Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)

Veterans Memorial Stadium
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LocationLew Davis St.,
Long Beach, CA
Coordinates33°49′41.66″N 118°8′10.13″W / 33.8282389°N 118.1361472°W / 33.8282389; -118.1361472
OwnerLong Beach City College
OperatorLong Beach City College
Capacity11,600
SurfaceSprinTurf
Opened1950
Tenants
Long Beach City College
California Interscholastic Federation
Long Beach State 49ers football (NCAA) (1955–1976, 1983–1992)
Long Beach Admirals (COFL) (1967)
Veterans Memorial Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium (also known as Veterans Stadium, Vets Stadium or simply The Vet) is an 11,600-seat stadium located south of the Liberal Arts Campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. It is the home stadium to a number of local area high school football teams, as well as Long Beach City College's football team.[1] It was also home to Long Beach State's football team until the program disbanded in 1991.[2]

The stadium is also popular as a movie set for a number of Hollywood motion pictures.[3] It also hosted the 1985 and 1988 Motorcycle Speedway World Team Cup Finals.

  1. ^ "Veterans Memorial Stadium". lbcc.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ Woolard, John (December 11, 1991). "Football gets sacked at CSULB". The Long Beach Press-Telegram.
  3. ^ "Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Veterans Memorial Stadium". imdb.com. Retrieved 2017-10-18.