San Diegans left feeling sad as 'The Murph' comes down The biggest piece of San Diego’s sports history is slowly being knocked down and ground to bitsSAN DIEGO -- The biggest piece of San Diego’s sports history is slowly being knocked down and ground to bits. The San Diego Chicken’s brand of fowl humor was hatched there during the rowdy ’70s. San Diego State prevailed at the ballot box in 2018 to win the right to buy 132 of the site’s 166 acres. Known as San Diego Stadium when it opened in 1967, it was renamed Jack Murphy Stadium in 1981 for the late sports editor of The San Diego Union. Years ago, when the old multicolored seats were replaced by blue seats, Fouts bought six brown and four orange seats.

Source: ABC News December 22, 2020 22:18 UTC