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{{Short description|Former multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = San Diego Stadium
| nickname = ''The Q''<br>''The Murph''
| logo_image = 
| image = Qualcomm Stadium.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Aerial view from the north in 2005
| location = [[San Diego, California]], U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|32|46|59|N|117|7|10|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=it}}
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=15|type=point}}
| pushpin_map = <!--United States San Diego#-->USA#California
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[California]]
| pushpin_label = San Diego
| broke_ground = December 18, 1965<ref name="bptour">{{cite web|title=Qualcomm Stadium|url=http://www.ballparktour.com/Former_San_Diego.html|publisher=Ballpark Tour|access-date=May 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027053805/http://www.ballparktour.com/Former_San_Diego.html|archive-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref>
| opened = August 20, 1967
| closed = March 2020
| demolished = December 2020 –<br>March 22, 2021
| owner = [[San Diego State University]]
| operator = San Diego State University
| surface = Bandera Bermuda Grass
| architect = [[Frank L. Hope & Associates|Frank L. Hope and Associates]]<ref name="bptour"/>
| general_contractor = Robertson/Larsen/Donovan<ref name="bptour"/>
| 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]]
| tenants = ; American football
[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State Aztecs]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (1967–2019)<br />[[San Diego Chargers]] ([[American Football League|AFL]]/[[National Football League|NFL]]) (1967–2017)<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 (1968–1984)|NASL]]) (1978–1984)<br />[[San Diego 1904 FC]] ([[National Independent Soccer Association|NISA]]) (2019)
| publictransit = {{rint|sandiego|Trolley}} '''[[San Diego Trolley]]'''<br />{{rint|sandiego|Green}} [[Green Line (San Diego Trolley)|Green Line]]<br /> at [[Stadium station (San Diego)|Stadium]]
| address = 9449 Friars Road
| construction_cost = [[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 (2017–2020)
| seating_capacity = 70,561 ([[American football|Football]], Chargers)<br />67,544 ([[Baseball]])<br />54,000 (Football, Aztecs)
}}
'''San Diego Stadium''' was a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[San Diego, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium| title=Stadium  |website=City of San Diego}}</ref> The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as '''Jack Murphy Stadium''' from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's [[naming rights]] were owned by [[Qualcomm]]; the stadium was known as '''Qualcomm Stadium'''. The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, and were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union, renaming the stadium to '''SDCCU Stadium''' on September 19, 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|access-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| 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>

The stadium was the longtime home for two teams of the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional leagues]]: 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 San Diego Chargers season|1967]] through the [[2016 San Diego Chargers season|2016 season]], after which they moved to [[Los Angeles]] 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 2017–2018|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/report-chargers-plan-to-play-in-30000-seat-soccer-stadium-in-2017-2018/|work=CBS Sports|date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> The 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]], then moved to [[Petco Park]] in [[downtown San Diego]]. Additionally, the stadium hosted the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL) from 1978 through the 1984 season.

San Diego Stadium was the home of [[San Diego State Aztecs football]] from [[1967 San Diego State Aztecs football team|1967]] through [[2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2019]]. An annual college football [[bowl game]], the [[Holiday Bowl]], was held in the stadium every December from [[1978 Holiday Bowl|1978]] through [[2019 Holiday Bowl|2019]]. The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, the [[Poinsettia Bowl]], from [[2005 Poinsettia Bowl|2005]] until its discontinuation following the [[2016 Poinsettia Bowl|2016]] edition. Following the demolition of San Diego Stadium, [[San Diego State University]] purchased the land, with plans to develop the area into a campus expansion, now known as SDSU Mission Valley. [[Snapdragon Stadium]] opened in August 2022 as the new home for the Aztecs football team.

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

==History==
[[File:Qualcomm Stadium logo.jpg|thumb|Qualcomm Stadium logo (1997–2017)]]
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|isbn=978-0-932653-72-7}}</ref> Construction on the stadium began one month later. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.

The stadium was the first of the square-circle "[[octorad]]" style, which was thought to be an improvement over the other [[multi-purpose stadium]]s of the time for hosting both football and baseball (the second and last of this style was the since-imploded [[Veterans Stadium]]). 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.

The Chargers (then a member of the [[American Football League]]) played the first game ever at the stadium on August 20, 1967. 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 (PCL)|San Diego Padres]] baseball team played its last season in the stadium, following their move from the minor league-sized [[Westgate Park]]. 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 Padres moved out of the stadium following the 2003 season.) The original scoreboard, a black-and-white scoreboard created by All American Scoreboards, was replaced in 1978 by one manufactured by American Sign and Indicator, which was the first full-color outdoor scoreboard ever built.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19780329&id=z9kvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4u0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6832,5377994 American Sign Builds Color Scoreboard]</ref> This was replaced in 1987 by a White Way Sign scoreboard, in which the video screen is surrounded almost entirely by three message boards. The original video board was replaced in 1996 by a [[Sony]] [[JumboTron]], with a second JumboTron installed behind the opposite end zone (third base in the stadium's baseball configuration).

[[File:1984 Mother's Cookies - San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.JPG|thumb|left|Exterior of then-San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1984]]
After Jack Murphy's death in September 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium by a 6–2 vote of the [[San Diego City Council]] on January 6, 1981.<ref name="Cornerstone183"/><ref>{{cite news |title=It's San Diego–Jack Murphy Stadium|date=January 7, 1981|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19810107&id=4mxQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3571,5074775&hl=en|page=2C|access-date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> 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 70,561. Also in 1997, the facility was renamed Qualcomm Stadium after [[Qualcomm]] Corporation paid $18&nbsp;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. However, this renovation relegated the Padres within their own stadium, as the city gave the Chargers full financial control of the 113 luxury suites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thisgreatgame.com/ballparks-qualcomm-stadium/|title = The Ballparks: Qualcomm Stadium| date=July 28, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://footballstadiumdigest.com/2017/01/qualcomm-stadium-leaves-legacy-in-the-nfl/|title=Qualcomm Stadium Leaves Legacy in the NFL|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> 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> The Aztecs' new stadium, built in 2022 after the demolition of SDCCU Stadium, has the permanent name of [[Snapdragon Stadium]].

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]]. In 2018, [[San Diego State University]] announced the construction of a new [[Aztec Stadium]] (later renamed Snapdragon Stadium, which would be completed in 2022) on an expansion part of campus on the site of the stadium and parking lot.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2020|title=SDSU officially breaks ground on new Mission Valley stadium|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2020-08-17/san-diego-state-sdsu-aztecs-break-ground-on-new-stadium-mission-valley-adela-de-la-torre-jd-wicker-kevin-faulconer|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:SDCCU Stadium.png|thumb|SDCCU Stadium logo (2017–2020)]]
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]] ([[2019 Holiday Bowl|Iowa won the game]]), this was the final sporting event ever played at the stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=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.|title=Last Game Played at SDCCU Stadium}}</ref> Demolition of the stadium commenced in December 2020.

===Super Bowls ([[National Football League|NFL]])===

{| class="wikitable" style=font-size:100% style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|Date
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|Super Bowl
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|NFC Champion
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|Points
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|AFC Champion
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|Points
!style="text-align:center;{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}};|Attendance
|-
|January 31, 1988 || [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]]|| '''[[1987 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]''' || 42|| [[1987 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] || 10||73,302
|-
|January 25, 1998 || [[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]]|| [[1997 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] || 24|| '''[[1997 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]]''' || 31||68,912
|-
|January 26, 2003 || [[Super Bowl XXXVII|XXXVII]]|| '''[[2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]''' || 48|| [[2002 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] || 21||67,603
|}

=== All-Star Games ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" <!--style="width:50%"/-->
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
! data-sort-type="number" style="{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Date
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |All-Star Game
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Winner
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Runs
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Loser
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Runs
! style="text-align:center;{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres|border=2}};" |Attendance
|-
| July 11, 1978 ||[[1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1978]] (49th) ||[[National League (baseball)|National League (NL)]]|| 7 ||[[American League|American League (AL)]]|| 3
|51,549
|-
| July 14, 1992 ||[[1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1992]] (63rd) ||[[American League|American League (AL)]]|| 13 ||[[National League (baseball)|National League (NL)]]|| 6
|59,372
|}

==Configurations==
[[File:Qualcomm Stadium-baseball.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of then-Qualcomm Stadium in March 2003, with the trolley line at the bottom of the image.]]
In order to accommodate the dimensions of both football and baseball fields, the stadium was constructed with half of the lower (Field Level) level seating built of permanent concrete (in the southern quadrant of the stadium), and the other half of 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 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 were 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 were 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 were visible above the west end zone, opposite the scoreboard). These doors were rolling metal overhead doors, with the field side painted to match the surrounding walls facing the field.

===Seating capacity===
{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Baseball
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres}}"| Years
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|San Diego Padres}}"| Capacity
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1967–1972 
| 50,000<ref name="bbstats">[http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/SD/ San Diego Padres – Stadium]</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1973
| 44,790<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1974–1975
| 47,634<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1976
| 47,491<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1977–1978
| 48,460<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1979
| 51,362<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1980
| 48,443<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1981–1982
| 51,362<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1983
| 51,319<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1984
| 58,671<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1985
| 58,396<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kuenster|first1=John|last2=Herbert|first2=Michael K.|title=National League Park Directory|journal=Baseball Digest|volume=44|issue=4|publisher=Lakeside Publishing Co.|date=April 1985}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1986–1988
| 58,433<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1989–1990
| 59,022<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1991
| 59,254<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1992
| 59,700<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1993
| 59,411<ref name="capdec">{{cite news |title=Padres Reduce Seating|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19931202&id=2uRRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811,423983|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=December 2, 1993|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1994
| 46,510<ref name="capdec"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1995
| 47,972<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|access-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>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1996
| 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>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1997
| 59,771<ref name="green"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1998
| 67,544<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 1999–2002
| 66,307<ref name="bbstats"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|San Diego Padres}}"| 2003
| 63,890<ref name="green"/>
|}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Football
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}}"| Years
! scope="row" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers|border=2}}"| Capacity
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1967–1981
| 52,596<ref>{{cite news |title=Fans Haven't Forgotten Chargers-Raiders Game|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XhgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703,716510&dq=en|newspaper=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]|date=September 8, 1979|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1982–1983
| 52,675<ref>{{cite book|title=The NFL Media Information Book, 1983|publisher=Workman Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89-480367-3|year=1983|page=[https://archive.org/details/nflmediainformat00nfl/page/86 86]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nflmediainformat00nfl/page/86}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1984
| 60,100<ref>{{cite news |title=Ease on Down the Road: NFL Clubs Are Packing It In for New Cities and Sweetheart Deals|first=John|last=Powers|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/663123471.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+16%2C+1984&author=John+Powers%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=EASE+ON+DOWN+THE+ROAD%3B+NFL+CLUBS+ARE+PACKING+IT+IN+FOR+NEW+CITIES+AND+SWEETHEART+DEALS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209094226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/663123471.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+16,+1984&author=John+Powers,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=EASE+ON+DOWN+THE+ROAD;+NFL+CLUBS+ARE+PACKING+IT+IN+FOR+NEW+CITIES+AND+SWEETHEART+DEALS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2012|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=December 16, 1984|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1985–1991
| 60,750<ref>{{cite news |title=Chargers Frustrate Jets 38–17|first=Frank|last=Litsky|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/03/sports/chargers-frustrate-jets-38-17.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 3, 1990|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1992–1996
| 60,836<ref>{{cite news |title=Mecklenburg Still Waiting to See Denver's Greatness Injured Chargers May Be Proving Ground|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34BBA48994E89F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]|date=October 25, 1992|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1997–1998
| 71,350<ref>{{cite news |title=San Diego in Line to be Super Bowl Finalist for 2002|first=Barry M. |last=Bloom|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/1243796101.html?dids=1243796101:1243796101&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1997&author=Barry+M.+Bloom&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&desc=San+Diego+in+line+to+be+Super+Bowl+finalist+for+2002&pqatl=google|newspaper=[[U-T San Diego|San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=November 11, 1997|access-date=September 23, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="{{NFLAltPrimaryStyle|San Diego Chargers}}"| 1999–2017
| 70,561<ref>{{cite news |title=Chargers Report|url=http://www.pe.com/sports/football/stories/PE_Sports_Local_chargers_05.592e6.html|newspaper=The Press-Enterprise}}</ref>
|}
{{col-break}}{{col-end}}

==Tenants==

===Padres===
{{Further|San Diego Padres}}
[[File:Jack Murphy Stadium 1990.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Padres game at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1990, before upper deck expansion.]]
From their inception in [[1969 San Diego Padres season|1969]] until the end of [[2003 San Diego Padres season|2003]], when they moved into [[Petco Park]] in the downtown area, the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]'s San Diego Padres called the stadium home.

The field dimensions 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 center field was {{convert|420|ft|m}}. A {{convert|19|ft|m|adj=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|adj=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 at 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 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|access-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>

===Chargers===
{{Further|San Diego Chargers}}
[[File:Qualcomm Jan 14 07.jpg|left|thumb|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 5–6 in all playoff games held at the stadium. The Chargers won all their games at the stadium against the [[Detroit Lions]] (5–0—0) and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (4–0—0), but lost all their meetups against the [[Atlanta Falcons]] (0–6—0), [[Carolina Panthers]] (0–3—0), and [[Green Bay Packers]] (0–6—0). The Chargers moved to [[Dignity Health Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California|Carson]], a suburb of Los Angeles, following the [[2016 NFL season]].

===Aztecs===
[[File:Qualcomm Interior.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of then-Qualcomm Stadium before a [[San Diego State Aztecs football|SDSU Aztecs football]] game]]
{{Further|San Diego State Aztecs football}}
Since its inception, the stadium, which was approximately five miles from campus, had been the home of the [[San Diego State Aztecs football]] team through the [[2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2019 season]], 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 on-campus stadium, [[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.

==Other football games==
Following the 1978 college football season, the stadium began hosting the [[Holiday Bowl]], an annual bowl game held before New Year's Day. 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 game has traditionally been a high-scoring affair, and until the [[2006 Holiday Bowl|2006 edition]] no team had ever been held to ten points or less. From 1995 through 2004, every ''losing'' team scored at least 20 points. The [[1984 Holiday Bowl|1984 game]] is well known for being the culmination of [[1984 BYU Cougars football team|BYU's championship season]], the last Division I-A (now FBS) national championship not won by a member of a [[Power Five conference]] or a major [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|independent program]].

On December 22, 2005, a second bowl game came to San Diego when the inaugural [[Poinsettia Bowl]] was played at the stadium, 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.

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, October 24, 2018</ref>

The stadium was the home field for the [[San Diego Fleet]] of the [[Alliance of American Football|AAF]]. They played 4 home games at the then named SDCCU Stadium in February and March 2019, with a home record of 3–1, before the league folded following week 8 of the inaugural season.

[[CIF San Diego Section]] Finals for [[high school football]] were held at the stadium. These usually took place on a Friday in early December, and four games were played (with eight teams representing four separate divisions, which are determined by the enrollment sizes of the individual schools).

==Soccer==
The stadium was a venue for many [[Exhibition game#International football|international]] [[association football|soccer]] matches. The stadium hosted [[FIFA]] tournaments, including the [[CONCACAF 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 National Team]].<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 the 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, the stadium 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 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. The stadium 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 |access-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 0–0 draw.<ref name="USA-Serbia">{{cite news |title=USA 0–0 Serbia: international football friendly – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/jan/29/usa-serbia-international-football-friendly-latest-score |access-date=November 14, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=February 20, 2017}}</ref>

The stadium hosted two group stage matches of the [[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup]].

On July 25, 2018, the stadium hosted a [[2018 International Champions Cup]] match between [[A.S. Roma]] and [[Tottenham Hotspur]]. Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1.

In 2019, the stadium hosted matches of [[National Independent Soccer Association]] club [[San Diego 1904 FC]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zeigler|first=Mark|date=2019-07-17|title=San Diego soccer team 1904 FC is back, with new league and giant stadium|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2019-07-17/soccer-san-diego-1904-fc-demba-ba-nisa-sdccu-stadium|access-date=2021-10-20|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>

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

The stadium also hosted rugby matches. In October 1980, the [[United States national rugby union team|USA]] 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 |date=October 20, 1980 |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1980/10/20/825056/an-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]] played rugby union at the adjacent mini-stadium, so-called '''Little Q'''.

The 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'', 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'', 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 the stadium 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|access-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.

On May 4 and 18, 2013, the stadium was used as a racecourse 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>

==Concerts on the Green==
'''Concerts on the Green''' was 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 [[North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre]] seated more.

==Non-sporting events==
{{Original research section|date=January 2012}}
[[File:QualcommEvacuationCenter.jpg|thumb|The stadium being used as an evacuation center during [[California wildfires of October 2007]].]]

===Concerts===
Many concerts were also held inside the stadium over the years, by artists of many different genres.

In 1983 rock radio station [[KGB-FM|KGB]] 101.5 FM hosted the KGB Skyshow 8 with Uriah Heep, [[Eddie Money]], [[Mötley Crüe]] and [[Def Leppard]] finishing the show.

{| class="wikitable" style=font-size:100% style="text-align:center"
|-
! width=12% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Date
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Artist
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Opening act(s)
! width=16% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Tour / Concert name
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Attendance
! width=10% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Revenue
! width=20% style="text-align:center;{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Diego State Aztecs|color=white}};|Notes
|-
| August 9, 1976 || [[ZZ Top]] || [[Blue Öyster Cult]]<br />Johnny & Edgar Winter || [[Worldwide Texas Tour]] || — || — || 
|-
| October 7, 1981 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[George Thorogood]]<br />[[J. Geils Band]] || [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981|American Tour 1981]] || 70,000 / 70,000 || $1,050,000 ||
|-
| October 27, 1982 || [[The Who]] || [[John Mellencamp]]<br />[[Loverboy]] || [[The Who Tour 1982]] || 51,771 / 55,000 || $776,565 ||
|-
| August 22, 1989 || [[The Who]] || — || [[The Who Tour 1989]] || 40,101 / 46,500 || $902,273 || This concert was recorded for the live album, ''[[Join Together (album)|Join Together]]''.
|-
| September 30, 1992 || [[Guns N' Roses]]<br />[[Metallica]] || [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] || [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]] || 42,167 / 45,938 || $1,159,593 || 
|-
| November 10, 1992 || [[U2]] || — || [[Zoo TV Tour]] || — || — ||
|-
|April 14, 1994
|[[Pink Floyd]]
|
|[[The Division Bell Tour]]
|51,610 / 51,610
|$1,594,069
|
|-
| June 4, 1994 || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] || — || [[Hell Freezes Over]] || — || — || 
|-
| October 17, 1994 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || [[Voodoo Lounge Tour]] || — || — || 
|-
| March 22, 1995 || [[Billy Joel]]<br />[[Elton John]] || — || [[Face to Face 1995]] || 52,665 / 52,665 || $2,350,025 || 
|-
| April 28, 1997 || [[U2]] || — || [[PopMart Tour]] || — || — ||
|-
| February 3, 1998 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] || [[Bridges to Babylon Tour]] || 55,507 / 55,507 || $3,220,069 || 
|-
| July 16, 2001 || [[*NSYNC]] || [[Eden's Crush]]<br />[[Samantha Mumba]]<br />[[Dante Thomas]] || [[PopOdyssey]] || 38,304 / 57,555 || $1,983,015 || 
|-
| July 27, 2008 || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] || [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]]<br />[[Wolfmother]] || [[2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour|2008 Reunion Tour]] || — || — || 
|-
| September 6, 2008 || [[Bob Dylan]] || — || [[Never Ending Tour 2008]] || — || — || This concert was a part of "Concerts on the Green".
|-
| July 9, 2015 || [[One Direction]] || [[Icona Pop]] || [[On the Road Again Tour]] || 52,510 / 52,510 || $4,353,534 || "Spaces" was performed and "Act My Age" was added to the setlist.
|-
| May 12, 2016 || [[Beyoncé]] || [[DJ Khaled]] || [[The Formation World Tour]] || 45,885 / 45,885 || $6,028,115 || 
|-
| August 22, 2016 || [[Guns N' Roses]] || [[The Cult]] || [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]] || 49,458 / 49,458 || $5,337,634 || 
|-
| September 22, 2017 || [[U2]] || [[Beck]] || [[The Joshua Tree Tour 2017]] || 54,221 / 54,221 || $6,469,130 || 
|-
| October 8, 2017 || [[Coldplay]] || [[Tove Lo]]<br />[[Alina Baraz]] || [[A Head Full of Dreams Tour]] || 54,279 / 54,279 || $5,955,986 || Part of the show was broadcast live at a benefit concert in [[Mexico City]] for the relief efforts for the [[2017 Central Mexico earthquake|Central Mexico earthquake]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Coldplay to debut new song for Estamos Unidos Mexicanos concert|url=http://coldplay.com/coldplay-to-debut-new-song-for-estamos-unidos-mexicanos-concert/|publisher=[[Coldplay]]|access-date=October 5, 2017|date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> The proceeds from the show went towards the relief efforts for the [[2017 Central Mexico earthquake|Central Mexico earthquake]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=See Coldplay, James Corden Sing Tom Petty's Free Fallin' at Rose Bowl|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-coldplay-james-corden-sing-tom-pettys-free-fallin-w507706|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 8, 2017|date=October 7, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| September 27, 2018 || Beyoncé<br />[[Jay-Z]] || [[Chloe X Halle]] and [[DJ Khaled]] || [[On the Run II Tour]] || 42,953 / 42,953 || $5,445,486 ||
|-
|-
|}

===In TV and movies===
[[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]]'', The stadium was known as Summit Stadium in the episode ''Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs'' with the fictitious San Francisco Condors as the home team.

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.

The ending to the 1978 film ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' was filmed on the field, using locals as extras.

===The Little Q===
The Little Q was a sports field, used primarily for [[Rugby football|rugby]] located adjacent to the stadium; the Little Q was 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 ===
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, but it is also one of the oldest events of its kind, established in 2002. It had been held at the stadium since 2007. The event was founded by Lon Mok of [http://www.SoCalEuro.com SoCalEuro.com]

===Other events===
Billy Graham hosted a crusade at the stadium in early May 2003.

During the [[Cedar Fire (2003)|Cedar Fire]] in October 2003 and the [[October 2007 California wildfires]], the stadium served as an evacuation site for those living in affected areas. (This was similar to the use of the [[Astrodome|Houston Astrodome]] and the [[New Orleans Superdome]] during [[Hurricane Katrina]].) The Cedar Fire forced the Chargers to move a contest with the [[2003 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] to Arizona State University's [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]].

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.

==Sale and demolition==
{{See also|San Diego Chargers stadium proposals|Snapdragon Stadium}}
[[File:Sdccu stadium demolition.jpg|thumb|left|The stadium under demolition December 10, 2020]] [[File:3-10-21 under demolition.jpg|thumb|San Diego Stadium's demolition as of March 10, 2021]]
On June 30, 2020, the City of San Diego approved the sale of the stadium to [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) 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> A new stadium broke ground on the site one week later and ultimately opened in 2022 as [[Snapdragon Stadium]], with a seating capacity of 35,000 to support events including [[San Diego State Aztecs football|SDSU football]], non-football NCAA championship games, professional soccer, a possible future [[NFL]] team, and special events such as concerts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adamek|first=Steve|date=February 28, 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=March 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Grove|first=Jennifer|date=October 10, 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=October 11, 2019}}</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> SDSU bought the entire {{convert|135|acre}}, including the existing stadium, from the city for $88&nbsp;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=March 1, 2019}}</ref> The entire $3.5&nbsp;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=June 1, 2020}}</ref>

The stadium was scheduled to be decommissioned following the end of the 2021 college football season while Snapdragon Stadium was being 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 starting in December 2020 rather than being [[Building implosion|imploded]] due to the California environmental law. The [[2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2020]] and [[2021 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2021 season]]s were played at [[Dignity Health Sports Park]] in [[Carson, California|Carson]] until Snapdragon Stadium's completion for the 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=September 15, 2020|website=SDSU Athletics|date=September 15, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

On March 22, 2021, the last freestanding section of San Diego Stadium visible from Interstates 8 and 15 was felled, leaving the plaza level to be demolished.<ref name="last piece" />

==See also==
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* [[List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|San Diego Stadium}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717224200/http://www.visitingfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=35:afc&id=142:san-diego-chargers-qualcomm-stadium&Itemid=57 VisitingFan.com: Reviews of Qualcomm Stadium]
*[http://seatingchartview.com/qualcomm-stadium/ Qualcomm Stadium Seating Chart]

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