Constructed at a cost of $27 million, San Diego Stadium opened August 20, 1967, with an exhibition game between the Chargers and Detroit Lions.

Looks like they're putting the finishing touches on the stadium in this photo.  It must have been about this time that I was driving home at dusk, heading north on Hawley Boulevard in Normal Heights, when I saw an eerie glow on the horizon.  They had the stadium lights on for the first time.  It became Jack Murphy Stadium, then Qualcomm and now it's gone. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  This is when you realize what getting old means -- John Fry