Qualcomm Stadium

Qualcomm Stadium
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San Diego, CA

Team: San Diego Padres	Opening Day: August 20, 1967
First MLB Game: April 8, 1969	AKA: San Diego Stadium (1967-79), Jack Murphy Stadium (1980 - May 20, 1997)
Capacity: 47,634 (1967) 63,890 (2003)	Dimensions: LF 330 CF 420 (1969) 405 (1982) RF 330
Last MLB Game: September 28, 2003	Architect: Frank L. Hope
Owner: City of San Diego	Cost: $27 million

Memorable Moments:

1984, 1998 National League Pennants.
1978, 1992 All Star Games.
September 22, 1969: Willie Mays hits home run number 600.
October 1, 1978: Gaylord Perry gets his 3,000th K.
May 25, 1982: Fergie Jenkins gets his 3,000th K.
June 6, 1986: Bob Horner (Braves) hits four home runs.
October 7, 2001: Ricky Henderson gets his 3,000th hit.

This park's parking lot is one of the largest in the world, and often hosts events of its own. In the 1960's, local sports writer Jack Murphy, started to build support for a multi use stadium. In November 1965, a $27 million bond was set up to fianace the stadium. It is designed in the Brutalist style. The main tennants were the AFL (American Football League) San Diego Chargers and the PCL San Diego Chargers. After Murphy died in 1980, the Stadium was named after him. In 1983, 9,000 bleachers were added to the lower deck. In 1997, 11,000 more seats were added and the stadium was fully enclosed, all in preperation for the Super Bowl. This venue is still home to the Chargers, UCSD Aztecs, and Ted Giannoulas, The Chicken.

Padres retired numbers are (in numerical order and the years they were retired):

6 Steve Garvey (1989)
19 Tony Gwynn (2002)
31 Dave Winfield (2001)
35 Randy Jones (1997)