Charles C. Hughes Stadium
Charles C. Hughes Stadium (commonly referred to as Hughes Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in the Western United States, located at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, California. The stadium opened in 1928 and was initially known as Sacramento Stadium and Sacramento College Stadium. It was renamed in November 1944 in honor of Charles Colfax Hughes, the first superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, who died a month earlier.
Hughes Stadium in April 2014 | |
| Former names | Sacramento Stadium (1928–1944) |
|---|---|
| Location | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38.541°N 121.48652°W |
| Capacity | 20,311 |
| Surface | Natural grass (1928–2012) Artificial turf (2012–present) |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Tenants | |
| Cal Aggies football (1928–1931) Sacramento State Hornets football (1954–1968) Sacramento City College Various regional high schools Sacramento Republic FC (January–June 2014) | |
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In 2012, the stadium underwent a major overhaul, installing an artificial turf field surface, a new track surface, and a major refurbishment of the facilities documented in this video. Its present seating capacity is 20,311.
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