Aztec Bowl (stadium) explained

Stadium Name:Aztec Bowl
Location:5500 Canyon Crest Dr.,
San Diego, California
Broke Ground:1933
Expanded:1948
Closed:March 1995
Owner:San Diego State University
Operator:San Diego State University
Surface:Natural grass
Construction Cost:$476,863
($ in)
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)
Seating Capacity:10,000 (1936–1948)
12,592 (1948–1995)
Embedded:
Embed:yes
Aztec Bowl
Nrhp Type:cp
Designated Other1:California
Designated Other1 Name:Aztec Bowl
Partof:San Diego State College
Partof Refnum:97000924
Map Width:300
Coordinates:32.7744°N -117.0747°W
Architecture:Mission/Spanish Revival
Delisted:May 30, 2012
Designated Other1 Date:[1]
Delisted Nrhp Type:September 4, 1997[2]
Designated Other1 Number:798[3]
Designated Other1 Num Position:both
Designated Other2 Num Position:both
Designated Other3 Num Position:both
Nocat:yes

The Aztec Bowl was an outdoor stadium in San Diego, California, located on the campus of San Diego State University. The stadium was home of the San Diego State Aztecs football team.

History

Construction of a 10,000 seat stadium began in 1933 following the first of two Works Progress Administration (WPA) grants. 2,592 more seats were added in 1948.

The Aztec Bowl hosted the San Diego State Aztecs football team until they moved to San Diego Stadium in 1967. The stadium was used for soccer matches and as a musical venue for the San Diego Symphony, the Grateful Dead in 1969, the Police in 1983 and Lollapalooza in 1994.[4]

John F. Kennedy, then the president of the United States, gave a commencement address and received the first honorary doctorate given by a California State University at the stadium on June 6, 1963.[5] [6] [7] Then-mayor Pete Wilson's 40th birthday party was held there in 1973.[8]

Viejas Arena, the school's basketball arena, has been sitting on the site of the stadium since 1997. The arena was built directly into the canyon hillside, enclosing one end of the Aztec Bowl. Two sections of the stadium's original concrete bleachers and cobblestone walls remain visible.

The stadium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[9] A request was made to remove the stadium from the National Register of Historic Places,[10] and was removed on May 30, 2012.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHL # 798 San Diego State College San Diego.
  2. Web site: Asset Detail.
  3. Web site: Alvarado Trunk Sewer. Phase IV Project. sandiego.gov. 27 August 2023.
  4. Web site: SDSU Library, Aztec Bowl: History of San Diego State University (accessed Jan. 16, 2009) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721003154/http://infodome.sdsu.edu/projects/buildings/aztecbowl.html . 2011-07-21 . 2008-11-30 . infodome.sdsu.edu.
  5. Web site: Geraghty . Coleen L. . 2003-05-12 . Forty Years Later, the Magic of JFK Lingers on the Mesa . https://web.archive.org/web/20070706133627/http://sdsuniverse.info/story.asp?id=6269 . 2007-07-06 . 2023-06-28 . SDSUniverse.
  6. Web site: President John F. Kennedy's 1963 Commencement Speech at San Diego State . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100507113751/http://scua.sdsu.edu/exhibits/online/2010/03/JFKMovie/JFKMovie.shtml . 2010-05-07 . SDSU Library & Information Access.
  7. Web site: 2012-06-16 . President John F. Kennedy's 1963 Commencement Speech at San Diego State . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616074108/http://library.sdsu.edu/scua/exhibits-and-events/online-exhibits/kennedy . 2012-06-16 . 2023-06-28 . SDSU Library & Information Access.
  8. Web site: 2011-10-02 . Aztec Bowl's glory resurfacing . 2023-06-28 . . en-US.
  9. Web site: Historic Buildings of San Diego State University. Infodome - SDSU Historic Buildings. San Diego State University. 2009-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20060906094946/http://dometest.sdsu.edu/projects/buildings/bldgs.html. 2006-09-06. dead.
  10. Web site: April 21, 2012 . Pending (Not Yet Acted Upon) List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715041132/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/pending/P20120421.htm . 2012-07-15 . 27 April 2012 . National Park Service.
  11. Web site: Aztec Bowl - San Diego State University . 2023-06-28 . CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY DATABASE.

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