Qualcomm Stadium

The Qualcomm Stadium (before San Diego Stadium , Jack Murphy Stadium and called The Q or The Murph ) is a stage multisports located at the north of San Diego, in the state of California.

Currently, it is useful mainly for the American football and the concerts. Since 1967, its tenants are the Chargers de San Diego of NFL and equips it with American football of San Diego State University, the San Diego State Aztecs of NCAA. Between 1969 and 2003, the Padres de San Diego were tenants there but since they play PETCO Park. The stage also accommodates the Holiday Bowl since 1978 and the Poinsettia Bowl since 2005. Its capacity is of 70.561 places in configuration American football and it was of 67.544 places for the Baseball. It has 113 continuations of luxury, 7.882 seats of club and 19.000 parking spaces.

History

With the beginning of the year 1960, the sporting writer Jack Murphy started to propose the construction of a new stage in the sector. Once built, the stage would become the playing field of the San Diego Chargers and a team of Baseball of MLB, that the city hoped to attract. In November 1965, a referendum approved a sum of $27 million to allow the construction of a stage. The building site began one month later. Once achieved, the building was called San Diego Stadium .

The Chargers played the first match at the stage the August 20th 1967. The San Diego Stadium had a capacity of approximately 50.000 multicoloured seats when it opened and had platforms in the horseshoe shape which surround the three quarters of the ground. San Diego Chargers was the principal tenant of the stage until in 1969, when MLB granted to the city a team, the San Diego Padres. After the death of Murphy Jack in 1981, the San Diego Stadium was retitré in its honor. In 1984, 50 continuations were added and the capacity increased in 59.022 places, the restorations cost $9,1 million USD. In 1997, the Jack Murphy Stadium obtained a new platform which allowed to entirely surround the ground, except where the table of the scores is localized. Approximately 11.000 seats, 34 continuations and 4 Lounges Club were added for the Super Bowl of 1998, bringing the capacity to more than 70.500 places. The total costs of work were of $78 million USD, which includes a new training ground for the Chargers. In 1997, the stage was famous Qualcomm Stadium after Qualcomm Corporation is paid $18 million USD over 20 years the rights of name. All the multicoloured seats were replaced by new blue seats. The Qualcomm Stadium has more than 100 continuations of luxury, more than 7.000 seats of club, and Chargers Gold Club. The Chargers are now the principal tenant of the stage, because in 2003 the San Diego Padres moved in their own stage of Base-ball, the Petco Park.

The stage accommodated three editions of the Super Bowl, in 1987, 1997 and 2002. It was used like place as turning in 1979 in the film " The Kid From Field" Left; with Gary Coleman and ED McMahon.

Events

Super Bowl XXII, January 31st, 1988
Super Bowl XXXII, January 25th, 1998
Super Bowl XXXVII, January 26th, 2003
World Series, 1984 and 1998
Match of stars of the major League of baseball 1978, July 11th, 1978
Match of stars of the major League of baseball 1992, July 14th, 1992
National League Division Series, 1996 and 1998
National League Championship Series, 1984 and 1998
Poinsettia Bowl, since 2005
Holiday Bowl, 1978
crusade of Billy Graham, from May 8th to 11th 2003
concert of the Rolling Stones, October 7th, 1981
concert The Who, August 22nd, 1989

Dimensions

Here dimensions of the ground of Baseball of the Padres de San Diego between 1969 and 2003:

Left Field (left Field) - 100,5 (1969); 99 (1982)
Left-Center - 114,3 (1969); 112 (1982)
Center Field (Field centers) - 128 (1969); 124 (1973); 128 (1978); 123 (1982)
Right-Center - 114,3 (1969); 112 (1982)
Right Field (right Field) - 100,5 (1969); 99 (1982); 100,5 (1996)
Backstop: 24 (1969), 22 (1982)

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