STATE OF THE STADIUMS: JACK MURPHY STADIUM

     Today, we continue our series on the infrastructure of the
NFL with a look at Jack Murphy Stadium, home of the AFC West
leading San Diego Chargers.


  
 
    
STADIUM:
    
Jack 
      Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA
  
  
 
    
AGE:
    
Built in 1967.
  
  
 
    
CAPACITY:
    
Capacity 63,000.
  
  
 
    
OWNERSHIP:
    
Owned by the City of 
      San Diego.
  
  
 
    
LUXURY 
      SEATS:
    
71 luxury boxes -- 
      team gets roughly 30% of revenue, Padres receive the balance.
  
  
 
    
COST:
    
Cost of $27M paid for 
      by city bonds. $3M debt to be paid off by 2003.
  
  
 
    
CONCESSIONS:
    
Concessioneer Service 
      America gets 40%; Padres get 30%; Chargers 20%; city gets the remaining 
      10%.
  
  
 
    
PARKING:
    
19,300 spots, $5 football 
      -- Chargers get 33% of revenue, and the city gets 67%.
  
  
 
    
ADVERTISING:
    
Chargers get 25% of 
      revenue, city 10%, Padres 65%
  
  
 
    
RENT:
    
$1.25 million, 13th 
      highest in league.
  
  
 
    
LEASE:
    
Lease expires in 2000.
  


(Source: Bill Wilson/Jack Murphy Stadium; rent and luxury seating
figure from Florida Times-Union article on July 24, 1994).