Charles C. Hughes Stadium

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Hughes Stadium
Location Sacramento, California
Opened
Owner
Tenants Sacramento City College

Various regional high schools
Capacity

Charles C. Hughes Stadium, commonly referred to as Hughes Stadium, is a 23,000 seat stadium in Sacramento, California. It is located at Sacramento City College. The stadium is named after Charles C. Hughes, the first superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District. [1]

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[edit] Location

It is located on the eastern portion of the Sacramento City College campus. The Western Pacific tracks are to the East and Sutterville Road is to the South. The City College station of Sacramento Regional Transit District's Blue Line is to the Northeast. Sutterville Road's bridge over the tracks is visible from the western seats. The closed end of the stadium's horseshoe shape is to the North-Northwest. The open end with its scoreboard is to the South-Southeast. Its parking lots are to the Northwest and Northeast of the stadium

[edit] Camellia Bowl

Hughes Stadium hosted 16 college football bowl games known as the Camellia Bowl between 1961 and 1980. The 1961-1963 games were for the NAIA national football championship. The 1964-1972 Camellia Bowl games were part of a set of bowls that led up to a poll to determine the NCAA College Division national football championship, prior to the current NCAA Division II playoff structure. It was also the site of the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA national football championship.

[edit] Sacramento Solons

The Sacramento Solons, a AAA minor league baseball team affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers played three seasons in Hughes Stadium from 1974 to 1976. The field was unsuitable for baseball, with a left field foul line reportedly only 233 feet long, or 17 feet shorter than the minimum requirement 250 feet, but baseballs hit over the high screen were still counted as home runs.

[edit] Track & Field Championships

Hughes Stadium was the site of the 1995 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships as well as several other championship events. The stadium will also host the 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships . [2]

[edit] Boxing

On September 9, 1978, Pete Ranzany fought for the world WBA welterweight title against champion José Cuevas, more commonly known as Pipino Cuevas. A crowd of 17,000 plus fans watched Cuevas knock out Ranzany in the 2nd round.

[edit] Sacramento Pop Festival

It was the site for the Sacramento Pop Festival in 1967.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Article about Sacramento schools including photo of Charles C. Hughes
  2. ^ 2001 World Masters Athletics Championships

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