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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: San Diego Stadium Construction Collection
Creator:
San Diego Stadium
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0215
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1965-1968
Language of Material:
English
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The collection consists of materials relating to the construction of San Diego Stadium, dating from 1965-67. It includes legal
documents, contracts, progress reports, and photographs.
Materials are grouped together according to which section of the stadium facility they relate to.
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
For additional photographs of the completed stadium, see the
University Archives Photograph Collection, "Stadium" file.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, San Diego Stadium Construction Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, San Diego State University Library.
In the early 1960s, local sportswriter Jack Murphy, the brother of New York Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, began working to
build support for a stadium for San Diego. Construction began in December 1965, after a $27 million bond was passed in November
of that year to fund the project. When completed, the facility was named San Diego Stadium.
The San Diego Chargers played the first game in the new stadium, which had a capacity of approximately 50,000, on August 20,
1967. The pro-football team was the main tenant of the stadium until 1969, when Major League Baseball's National League expanded
to add the San Diego Padres.
After Jack Murphy's passing in 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed the San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium or simply Jack Murphy
Stadium. The facility went by that name until 1997, when it was renamed Qualcomm Stadium after the Qualcomm Corporation paid
$18 million for naming rights. In order to continue honoring Murphy, the city named the stadium site Jack Murphy Field.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego Chargers (Football team)
Photographs
San Diego Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)--Archives
San Diego Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)--History--20th century--Sources
Murphy, Jack, 1923-
San Diego Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
San Diego Padres (Baseball team : National League of Professional Baseball Clubs)