Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium is a
stadium located in
Honolulu,
Hawai'i. Currently Aloha Stadium is home to the
University of Hawaii Warriors football team . 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.
Encyclopedia
Aloha Stadium is a
stadium located in
Honolulu,
Hawai'i. Currently Aloha Stadium is home to the
University of Hawaii Warriors football team . 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 , an oval for football, or a triangle for concerts. However, the Aloha Stadium Authority made the decision to permanently lock the stadium in football configuration, citing cost and maintenance issues. However, the stands are not scheduled to be locked until 2007, and until then the stadium will still be able to change configurations if needed.
Located west of downtown Honolulu and 2 miles north of
Honolulu International Airport, Aloha Stadium was built in 1975 at a cost of $37 million. It was intended as a replacement for the aging
Honolulu Stadium on King Street, demolished in 1976.
In 1997, a three game series between
Major League Baseball's
St. Louis Cardinals and
San Diego Padres was held at this stadium.
In 2003, the stadium surface was changed from AstroTurf to
FieldTurf.
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