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sports2 years ago

"High Hopes for Aztecs vs. UCLA Football Game with Near-Capacity Crowd"

San Diego State University is expecting a near-record crowd for their football game against UCLA at Snapdragon Stadium, with nearly 30,000 tickets already sold. Last season's game against Arizona saw a distribution of 34,046 tickets, just shy of the stadium's 35,000 capacity. The majority of the crowd will be comprised of SDSU students and season ticket holders, with 8,000 student tickets already distributed. Walk-up sales on game day have exceeded 1,000 for previous games, and ticket windows at Snapdragon Stadium are open for fans to purchase tickets in person.

sports2 years ago

San Diego Secures MLS Expansion Team for 2025 Season

San Diego will be the home for Major League Soccer's 30th team with matches kicking off at Snapdragon Stadium for the 2025 season, backed by British-Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan tribe. The team will play in Snapdragon Stadium by 2025, a year before the United States will join Mexico and Canada in hosting the 2026 World Cup. The team's name and colors were not announced at the event.

sports2 years ago

San Diego's Snapdragon Stadium overcomes obstacles to land MLS expansion team.

San Diego State has secured an MLS franchise to begin play in 2025, after a group that included San Diego State Athletic Director John David Wicker and JMI Sports CEO Erik Judson fought through major roadblocks to build Snapdragon Stadium and secure the rights to the land in Mission Valley. The group wrested control of the land from rival SoccerCity in a dominant wave of voting support in November 2018, and their stadium came in on time and on budget. The project's success underscores the potent cocktail of checking every single box and building broad-based public buy-in.