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Dates: Tuesday, September 17th OR Thursday, September 19th
Location: 2101 Stadium Way San Diego, CA 92108 - You are going to the GREEN Parking lot
There is a map and directions at this link (also in the e-mail from Snapdragon).
Parking:
We are parking in the Green Lot - which is accessible parking. Parking is free!
Tickets: Tickets will be printed and I will have them at the designated meeting spot at the intersection of Stadium Way and Ironwood Street. Please try to arrive a little early to get signed in and get your ticket from me. Look for my rainbow colored umbrella!
Accessible: Yes - but remember it's lots of walking! Please wear good shoes, bring whatever walking aides you might need, and wear sunscreen.
Cost: $12 - pre-paid
Website: Snapdragon Directions
The Murph
The Murph
This week we are heading to Snapdragon Stadium in Mission Valley! We will be getting an in-person tour to learn all about the features of this newest addition to the sports scene in San Diego. Before we go, let’s learn about what preceded it on the same site - a place many of us have probably enjoyed over the past few decades!
Do you call it the Murph? San Diego Stadium? SDCCU Stadium? Qualcomm? The stadium in Mission Valley has gone by a multitude of names and had hundreds of events over the year. It holds a special place in many San Diegans hearts to this day.
To watch a 32 minute special on the history of the stadium, complete with footage from its building and opening, watch this News 8 video click here:
Here’s a visual of the stadium ‘fast facts’:
Sports at the stadium
Sports at the stadium
1967 - The Chargers, as members of the American Football League, played the first game at the stadium on August 20, 1967. They were the main users of the stadium until the next year.
1968 - the AAA Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres moved in to play their last season after playing in the minor league sized Westgate Park down the street.
1969 - Major League Baseball expanded and replaced the AAA team with the San Diego Padres. The Padres would call the Mission Valley Stadium home until after the 2003 season.
1978 - the original black and white scoreboard was replaced by the first full-color outdoor scoreboard ever built.
1981 - Jack Murphy, the sports writer who had championed the creation of the stadium, passed away in 1980 and the San Diego City Council voted to rename it the San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.
1983 - more than 9,000 bleachers were added to the lower deck to make the capacity 59,022.
1997 - the largest addition was completed to fully enclose the stadium, except the portion with the scoreboard. Almost 11,000 seats were added to host Super Bowl XXII in 1998. It was also renamed Qualcomm Stadium, after Qualcomm paid $18 million. The city named the site of the stadium Jack Murphy Field, but according to the naming agreement, that anime couldn’t be used alongside the name Qualcomm.
2011 - Stadium temporarily re-named “Snapdragon Stadium for 10 days in December as a marketing move for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon brand.
2017 - naming rights to Qualcomm were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union and it became known as the SDCCU stadium.
2019 - The San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl, in which Iowa beat USC, became the last sporting event held in the stadium.
2020 - demolition of the stadium began in December. Snapdragon Stadium, its replacement, was completed in 2022.
getting to the tour
getting to the tour
This information should be available in your e-mail from SDS Guest Services. But just in case, here is the information for our tour!
More parking information can be found here: https://www.snapdragonstadium.com/visit/directions-parking-and-transportation?spMailingID=10659165&spUserID=NTc5NjAwNzk5MzQ2S0&spJobID=1920573941&spReportId=MTkyMDU3Mzk0MQS2
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