Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego Chargers)

Blanks are shredded bits of the plastic stadium seats mixed with complementary team-colored resin.

Available Sizes:

• Pen Blanks: Minimum 3/4" x 3/4" square
• Bottle Stopper and Ring Blanks: 1-1/2" round
• Full Pen Blocks: 6" x 5" and a minimum of 7/8" thick
• Knife Scale Pair: 2@ 5" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" minimum

All blanks include one Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per blank—a 4" x 6" card stock with foil-embossed seal, protected in a hard-shell plastic sleeve. Full Pen Blocks come with 10 COAs.

Most blanks are cut to order for freshness. Pen Blocks require a 2-3 week turnaround.

Jack Murphy Stadium: Chargers' San Diego Shrine of Gridiron Glory

Jack Murphy Stadium, nestled in San Diego's Mission Valley, served as the sun-soaked sanctuary for the San Diego Chargers from its inaugural kickoff. Originally San Diego Stadium, groundbreaking ignited in 1960 on a $27 million blueprint to lure the AFL's expansion Chargers westward, and it burst open on September 10, 1961, with the Bolts topping the Oakland Raiders 37-0 before 20,000 fans—heralding Southern California's football dawn and instantly etching its Balboa Park-adjacent vibe into AFL lore. Renamed in 1981 for sports editor Jack Murphy, whose columns championed the venue, it symbolized San Diego's spirited surge to pro sports prominence.

Swelling from 47,000 seats to a raucous 70,000 capacity on AstroTurf (grass by 1998), Jack Murphy encircled a standard 120x53-yard battlefield—fostering fast-break frenzy with those quirky upper decks and canyon views. Expansions roared: 1965's south stands to 49,000, 1973's upper decks vaulting 52,000, 1981's $20 million Murphy memorial surge to 59,022, and 1998's $27 million grass and seating glow-up to 71,000—blending beachy bones with fan-favorite fury via city-county bonds.

Chargers' charging ground for 56 seasons, Jack Murphy cradled AFC West crowns (1960, 1961, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), Air Coryell innovations under Don Coryell, Dan Fouts' Hall of Fame hauls, and playoff pulses like the 1994 wild-card thriller amid 500+ home wins. Record roars hit 70,417 for 1990's playoff pulse vs. Dolphins, pulsing with "Bolt Up" precursors and fish taco traditions. Demolished in 2020 for Snapdragon Stadium's gleam, Jack Murphy endures as a valley testament to tenacity, triumphs, and timeless bolt in NFL's west.