Qualcomm Stadium
Address- 9449 Friars Road
San Diego, CA 92112
Team- San Diego Padres
Year Opened- 1967
1st Year in Ballpark- 1969
Renovations- 1983, 1997
Capacity- 67,554
An attractive facility with natural grass and good sight lines, Jack Murphy Stadium opened as San Diego Stadium in 1967.
It didn't have a tenant until the Padres were created in the NL's 1969 expansion.
Renamed as Jack Murphy Stadium in 1981 (after a local
sportswriter who led the city's campaign for a team), the park has commonly been referred to as "The Murph."
The stadium was originally three-sided, open in right field with only a small bleacher section, as opposed to five seating levels around the rest of the field.
The right-field bleachers were expanded after the 1983 season, enclosing the field fully for the first time and bringing the capacity up to 59,022.
The park has been officially known as Qualcomm Stadium since 1997, when a local electronics conglomerate helped pay for an expansion project to add seating for football games, enclosing the park with stands that now seat 67,544.
The Padres share the stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers.
In a public referendum after the 1998 season, voters approved the public funding of a new stadium for the Padres.
Source- The Idea Logical Company
