Veterans Memorial Stadium (Lawrence)
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Veterans Memorial Stadium is a 9,000 seat stadium
in Lawrence, Massachusetts
. The stadium is located adjacent to the new Lawrence High School. It has been recently renovated and has a turf along with a new track, and new seating. The venue opened in 1927 and was renovated in 2006. It currently serves as the home field for the Lawrence High School Lancers and the Central Catholic High School
Raiders sports teams including football, soccer, lacrosse, and outdoor track and field.
The stadium is also home to the semi-pro football team Merrimack Valley Maulers of the New England Football League.
The Stadium has hosted national drum corps
competition every summer since its renovation.
It was considered as a possible new location for the New Hampshire Phantoms
minor league soccer club of the USL Second Division
; The club eventually decided to stay in New Hampshire
.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 76,377. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. It and Salem are...
. The stadium is located adjacent to the new Lawrence High School. It has been recently renovated and has a turf along with a new track, and new seating. The venue opened in 1927 and was renovated in 2006. It currently serves as the home field for the Lawrence High School Lancers and the Central Catholic High School
Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
Central Catholic High School is a college preparatory school with an academic campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts and an athletic campus in Methuen, Massachusetts associated with the Marist Brothers of the Schools and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and founded in 1935 by Brother Florentius...
Raiders sports teams including football, soccer, lacrosse, and outdoor track and field.
The stadium is also home to the semi-pro football team Merrimack Valley Maulers of the New England Football League.
The Stadium has hosted national drum corps
Drum and bugle corps (modern)
A drum and bugle corps, also known as a drum corps, is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, drum corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions...
competition every summer since its renovation.
It was considered as a possible new location for the New Hampshire Phantoms
New Hampshire Phantoms
New Hampshire Phantoms is an American soccer team based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1996, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its home...
minor league soccer club of the USL Second Division
USL Second Division
The United Soccer Leagues Second Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, part of the United Soccer Leagues league pyramid...
; The club eventually decided to stay in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
.