DO NOT BE CONFUSED and book a room at Valley View Casino if you want to stay by the concert.
(Note: we bought tickets the minute they went on sale.) For clarity, let me add this: The San Diego Sports Arena is now named the Valley View Casino Center.
Our tickets were pricey for 2 Loge seats, but we got anything but 'high level' seating. And, for a gritty rock concert, the music counts! However, if you are a Baby Boomer (60's, like my husband and myself), you won't find this the finest of seating, nor the most efficiently run venue to watch a concert.
The reason I gave this venue two dots instead of ONE DOT is.because we found the accoustics for THE WHO 'Quadrophenia' concert to be fine.