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The arena was built inside a stadium - literally. Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, at 5500 Canyon Crest Drive on the San Diego State campus, was constructed directly into the canyon hillside of the 1936 Aztec Bowl, and two sections of the old stadium's concrete bleachers and cobblestone walls still show. Opened on July 24, 1997 as Cox Arena after a $29 million build by Sink Combs Dethlefs and Carrier Johnson, the venue took its current name in 2009 when the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians signed a t...