Aloha Stadium
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| Aloha Stadium | |
| Facility Statistics | |
| Location | 99-500 Salt Lake Boulevard Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 |
| Opened | September 12, 1975 |
| Owner | The State of Hawaii |
| Construction Cost | $37 million USD |
| Architect | The Luckman Partnership, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| University of Hawaii Warriors | 1975-present |
| Hawaii Islanders (Pacific Coast League baseball) | 1975-1987 |
| NFL Pro Bowl | 1980-present |
| Seating Capacity | |
| 1975 | 50,000 |
Aloha Stadium is a stadium located in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Currently Aloha Stadium is home to the University of Hawai'i Warrior football team (Western Athletic Conference, NCAA Division I-A). Since 1980 it has also been the site of the National Football League's Pro Bowl. It also hosts numerous high school football games during the season, and serves as a venue for large concerts and events. A swap meet in the stadium's parking lot every weekend draws large crowds. Aloha Stadium once served as home field for the AAA Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League from 1975 to 1987 before the team moved to Colorado Springs.
Aloha Stadium can be reconfigured into various configurations for different sport venues and other purposes, and is the first stadium in the United States with this capability. Four movable sections, each 3.5 million tons and with a capacity of 7,000, can move using air cushions into a diamond configuration for baseball (also used for soccer), an oval for football, or a triangle for concerts.
Located west of downtown Honolulu and 2 miles north of Honolulu International Airport, Aloha Stadium was built in 1975 at a cost of $32 million. It was intended as a replacement for the aging Honolulu Stadium on King Street, demolished in 1976.
In 2003, the stadium surface was changed from AstroTurf to FieldTurf.
External links
- Official site for Aloha Stadium (http://www.alohastadium.hawaii.gov)
- Aloha Stadium - University of Hawaii Athletics Dept. (http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Facil/alohastad.html)