Ron Fowler, the Padres’ executive chairman, recently informed San Diego State University that Petco Park would be available for the football team through 2019 but not beyond that year. As Fowler told San Diego Union Tribune’s Tom Krasovic, “The reason is that, if we’re in the (‘20) playoffs, we don’t want to be in a position where we can’t even play in our own stadium, our own ballpark.”
Undoubtedly aware of the fact that the Padres are on pace to lose around 100 games this season and that the team has regressed under General Manager A.