Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)
The stadium as seen in 2017 | |
Interactive map of Veterans Memorial Stadium | |
| Address | Lew Davis St. Long Beach, CA United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°49′41.66″N 118°8′10.13″W / 33.8282389°N 118.1361472°W |
| Owner | Long Beach City College |
| Operator | Long Beach City College Athletics |
| Capacity | 11,600 |
| Type | Stadium |
| Surface | SprinTurf |
| Current use | Football Soccer |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Tenants | |
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| Website | |
| lbcc.edu/veterans-stadium | |
Veterans Memorial Stadium (also known as Veterans Stadium, Vets Stadium or simply The Vet) is an 11,600-seat stadium used mostly for American football and soccer 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. It was also home to Long Beach State's football team until the program disbanded in 1991. The Los Angeles Force use the stadium for soccer matches.
The stadium is also popular as a movie set for a number of Hollywood motion pictures. It also hosted the 1985 and 1988 Motorcycle Speedway World Team Cup Finals.