| Aztec Bowl | |
|---|---|
 Aztec Bowl | |
| Location | 5500 Canyon Crest Dr., San Diego, California |
| Broke ground | 1933 |
| Opened | October 3, 1936 |
| Expanded | 1948 |
| Closed | March 1995 |
| Owner | San Diego State University |
| Operator | San Diego State University |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction cost | $476,863 ($NaN in Template:Inflation-year [1]) |
| Architect | unspecified |
| Tenants | Aztec football (NCAA) (1936–1966) Aztec rugby -men (USA Rugby) (1958–1995) Aztec rugby -women (USA Rugby) (1975–1986) Aztec soccer -men (NCAA) ( –1995) Aztec soccer -women (NCAA) ( –1995) San Diego Jaws (NASL) (1976) |
| Capacity | 10,000 (1936–1948) 12,592 (1948–1995) |
Aztec Bowl was a football stadium (a Works Progress Administration project) on the San Diego State University campus in San Diego, California.
History[]
Aztec Bowl hosted the San Diego State University Aztecs football team until they moved to San Diego Stadium in 1967. The stadium held 12,592 people at its peak and cost almost $500,000 to build. It was dedicated on October 3, 1936, before 7,500 people, after being completed earlier that year.
The stadium was initially supposed to be expanded to 45,000 seats but was expanded only once, in 1948.
The Aztec football team now plays at Snapdragon Stadium with their opening home game played on September 3, 2022.
Current use[]
Currently Viejas Arena (formerly Cox Arena), the school's basketball arena, sits on the site of the stadium.
National Register of Historic Places[]
Aztec Bowl is listed on the National Register of Historic Places:[2] The old concrete bleachers of the football stadium were not demolished when the new arena was built. John F. Kennedy, then the President of the United States of America, gave the graduation commencement address at San Diego State University on June 6, 1963.[3][4][5][6] Template:Blockquote. In commemoration, the arena was built on top of the steps from which people listened to President Kennedy. The bleachers can be clearly seen from the arena's parking lot on the outside and in the storage areas under the arena seats on the inside of the arena.
A request was made to remove the stadium from the National Register of Historic Places,[7] and was removed on May 30, 2012.
References[]
- ↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ↑ Historic Buildings of San Diego State University. Infodome - SDSU Historic Buildings. San Diego State University.
- ↑ Forty Years Later, the Magic of JFK Lingers on the Mesa Archived 2007-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Coleen L. Geraghty, SDSUniverse (May 12, 2003)
- ↑ SDSU Library, Aztec Bowl: History of San Diego State University (accessed Jan. 16, 2009).
- ↑ John F. Kennedy commencement address (June 6, 1963), SDSU Special Collections (video)
- ↑ San Diego State University, Library & Information Access, "President John F. Kennedy's 1963 Commencement Speech at San Diego State (video and audio archive)
- ↑ Pending (Not Yet Acted Upon) List. National Park Service (April 21, 2012).