Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)
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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]
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Location | Lew Davis St., Long Beach, CA |
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Coordinates | 33°49′41.66″N 118°8′10.13″W |
Owner | Long Beach City College |
Operator | Long Beach City College |
Capacity | 11,600 |
Surface | SprinTurf |
Opened | 1950 |
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Long Beach City College California Interscholastic Federation Long Beach State 49ers football (NCAA) (1955–1976, 1983–1992) Long Beach Admirals (COFL) (1967) |
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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.