Stagg Memorial Stadium, College football stadium in Stockton, United States.
Stagg Memorial Stadium was a college sports facility in Stockton featuring concrete grandstands that enclosed the playing field and held 28,000 seats. The building also housed the Pacific Club, a 300-person facility with glass walls that allowed full views of the field.
Pacific Memorial Stadium was built in 1950 after a fund drive raised $165,000, mostly through pre-ordered scrip tickets valid over ten years. Construction of the earth-filled structure began in May 1950 and finished in under six months, in time for the October 21 home opener. It was renamed Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium on October 15, 1988, closed on February 26, 2012, and demolition began February 24, 2014.
The stadium took its name from Amos Alonzo Stagg, a pioneering college football coach whose methods shaped how the sport developed at Pacific and across the nation. The naming honored a figure deeply connected to the university's athletic tradition.
The field ran roughly north-northwest to south-southeast, and the 1973 Pacific Club on the east side seated up to 300 behind glass walls. The north end zone scoreboard, put up in 1982, measured 35 by 17 feet. Floodlights were upgraded from 35 to 75 footcandles in August 1986.
In 1997 the venue hosted an international soccer match where Brazilian striker Ronaldo scored six goals in an 8-2 victory. This performance became one of the memorable moments associated with the ground before its closure.
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