The city's seat guarantee is part of the package, which assures the Chargers a minimum of 60,000 seats will be sold for every game. The Chargers agree to remain in town until 2020. 1996 - San Diego Symphony files for bankruptcy. The city hosts the GOP national convention. The final Clinton-Dole debate is held at the University of San Diego.
Officials explain it as a cult suicide.
The New York Yankees sweep the Padres in the World Series. The Symphony resumes making music. 1999 - Legoland opens in Carlsbad. The ruins of the Spanish Presidio, one of California's most fruitful archeological sites, are recovered with dirt to preserve them for future digs. The site was the first European settlement on the West Coast, founded in 1769.