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	Stadiums of the NFL-Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Chargers
		In 1997, Jack Murphy Stadium was fully enclosed, with the exception of where the scoreboard is located.
		Qualcomm Stadium has several amenities including over 100 luxury suites, over 7,000 club seats, and the Charges Gold Club which is available to Charges season ticket holders, and allows service at their seats, and access to air conditioned lounges.
		Stadiums of the NFL is not associated with the National Football League or any team mentioned.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /afc/QualcommStadium.htm (454 words)

	BallparkTour.com - Former ballparks of San Diego
		Murphy spent the next several years lobbying for a new stadium for the Chargers as well as a Major League expansion team for the city.
		In 1981, the stadium was renamed San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium to honor the late San Diego Union sports editor who campaigned for the stadium.
		The stadium was razed in 1977 and rebuilt for San Diego High School football with 3,500 seats in 1978.
	www.ballparktour.com /Former_San_Diego.html (1973 words)

	Jack Murphy Stadium / Qualcomm Stadium
		In 1965, a referendum to raise $27.75 million to build the stadium was supported by 72 percent of the voters in San Diego.
		For many years, Jack Murphy Stadium was one of the most difficult home run parks in baseball.
		Known as San Diego Stadium until it was renamed in 1980 for Jack Murphy.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/qualco.htm (706 words)

	Chargers.com - Stadium » Stadium Facts
		Thus, Murphy's next challenge was to convince the City to build a stadium for their team.
		The original name of the Stadium was San Diego Stadium when Jack Murphy died on September 24, 1980 then Mayor Pete Wilson and the City Council voted to rename the Stadium San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.
		Some citizens were opposed to naming the Stadium after Jack Murphy and in 1984 the issue was put before the voters.
	www.chargers.com /stadium/stadium-facts.htm (305 words)

	Jack Murphy Stadium Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The stadium was formerly known as Jack Murphy Stadium.
		Some citizens were opposed to naming the Stadium after Jack Murphy and in 1984 the issue was put before the voters.
		The Q), formerly known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium, is a multiple-use stadium in San Diego, California.
	www.pushpopz.com /jack-murphy-stadium (152 words)

	Sarah's J.T. Snow Page
		And since it is a football stadium, most of the seats have obstructed views- for instance, if you are sitting in the upper deck in right field you can't see the whole right field corner.
		She said, "Oh, this is such a cute little stadium." One thing about bandboxes like Wrigley and Fenway is that the tickets might be pretty expensive because they're so small but that also means that there aren't many bad seats in the house.
		Midway Stadium (St. Paul, MN, Northern League stadium): Midway Stadium is your typical independent league baseball stadium, you get to watch the train going by, sit in the hot tub in left field, listen to the PA guy saying humorous things and watch the pig bringing out the balls to the umpire (I'm not kidding).
	www.angelfire.com /id/snowgirl/stadiums.html (1715 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Padres
		San Diego, CA At one time, it was hard to tell that Qualcomm Stadium was a multipurpose stadium, but after an expansion in 1997, that changed.
		San Diego Stadium was the name of the ballpark until 1981 when it was renamed after the late Jack Murphy.
		Jack Murphy Stadium was renamed to Qualcomm Stadium in 1997.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/QualcommStadium.htm (439 words)

	Qualcomm Stadium
		In addition, Qualcomm Stadium is the home of the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball and college football's San Diego State Aztecs.
		Murphy then led the charge to construct a world-class stadium in San Diego.
		Qualcomm Stadium will get another chance to host the Super Bowl in 2003 after NFL owners officially decided that the game could not be held in San Francisco.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/SanDiegoChargers/index.htm (1119 words)

	Jack Murphy
		Jack Murphy Stadium opened as "San Diego Stadium" in April of 1969.
		Twelve years later, the name was changed to honor a San Diego sportswriter and the stadium was nicknamed "The Murph." From 1973 to 1986, seating capacity for baseball changed almost every season.
		Jack Murphy Stadium was the fourth stop on my 1993 road trip and it was the best-looking of all the other multi-purpose stadiums I'd seen to that point.
	www.watchingtheshow.com /SanDiego.htm (449 words)

	Chargers Stadium
		We are inviting all the key players in the debate both for and against a new stadium to join with us in working to put our heads together to create a new financial paradigm that works for San Diego and in turn works for the Chargers.
		The stadium is for the ages: it received the First Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects.
		Because of shortfalls in every stadium revenue category, The Chargers are projected to continue to rank low in the NFL in total revenue for 2002.
	www.chargersstadium.com (1316 words)

	Qualcomm Stadium - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, Sports Resource, Sports Community, Sports 2.0
		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 open.
		The stadium was the first of the "square circle" style, which was thought to be an improvement over the "cookie cutter" style of so many of the 1960s stadiums.
		Prior to the building of the stadium, they had played their games between Balboa Stadium and their small, on-campus stadium, the Aztec Bowl (which is now the site of Cox Arena, the home of the basketball teams).
	www.armchairgm.com /index.php?title=Qualcomm_Stadium (1164 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Jack Murphy Stadium
		Their home, San Diego Stadium (as it was originally known), was the first of two "octorad"-design stadiums -- the other being Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.
		In 1981 the name of this venue was changed to "San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium" in honor of the sports editor who had played a lead role in bringing professional football and baseball to San Diego.
		The stadium was enlarged once again in 1998 by further extending the upper two decks on the right field side, leaving just a small gap that framed the scoreboard.
	www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/JackMurphyStadium.html (1060 words)

	San Diego Padres - Stadium
		In 1984, the Stadium was expanded to a capacity of nearly 61,000 and it also added 50 luxury suites.
		In 1997, the Stadium was renamed from San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium to Qualcomm Stadium after Qualcomm, a local San Diego Telecommunications Company, agreed to pay the City $18 million to complete a major expansion.
		The Stadium is home to the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, the San Diego Padres of National League Baseball, and college football’s San Diego State University Aztecs.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Ballparks/SD/index.htm (1241 words)

	Qualcomm Stadium Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When Qualcomm Stadium opened in 1967, the 53,000 seat venue immediately became home to the former Los Angeles Chargers and the San Diego State University Aztecs football teams.
		It has had two name changes, from San Diego Stadium to San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium in 1982 (many still call it "The Murph") and to Qualcomm in 1997.
		The city of San Diego controls the stadium parking lot and parking fees for the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl are $16 for cars and $45 for RV's.
	www.holidaybowl.com /stadium.htm (522 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: What's in a Stadium Name?
		So common has the practice become that Jack Kent Cooke himself had planned before his death to rent out the name of his new stadium to a corporation, even though he'd built and paid for the place himself.
		Most of the baseball stadiums were named after club owners -- a mixed lot so far as their service to the greater community was concerned but undeniably flesh-and-blood figures with a place in their cities' life and history.
		San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium (after a sports editor who helped bring the football and baseball teams to town) had its name leased to the high-tech firm Qualcomm: 20 years for $18 million.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/1997/stadium/timeline/1997/editname.htm (338 words)

	DT Stadium - January '97
		The movement in the major leagues is clear: new, intimate, baseball-only stadiums — and Downtown.
		Deserve it or not, the mere want of a new stadium, or, in the Padres' case, the demand for it (forget what's been said, that's the reality), does not assure its realization.
		The strongest case to be made for a new Padres stadium is the profound effect it would have on Downtown.
	www.sandiegometro.com /1997/jan/dtstadium.html (881 words)

	MLB Road Trip 2001 - Qualcomm Stadium
		Qualcomm Stadium was first known as San Diego Stadium before being renamed to Jack Murphy Stadium, in honor of the longtime sports editor of the San Diego Union, in 1980.
		If you are staying close to the stadium, you can park at Qualcomm in the morning, ride the trolley to the tourist spots, return to the stadium for the game and drive home after the game - you can save the parking fee that way.
		The stadium is another of the round, concrete-laden structures built in the late 60s.
	www.mlbroadtrip.com /english/cities/major/nlw/sandiegoparkolde.htm (870 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Super Bowl XXXVII -- A moving tribute to Jack Murphy
		A statue of Jack Murphy was unveiled near the trolley station entrance outside Qualcomm Stadium yesterday.
		Davis was a USC assistant coach when he first met Murphy and was one of the first people with whom Murphy shared his dream of moving the then-Los Angeles Chargers to San Diego in 1960.
		In 1981, a year after Murphy died at 57 of cancer, the stadium was renamed in his honor.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/superbowl/q/20030122-9999_1s22jack.html (600 words)

	College Gridirons-Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego State Aztecs
		In November 1965, a $27 million bond was passed allowing construction to began on the stadium.
		After years of playing at Aztec Stadium, the team had a new facility to play at.
		From its opening, the Aztecs have shared the stadium with the Chargers and until 2004 the Padres (MLB).
	www.collegegridirons.com /mountainwest/QualcommStadium.htm (380 words)

	Jack Murphy (sportswriter) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jack Murphy (born February 5, 1923, died September 24, 1980) was a sports editor and columnist for the San Diego Union newspaper from 1951-1980 and the brother of New York Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy.
		He was a key figure in bringing the San Diego Chargers football team of the American Football League south from Los Angeles, landing the Padres baseball team as a National League expansion team in 1969, and lobbying for a new San Diego stadium.
		The stadium was renamed Qualcomm Stadium in 1997 and Qualcomm will retain naming rights until 2017.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Murphy_(sportswriter) (173 words)

	Chargers.com - Stadium
		QUALCOMM Stadium is located in the heart of San Diego in Mission Valley.
		In addition, the Stadium is also serviced by the San Diego Trolley and Chargers Express Bus Service.
		If you are planning on driving to the Stadium, we strongly urge you to carpool with 4 people or more and to arrive 2-3 hours before game time.
	www.chargers.com /stadium (167 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Prior to the building of the stadium, they had played their games at Balboa Stadium and their small, on-campus stadium, the Aztec Bowl (which is now the site of Cox Arena, the home of the university's basketball teams).
		The stadium was "blown up" in a dramatic special effects sequence as part of the second season of UPN drama Veronica Mars.
		The stadium was featured in the 1979 movie "The Kid From Left Field" which starred Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, Ed McMahon and Gary Collins.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Qualcomm_Stadium (1553 words)

	Qualcomm Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"The Q"), formerly known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium, is a multiple-use stadium in San Diego, California.
		After Jack Murphy's passing in 1980, San Diego Stadium was renamed San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium or simply Jack Murphy Stadium.
		The stadium was "blown up" in a dramatic special effects sequence as part of the second season of UPN drama Veronica Mars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Murphy_Stadium (1497 words)

	LP News Feb96 - Stadium Showdown
		The issue is whether or not the California Constitution ought to be violated by the City Council going ahead without a vote of the people.
		Now if the people get a chance to vote, and they vote for the stadium subsidies, that's the end of it.
		It would be their stadium as long as they stayed in town," explained Green.
	www.lp.org /lpn/9602-stadium.html (434 words)

	Big 3 Parts Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The 41st annual antique and collector car parts exchange and swap meet will be held at Qualcomm (old Jack Murphy) Stadium on the weekend of February 24th and 25th, 2007.
		This site accommodated the growth of the event, but as the parking area was all dirt and the winter rains constantly turned the annual automotive event into a mud bowl, a new site had to be found.
		With a change in policy by the City of San Diego allowing swap meets, arrangements were made to move the event to Jack Murphy (Qualcomm) Stadium in 1980.
	www.big3partsexchange.com (315 words)

	Qualcomm Stadium \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Renamed as Jack Murphy Stadium in 1981 (after a local sportwriter 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.
		Brother Matty Alou, with the Pirates, was the first batter up at the opening of Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium on April 12, 1966, and Brother Felipe, playing for Atlanta, was the first batter up when Busch Stadium opened in St. Louis a month later.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jack_Murphy_Stadium.stm (543 words)

	Cinergy Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The stadium was demolished by implosion on December 29, 2002.
		Louis, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Shea Stadium in New York, Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego and Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia all opened within a few years and were largely indistinguishable from one another.
		The new stadiums that would follow (Veterans Stadium, Royals Stadium, Kingdome, Metrodome, Skydome) would install sliding pits as the original layout, and the existing artificial turf fields in San Francisco, Houston, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis would change to the cut-out configuration in the early to mid-1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Riverfront_Stadium (1343 words)

	Qualcomm : San Diego Chargers Stadium
		The stadium was fully enclosed, with the exception of the scoreboard area and the number of suites was increased to 110.
		Qualcomm Stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in the NFL.
		Qualcomm Stadium is built to accommodate a wide variety of events ranging from football, concerts, soccer matches, super-cross motorcycle races, and off-road extravaganzas.
	www.buyselltix.com /nfl/stadium/chargersStadium.php (551 words)

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