SDCCU Stadium hasn’t hosted a game since 2019, and the building itself hasn’t existed since 2021. If that’s still the name you know the place by, let’s catch you up to date.

One Stadium, Five Names

SDCCU Stadium was never its own building. It was the same Mission Valley stadium that opened in 1967, just wearing its fourth name. San Diego County Credit Union won the naming rights with a $500,000 bid in September 2017, after Qualcomm’s deal expired. The SDCCU name ran through the end of 2020, though the last event actually played under it was the Holiday Bowl in December 2019.

• San Diego Stadium (1967-1979)
• Jack Murphy Stadium (1980-1996)
• Qualcomm Stadium (1997-2016) – “The Q”
• SDCCU Stadium (2017-2020)
• Demolished (2020-2021)
• Snapdragon Stadium (2022-present)

Where SDCCU Stadium Used to Stand

SDCCU Stadium sat at 9449 Friars Road. Snapdragon Stadium is next door at 2101 Stadium Way, roughly 500 feet west, on what used to be part of the old parking lots. The original footprint is now part of the SDSU Mission Valley campus.

If you haven’t been back since SDCCU days, a few things changed: the venue is smaller (35,000 seats vs. 70,000+), fully cashless, and the Green Line Trolley no longer drops you right at the gate.

SDCCU Stadium Events (2017-2020)

On the Field

• SDSU Aztecs Football: Stayed the team’s home field through the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons.
• Holiday Bowl (2017-2019): Played at SDCCU Stadium all three years. The final game, December 27, 2019, was a 49-24 rout by Iowa over USC, the last sporting event the stadium ever hosted.
• San Diego Fleet (AAF): The Alliance of American Football folded in April 2019, but not before the Fleet played four home games here, February 17 through March 17.
• Navy vs. Notre Dame (October 27, 2018): Navy’s “home” game against its oldest rival, the first meeting west of the Mississippi. Notre Dame won 44-22 in front of 63,626 fans.
• CIF San Diego Section Finals: San Diego’s high school football championships ran their annual early-December slate here through the SDCCU years.

On the Stage

• U2 & Beck (September 22, 2017): Closed out the U.S. leg of the Joshua Tree Tour, three days after the stadium’s SDCCU rebrand took effect.
• Coldplay (October 8, 2017): Closed out the fall leg of the A Head Full of Dreams Tour.
• Beyoncé & Jay-Z (September 27, 2018): Played SDCCU Stadium on the On the Run II Tour, between stops in Los Angeles and Santa Clara.

Everything Else

The parking lot held 18,500 spaces across 166 acres, one of the largest in the NFL. It ran its own event calendar independent of the stadium schedule, and doubled as a Green Line Trolley park-and-ride on non-event weekdays.

• Vans Warped Tour (June 22, 2018): San Diego’s final Warped Tour stop, staged in the parking lot as part of the tour’s last full cross-country run. All Time Low and Simple Plan headlined.
• Extreme Autofest (July 27, 2019): 20th annual custom car and lowrider show in the parking lot, headlined by Baby Bash.
• Island Vibe Music Festival (August 3, 2019): 6th annual Pacific Islander music and culture festival, held on the stadium’s practice field.
• Back to the Funky Life Tour (October 6, 2018): R&B and funk revival bill featuring Lakeside, The Delfonics, and Klymaxx.

One Old Name Comes Back for the 2028 Olympics (Not SDCCU)

SDCCU Stadium isn’t returning. But for a few weeks in the summer of 2028, the venue is getting an even older name back: San Diego Stadium, the one it opened with in 1967.

Snapdragon Stadium is one of the host venues for LA28, staging 11 Olympic soccer matches, including both the men’s and women’s semifinals and bronze medal games, more than any other city besides the Rose Bowl. During the Games, it will officially be called San Diego Stadium.

That’s the IOC’s “clean venue” policy at work. Olympic venues are normally stripped of sponsor branding unless that sponsor is also an official Olympic partner. LA28 broke with tradition in 2025 by letting a handful of venues keep sponsor names when the sponsor is an Olympic partner (Honda Center and the Comcast Squash Center, for example), but Snapdragon’s naming partner isn’t one, so the clean venue rule applies and the name steps aside for the tournament.

San Diego isn’t the only one getting this treatment. Other MLS stadiums hosting group-stage and knockout matches go through the same swap:

• PayPal Park (San Jose) becomes San Jose Stadium


• Energizer Park (St. Louis) becomes St. Louis Stadium


• Lower.com Field (Columbus) becomes Columbus Stadium

Once the Games wrap, the signage comes down and it goes back to being Snapdragon Stadium. Full match schedule and ticket info live on the Snapdragon Olympics guide.

One more twist: SDCCU still shows up around the stadium today, just not on the building. The credit union sponsors the Poinsettia Bowl, held there each December.

Common Questions

Is SDCCU Stadium still standing?

No. It was demolished between December 2020 and summer 2021, following the same timeline as Qualcomm Stadium’s demolition. The site is now part of the SDSU Mission Valley campus, next to Snapdragon Stadium.

What is SDCCU Stadium called now?

The venue that replaced it is Snapdragon Stadium, built next door at 2101 Stadium Way and open since 2022.

Where was SDCCU Stadium located?

9449 Friars Road in Mission Valley, San Diego. That address is now part of the SDSU campus redevelopment, not the stadium site itself.

Will the stadium ever be called SDCCU Stadium again?

No. But it will briefly be called San Diego Stadium, its original 1967 name, during the 2028 Olympics.

When did SDCCU Stadium close?

The naming rights ran through the end of 2020, but the last event held under the SDCCU name was the Holiday Bowl in December 2019.

What was the last event held at SDCCU Stadium?

The 2019 Holiday Bowl on December 27, 2019, where Iowa beat USC 49-24.

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