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'''San Diego Stadium''' was a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[San Diego]], California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium| title=Stadium |website=City of San Diego}}</ref> Opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium; it was renamed '''Jack Murphy Stadium''' for sportswriter [[Jack Murphy (sportswriter)|Jack Murphy]] from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's [[naming rights]] were owned by [[Qualcomm]]; it was known asnamed '''Qualcomm Stadium'''. The naming rights expired on June 14, 2017, and were purchased by San Diego County Credit Union, renaming the stadium to '''SDCCU Stadium''' on September 19, 2017;<ref>{{cite news|last=Showley|first=Roger|title='SDCCU Stadium' – the proposed new name for the 'Q'|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-stadiumname-20170914-story.html|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> those naming rights expired in December 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kenney|first=Kirk\title=Aztec Stadium update: Out with the Old, In with the New| title=Aztec Stadium update: Out with the old, in with the new |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2021-02-03/san-diego-state-aztecs-football-sdsu-mission-valley-stadium-update-demolition|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> Demolition of San Diego Stadium began in December 2020; its last freestanding section was felled on March 22, 2021.<ref name="last piece">{{cite web |title=WATCH: Final Piece of San Diego Stadium Torn Down |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/watch-final-piece-of-san-diego-stadium-torn-down/2556015/ |publisher=KNSD |access-date=March 24, 2021|date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>

San Diego Stadium was the home of the [[San Diego State Aztecs football]] team from [[1967 San Diego State Aztecs football team|1967]] through [[2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team|2019]]. A college football [[bowl game]], the [[Holiday Bowl]], was held in the stadium every December from [[1978 Holiday Bowl|1978]] through [[2019 Holiday Bowl|2019]]. The stadium was home to a second college bowl game, the [[Poinsettia Bowl]], from [[2005 Poinsettia Bowl|2005]] until its discontinuation following the [[2016 Poinsettia Bowl|2016 edition]]. In 2020, [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) purchased the stadium site, with plans to develop the area into a noncontiguous campus expansion following the stadium's demolition, now known as SDSU Mission Valley. [[Snapdragon Stadium]] opened inon Augustthe site in 2022 as the new home for the Aztecs football team.