Just four-years after moving into their current home, the NWSL’s San Diego Wave are looking to relocate to their own stadium.The Wave moved into Snapdragon Stadium in September 2022, which is owned by San Diego State University.Snapdragon Stadium is owned by San Diego State UniversityGettyThe 35,000-capacity venue cost $310million to build and opened in August 2022.Major League Soccer‘s San Diego FC also moved into the stadium last season, leaving the franchise clearly frustrated with their situation.“We’ve been tenants… of Snapdragon Stadium,” Wave owner Zachary Leichtman-Levine told the San Diego Union-Tribune.“What we learned along the way as owners of this team, as well as kind of what we’ve experienced through a number of philanthropic processes that we’ve been involved in related to women’s academics and sports, is that women tend to be considered second, third or sometimes even fourth-class citizens.“What we found at Snapdragon is something resembling a fourth-class citizen. We are fourth on the list of selecting dates for the games.”San Diego Wave propose 324-acre site for new stadiumThe Wave have put forward a project to acquire land surrounding Del Mar Fairgrounds, home to the Del Mar Racetrack.Along with a new stadium which is expected to seat between 12,000 and 16,000 fans, the ‘Del Mar Dreams’ plan would have a surrounding development.This would include a 1,300 space parking garage, 350,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a convention center, a hotel and a tram line.Snapdragon Stadium seats 35,000 fans, and the wave set a single-game NWSL attendance record during it’s opening month.However since then, attendance has fallen significantly despite the Wave consistently finishing near the top of the 16-team league.Leichman-Levine say San Diego FC get scheduling priority resulting in the Wave wanting a stadium of their ownGettyThe Wave are just four points behind Gotham FC with three regular-season games to playGettyThey averaged 13,427 in 2025 and 12,000 so far this season.“Early days when the team was launched, we were filling the stadium quite well and actually have done so in a number of games in the two years,” Leichtman-Levine added.“But what we found is for us to create the environment that we want to achieve, we think the 12,000 to 16,000-seat capacity stadium is probably the sweet spot.“(It) gives you enough of a feeling of a real sports event without becoming gigantic.”The Wave have requested a two-year negotiation window, with the DAA providing the land and the Wave’s owners fronting the cost.The Wave’s lease at Snapdragon Stadium expires at the end of the 2031 seasonGettyIt’s unknown as to how much the entire project will cost, and the Wave’s current six-year lease deal expires in 2031.Leichtman-Levine added that a potential three-phase project would see the stadium, parking garage and tram all constructed by the time their lease expires.