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Snapdragon Stadium

Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, CA, home of San Diego State. Capacity 35,000. Opened August 19, 2022.

Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, CA
Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, CAPhoto: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
35,000
Opened
2022
Surface
Latitude 36 Bermuda grass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
203 ft
San Diego State here
19–⁠11 games on file since 2022

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2022 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Snapdragon Stadium by season, 2022 to 202620k30k40k2022: 29,225 a game over 7 games; biggest 34,0462023: 24,832 a game over 7 games; biggest 32,0172024: 24,648 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,3072025: 26,819 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,3692026: 27,291 a game over 3 games; biggest 28,474’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

34,046Arizona at San Diego State2022
33,073Hawai’i at San Diego State2022
32,017UCLA at San Diego State2023
31,369California at San Diego State2025
31,307Hawai’i at San Diego State2024

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Aztec Stadium
Opened
August 19, 2022
Architect
Gensler
Surface over the years
Latitude 36 Bermuda grass
Record crowd
Soccer: 34,506
American football: 34,046
Rugby: 33,217
Lacrosse: 15,112

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Snapdragon Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 210 meters (630 by 680 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026San Diego State 26, Fresno State 23
Oct 3, 2026San Diego State 31, Texas State 29
Sep 19, 2026James Madison 26, San Diego State 13
Sep 5, 2026San Diego State 53, Portland State 20
Jan 2, 2026SMU 24, 21Arizona 19
Nov 22, 2025San Diego State 25, San José State 3
Nov 15, 2025San Diego State 17, Boise State 7
Nov 1, 2025San Diego State 24, Wyoming 7
Oct 3, 2025San Diego State 45, Colorado State 24
Sep 20, 2025San Diego State 34, California 0
Aug 28, 2025San Diego State 42, Stony Brook 0
Dec 27, 202422Syracuse 52, Washington State 35

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2022. Independently corroborated.