First of all, the concourses are as narrow as a balance beam, so you're constantly bumping into other people and never have anywhere to go. So at the end of the night you smell like a conglomerate of every fan you've bumped into.

Hell, Qualcomm should sell the naming rights to Febreze and send a cropduster over 4 or 5 times a game just to give us all a breath of fresh air.

Second, the game experience is a dud. The article summed that up quite well. You might as well have a guy dressed in a foam lightning bolt keeping score on an abacus. I've seen high school stadiums in Texas offer a better experience.

Third, you just get the feeling it's all about to collapse. I went with a friend a couple years ago and was in the top row of the upper deck. When the flyover happened, it just shook. And not in that "Oh, yeah, 'Merica" kind of power way, but in that "Oh crap, we're about to land on the cheerleaders" (which would be about the only positive) kind of way.

Oh yeah, and this:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3.../0TROPHIES.jpg

The flooding doesn't happen that often. I can remember 1 time in the last 10 years that happened. They are surrounded by mountains and hills. A lot of water runs off into mission valley. Which has a small river (in mission valley). Sometimes it overflows. It is low ground. Probably too low. It was built a long time ago. But you guys are probably overrating how bad it is. It's not a great stadium. But not as bad as you guys are making it out to be.

Qualcomm is pretty bad, man. Ever been down inside the stadium? In the players tunnel? Leaky pipes, water puddles...smells terrible. It needs some work.

I've had season tickets since 2001 and in that time I've had water come through cracks in the cement around my seat multiple times...and a few times there have been hordes of cockroaches coming out of those cracks.

It depends on what your standards are. For an NFL stadium, it's substandard. I had the luxury of getting a small tour when i was a teen...about 10-11 years ago....when you actually go down INSIDE the stadium, it's pretty bad.

My dad had to bid a demolition job at Qualcomm Stadium once, so he got to take me down into the gullyworks and it's even worse than Detoxing makes it sound here, and this was 10+ years ago.

[QUOTE=CaliforniaChief;9890871]First of all, the concourses are as narrow as a balance beam, so you're constantly bumping into other people and never have anywhere to go. So at the end of the night you smell like a conglomerate of every fan you've bumped into.

Hell, Qualcomm should sell the naming rights to Febreze and send a cropduster over 4 or 5 times a game just to give us all a breath of fresh air.

Second, the game experience is a dud. The article summed that up quite well. You might as well have a guy dressed in a foam lightning bolt keeping score on an abacus. I've seen high school stadiums in Texas offer a better experience.

Third, you just get the feeling it's all about to collapse. I went with a friend a couple years ago and was in the top row of the upper deck. When the flyover happened, it just shook. And not in that "Oh, yeah, 'Merica" kind of power way, but in that "Oh crap, we're about to land on the cheerleaders" (which would be about the only positive) kind of way.

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I don't bump into anybody walking around in there. Are you drinking a lot and stumbling around? LOL. I don't find shaking anywhere in that building. It's structurally sound. It's not going to collapse. I don't know? Maybe you feel that more in the upper deck? I usually don't sit there. I get Charger tickets sometimes from friends. They are good tickets in good areas. I've sat in the upper deck a few times but never noticed any shaking personally.

Last year I went to the first game and some dick in Body paint ran into me and ruined my brand new Jersey.

That sounds like an unusual situation. I've been in there more than 100 times for San Diego State Aztecs and the Chargers also. I've never had anybody run into me with body paint.

If you see a body paint guy coming avoid him. LOL.

Yeah well if they do move to L.A. the Chargers could look at doubling their fan base. From 4 to 8 hell they may triple it to 12.

Some how Marty Shottenheimers last gleam of hope is represented in that trophy case.

Charger dogs are the worst part about that stadium

OH You're probably right. I went when games at the Dumpster were still relatively well-attended.

Come to think of it, the terraces at our minor league BB team's stadium are the same size as the Dumpster and I don't bump into anyone there.

Also look at this pic I took last year. This dude is wearing Uggs.

http://i.imgur.com/BONRVY7.jpg

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