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January 2, 2010

State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) began constructing the Aztec Bowl in 1933, spending $260,000 on excavating, filling, leveling, and removing rock.

The The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) provided another $216,863 for the labor for filling in the canyon, seating for 10,000 people, as well as a flood lightening system, turfed playing field, a press box, and restrooms on either sides of the stadium.

The stadium was dedicated on October 3, 1936, right before a football game against Occidental College (San Diego State won the game).

https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/sdsu-aztec-bowl-san-diego-ca/

After defeating Occidental 7-0 in the first game ever played at Aztec Bowl, the Aztecs completed a 6-1-1 season and were the Southern California Conference champions.

http://www.sdsualumni.org/s/997/rd16/interior.aspx?pgid=1874&gid=1

The construction of Aztec Bowl began in 1933 and, when it was completed in 1936, it was the only stadium built on any college campus in California. The works were carried-out during a period of campus improvements performed under the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. A $260,000 grant was provided to excavate and shape the site to suit a stadium and a further $216,863 grant enabled the completion of the project. The works were carried out by between 300 and 700 laborers using hand tools and mule-powered grading equipment.

The 10,000-seat stadium was officially dedicated by President Edward L. Hardy at a 1936 football match between the Aztecs and Occidental College. The captains of both teams that evening left a record of the dedication: their cleat prints in a block of fresh cement that was then fitted into the stadium.

In 1948, an additional 2,592 seats were added to Aztec Bowl. Also in the late 1940s, Aztec Bowl also became the site of an annual spring ritual, in which students dressed in costume and portrayed comic-strip hero Li’l Abner and his Dogpatch, U.S.A., family.

A plan was floated to expand the stadium to 45,000 seats rather than demolish it and build the Viejas Arena https://www.chicagotribune.com/sd-sp-chargers-nfl-soccer-20170511-story.html

In 1958 the College's men's rugby team was formed and they too used the stadium as their home field. The Aztec Bowl was also became the home field for the College's women's rugby team when they were formed in 1975.

Yearly commencement ceremonies were held at Aztec Bowl. On June 6, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was the commencement speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctorate of law degree, the first issued by the CSU system. A year later, additional seats were added to Aztec Bowl.

The last football game was played at Aztec Bowl in November 1966. Jack Murphy Stadium (now Qualcomm Stadium) opened in 1967, and the Aztecs moved their home games to this newer and larger facility in Mission Valley. During the following decade, Aztec Bowl was used for soccer matches, and the San Diego Symphony performed several concerts there during the summer.

Football team's 30-year stay at the Aztec Bowl ended as triumphantly as it had begun: In 1966, the Aztecs captured the national college division crown.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-17-ca-555-story.html

SDSU compiled a 93-62-7 record in 29 seasons at Aztec Bowl (the 1943-44 season were not played due to World War II), closing out play there in 1966 with six straight wins during SDSU’s 11-0 season. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-sdsu-aztecs-football-countdown-hunkie-cooper-2016aug23-story.html

The Aztecs soccer teams, however, continued playing there another 20 years, including future World Cup star Eric Wynalda and the team that reached the 1987 NCAA final. and international soccer (the U.S. national team played Chile there in 1988).https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sdut-travel-top-50-sites-aztec-bowl-sdsu-2013jul06-htmlstory.html One of the semis and the final of the 1989 Western Soccer League


 * June 3, 1988: USA 1-3 Chile [HT] https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/usnt-results/usmnt-results/usmnt-results-1980-1989/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-03-sp-4838-story.html
 * San Diego (n/a)
 * International Friendly
 * Scorers: Hernan Borja – Oscar Rojas, Oswaldo Hurtado, Sergio Salgado
 * USA: Mark Dodd, Bernie James (Joey Kirk), Neil Megson (Chris Sullivan), Marcelo Balboa, Arturo Velazco, Bruce Murray, Eric Eichmann, Robin Fraser, Michael Fox (Donald Cogsville), Hernan Borja, George Pastor
 * CHI: Roberto Rojas, Patricio Reyes, Fernando Astengo, Leonel Contreras, Orlando Hormazábal, Jaime Augusto Pizarro, Oscar Rojas, Patricio Martínez, Oswaldo Hurtado, Sergio Salgado, Ivo Basay (E Cofre)

North American Soccer League games Average attendance: 6933 (14 games) http://soccerstats.us/places/stadiums/aztec-bowl/

SD Jaws were later the San Diego Sockers

Western Soccer Alliance (1989, the WSA changed its name to the Western Soccer League) Nomads only played playoff matches there https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/03/24/1986-1990-san-diego-nomads/

In 1989, the Nomads won the Western Soccer League title with a semi-pro roster. The WSL championship game on August 12, 1989 drew a franchise record 5,200 fans to the Aztec Bowl. The Nomads blanked the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1-0 on a 2nd half goal by Paul Wright. Record of games played by San Diego teams using Aztec Bowl as a home stadium http://soccerstats.us/places/stadiums/aztec-bowl/

San Diego Sockers at San Diego State University (Aztec Bowl Stadium) March 14,1980 https://www.nasljerseys.com/Friendlies/Teams/Sockers%20Friendlies.htm

During the 1980s, Aztec Bowl hosted a number of rock concerts, including The Police in 1983. In August 1994, the Lollapalooza music festival was held at the stadium.

List of Lollapalooza lineups by year

https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/aztec-bowl-sdsu

https://janesaddiction.org/lollapalooza/lollapalooza-94/

Note, Nirvana should have played https://www.livenirvana.com/concerts/cancelled.php except for Kurt Cobain killing himself

In the late 1980s, plans were drawn for a new indoor arena and student activity center to be built on the site containing Aztec Bowl. Litigation ensued for several years, during which time the National Register of Historic Places added Aztec Bowl to its list. Over the protests of preservationists, a new indoor arena and student activity center were approved, and two-thirds of Aztec Bowl was demolished. Construction for the new facilities began in 1995 and was completed in 1997.

Remnants of Aztec Bowl remain adjacent to Cox Arena and Aztec Recreation Center. Pavement covers the football field, which is now L Lot parking and is used for Cox Arena deliveries.

Below from https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/332bf607-6b0d-4b3b-af9c-62756c8bd840

United States Department of the interior

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

San Diego State Teachers' College

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Aztec Bowl dedicated on October 3. 1936

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Aztec Bowl Date: 1936

Style: Spanish Colonial Revival Architect: unknown

The resulting exterior treatment was completed in harmony

This structure comprised the main out-door athletic and exposition facility for the campus from 1936 until the late 1960s. ItconstitutedthemajorconstructionundertakingoftheWPAonthecampus,utilizingthenaturalcontourofthe canyon and being primarily constructed using hand labor. During its tenure, it provided the site for many football championship play-offs, not only those of San Diego State, but regional high-school play-offs as well. Aztec Bowl also provided the site for many city-wide as well as campus exhibition and cultural events. Most remembered, is the 1963occasionofaspeechtothecommunityofSanDiegobyPresidentKennedy. ItwasdeterminedeligiblefortheNational

Register in 1994.

The structure has been partially demolished to accommodate the new Student Activities Center currently under construction. The new Center is constructed at the back of the arroyo that previously comprised the base of the horseshoe shape of the bowl's bleachers. The northern two fingers of the horse-shoe-shaped bleachers were left intact and form visual wings framing the entry to the Center. These remaining wings, contrasted with the enormous and modernappearanceoftheCenter,evokelittleoftheoriginalcharacterofAztecBowl. Becauseofthislackofintegrity, the Aztec Bowl remains are not included with the San Diego State College Historic District.

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One of the first major campus construction projects undertaken by Dr. Hepner was the excavation and building of the Aztec Bowl stadium in 1936

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Dr. Walter R. Hepner was the third president of San Diego State College (1935-1952)

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The first project approved for funding by the WPA was the building of the Aztec Bowl football stadium. Construction on the bowl gave work to between 300 and 700 men. Costs were kept to a ninimum. Dug out of a natural depression, most of the work was done by hand and with mule-powered grading equipment. At the time of its completion in 1936, the cobblestone and concrete Aztec Bowl was the only stadium built on any college campus in the state of California.

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From https://goaztecs.com/sports/2018/7/13/facilities-qualcomm-stadium-html.aspx Prior to the stadium's opening, the Aztecs played their games in Aztec Bowl - a 13,000-seat facility on campus - and the 34,500-seat Balboa Stadium downtown. The team's record crowd had been the 35,342 fans who jammed Balboa Stadium to see the Aztecs meet North Dakota State in 1966. North Dakota State was the No. 1 small college team in the nation at the time, but the Aztecs won the game 36-0. The victory served as a springboard for San Diego State's national small college championships in 1966, '67 and '68 and a move to Division I-A following the end of the 1968 season.

San Diego State moved to what now is SDCCU Stadium in 1967