 1951) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football League. Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie (born March 17, 1953 in Uniontown Pennsylvania) is a former American football Running back who Kellen Boswell Winslow (born November 5 1957) is a Hall of Fame former professional American football Tight end with the University of Charles Joiner Jr (born October 14, 1947) is a former football player who starred in the NFL for eighteen seasons virtually exclusively at Rolf Joachim Benirschke (born February 7, 1955 in Boston Massachusetts) is a former American football Placekicker in the National Super Bowl XXIX was an American football game played on January 29 1995 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Florida (now part of the Suburb Junior Seau (ˌʤunjɚ ˈseɪo (born Tiaina Baul Seau Jr on January 19, 1969 in San Diego California) is an American football William Stanley "Stan" Humphries (born April 14, 1965 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former professional football Quarterback Natrone Jermaine Means (born April 26, 1972 in Harrisburg North Carolina) is a former professional American Football Running back

The Aztecs

See San Diego State Aztecs

Interior of Qualcomm Stadium before SDSU Aztec football game

Since its inception, the stadium, which is approximately five miles from campus, has been the home of the San Diego State University Aztecs. The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University (SDSU. History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University (SDSU. Before the building of the stadium, they had played their games at Balboa Stadium and their small, on-campus stadium, the Aztec Bowl (which is now the site of Cox Arena, the home of the university's basketball teams). Balboa Stadium is located in San Diego California and was built in 1914 as part of the many buildings erected for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition located Cox Arena, located on the San Diego State University (SDSU campus in San Diego California, USA, is the home of the SDSU Aztecs men's and 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. Don Coryell (born October 17, 1924) is a former American football coach who coached in the NFL first with the St There have been attempts in the past to change from "The Look," but all have led to poor play by the Aztecs and a reversion back to the traditional look.

College Bowl Games

See Holiday Bowl

Following the 1978 college football season, the stadium began hosting the Holiday Bowl, an annual bowl game held before New Year's Day. The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium It originally hosted the Western Athletic Conference champion (at the time, the hometown Aztecs had just joined this conference) against a nationally ranked opponent. The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack" was formed on July 27 1962 making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College The game has traditionally been a high-scoring affair, and no team has ever managed to score less than ten points (which occurred in the 2006 game, when the Texas A&M Aggies lost 45-10 to the California Golden Bears) and only 1/3 of the games have had a team even score less than twenty points. Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station The 1984 game is well-known for it being the culmination of BYU's championship season, the last championship not won by a member of the current BCS alliance. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national

See Poinsettia Bowl

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 Qualcomm, with Navy beating Colorado State. The Poinsettia Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that was created in 2005. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States.

Soccer

QUALCOMM stadium has been a venue for many international soccer matches. The stadium has hosted FIFA tournaments, including the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the U.S. Cup (an international invitational), as well as many international friendly matches involving the Mexican National Team. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) CONCACAF (the Confederation of North Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football in North America, The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition ^[3] The most recent international friendly at Qualcomm set an all-time attendance record for the sport in the region. The match between Mexico and Argentina which was held on 4 June 2008 drew 68,498 spectators. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[4]

The San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League played at the stadium from 1978 to 1983. This article is about the original San Diego Sockers For the second team to use the name see San Diego Sockers (2001-2004 North American Soccer League (NASL was a professional soccer League with teams in the United States of America (U Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

Other Sports

CIF San Diego Section Finals for high school football are held at QUALCOMM Stadium. The California Interscholastic Federation (abbreviated CIF) is the governing body for high school Sports in the state of California. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a These usually take place on a Friday in early December, and four games are played (with eight teams representing four separate divisions, which are determined by the enrollment sizes of the indiviual schools).

BMX Motocross and monster truck events have been held in the stadium as well.

ESPN held their inaugural Moto X World Championships at Qualcomm in April of 2008, and has previously used the stadium parking lot and surrounding streets as a venue in the X Games Street Luge competition. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Other uses

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

Jehovah's Witnesses usually host their District Conventions here, where thousands attend. Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenialist Christian denomination Billy Graham has also held a few reunions here. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian Many concerts have also been held inside the stadium over the years. American Idol Season 7 held auditions there in July of 2007; a total of 30 people who auditioned there made it to the next round. The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition began on January 15, 2008 and concluded Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

During the Cedar Fire in October 2003 and California wildfires of October 2007, the stadium served as an evacuation site for those living in affected areas. The Cedar Fire was a human-caused Wildfire which burned out of control through a large area of Southern California in October 2003 October 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - (This was similar to the use of the Houston AstroDome and the New Orleans SuperDome during Hurricane Katrina).

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 and Yuma County, Arizona, to form the Desert Pacific Council. )

The future

Main article: New Chargers Stadium

With the departure of the Padres following the 2003 season and even beforehand, there has been much talk of replacing the increasingly obsolete (by NFL standards) stadium with a more modern, football-only one. The New Chargers Stadium is the working name of a proposed NFL football stadium that would house the San Diego Chargers football team replacing Qualcomm Stadium There have been many problems with this project, the most obvious one being the city's inability to fund such a stadium. ^[5]

The team and city have both attempted to bring business partners in on the proposed $800 million project, which would be located in the parking lot of the current stadium and include upgrades to the area and infrastructure, but all efforts have failed so far. The Chargers have a clause in their contract saying that if they can pay off all debts to the city and county for the upgrades to the current stadium by 2007, then the team can pull out of its lease in 2008.

As the 2006-2007 football season comes to a close, the plan still remains in limbo, and the team's future remains uncertain, and a return to the Chargers' original home of Los Angeles is a possibility. However there have been talks with National City, Chula Vista, and Oceanside, all cities in San Diego County, to build a new stadium at their cities as a plan to keep the Chargers in San Diego County, but even that remains uncertain. National City is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Chula Vista ( is a city in southern San Diego County, California, United States. Oceanside is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California. San Diego County is a County located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U San Diego County is a County located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U National City pulled out of contention in early 2007 citing numerous difficulties.

References

External links

• Official website
• The Fans, Taxpayers and Business Alliance for NFL Football in San Diego (a group pushing for the new stadium)