![]() With a capacity of 35,000, it is far smaller than that longtime home of the Padres and Chargers, but it speaks to the local culture in a way that building never did, and in a way many college venues never have. The new venue, which opened last month, sits on the graveyard of its predecessor, best known as Jack Murphy Stadium or Qualcomm Stadium. Three levels of bars, starting on the main concourse, are stacked upon each other with an actual pier at the top, a premium space that looms over the south end zone seating bowl and is uniquely San Diego. The designers of San Diego State’s new $310 million Snapdragon Stadium tried to capture that same dynamic with the Sycuan Piers, one of college football’s most unusual perches. ![]() Anyone can meet there and stroll to the end and back, stopping to lean on the railing and look at lines of bobbing surfers in the crashing waves. The four public piers that line the San Diego coast are common ground for the city’s residents, regardless of their nationality, background, or economic status. The Sycuan Piers provide a unique vantage point to watch college football and is just one distinctive feature of the stadium, which also houses the NWSL’s San Diego Wave and Major League Rugby’s San Diego Legion.
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