Opinion: Snapdragon Stadium, the arrival of Major League Soccer are San Diego success stories [Opinion]
is a member of the Friends of SDSU executive committee that drafted the 2018 SDSU West initiative and lives in Carlsbad.In 2018, the city of San Diego voters approved the “SDSU West” ballot measure, authorizing the city to sell the Mission Valley stadium site to San Diego State University to build a new stadium, river park and university expansion that would include an innovation district, commercial center, and market rate and affordable housing.
SDSU purchased the Mission Valley site from the city at fair market value in June 2020. Within days, the university broke ground on its new stadium. Snapdragon Stadium was completed on time and on budget in September.by the Sports Business Journal as the nation’s “sports facility of the year.” The San Diego Wave of the National Women’s Soccer League moved to Snapdragon Stadium in September and sold out its first game at the new stadium, setting a league attendance record of 30,854 fans.
By any measure, the new stadium is a remarkable triumph for the university and the community. But SDSU Mission Valley is more than a stadium, much more.SDSU will complete the 34-acre river park by the end of this year. The park will provide recreation, open space, flood protection and a needed buffer to cleanse stormwater entering the San Diego River. The site will include six multi-use fields for soccer, rugby, flag football and a variety of youth sports.
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