Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
As everyone knows, the Padres play 81 homes games each season at Petco Park.
But not as readily known is the fact that the Padres' downtown home hosts more than twice as many non-baseball events each season -- the variety ranging from Comic-Con forums to corporate programs to concerts to the Rock & Roll Marathon to Supercross and Monster Truck shows.
And more. So much more.
This week, Petco Park will host two events simultaneously -- the Bill Walton Basketball Festival and the Holiday Wonderland.