Weingart Stadium
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Weingart Stadium is a 20,355-seat multipurpose stadium located at East Los Angeles College
, in Monterey Park, California
. It was built in 1951 at a cost of $3.1 million, and following renovations in 1984 it was renamed.
Also, in 1984
it hosted all Olympic field hockey
matches. US Field Hockey played a home game here in 1990. The Los Angeles Salsa
soccer club called Weingart home in the early 1990s. Recent renovations replaced the artificial turf with real grass.
In the film Forrest Gump
, special effects were used to turn ELAC's Weingart Stadium into the University of Alabama
's football stadium. Using digital FX, a small crowd which was filmed at ELAC, appears to fill the entire stadium.
Today, although it remains home to the East Los Angeles College
football team, it is best known as the site of the annual Garfield High School
–Roosevelt High School
football game, better known as the East Los Angeles Classic
, which has been responsible for the Stadium's largest crowds, numbering over 25,000. (There are only 2,000 standing room only spots at the stadium, bringing its capacity to 22,355).
Commencement ceremonies for Alhambra High School in Alhambra are held at Weingart Stadium.
East Los Angeles College
East Los Angeles College is a community college of the Los Angeles Community College District in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Fourteen communities comprise its primary service area...
, in Monterey Park, California
Monterey Park, California
Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. The city's motto is "Pride in the past, Faith in the future"...
. It was built in 1951 at a cost of $3.1 million, and following renovations in 1984 it was renamed.
Also, in 1984
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
it hosted all Olympic field hockey
Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
All matches were played at Weingart Stadium, Los Angeles, United States. Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics:-Men's Medalists:-Women's Medal Winners:-References:**...
matches. US Field Hockey played a home game here in 1990. The Los Angeles Salsa
Los Angeles Salsa
The Los Angeles Salsa was an American Professional Soccer League franchise. The club played on the campus of California State University, Fullerton at Titan Stadium in a suburb of Orange County, California...
soccer club called Weingart home in the early 1990s. Recent renovations replaced the artificial turf with real grass.
In the film Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise...
, special effects were used to turn ELAC's Weingart Stadium into the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
's football stadium. Using digital FX, a small crowd which was filmed at ELAC, appears to fill the entire stadium.
Today, although it remains home to the East Los Angeles College
East Los Angeles College
East Los Angeles College is a community college of the Los Angeles Community College District in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Fourteen communities comprise its primary service area...
football team, it is best known as the site of the annual Garfield High School
Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California)
James A. Garfield High School is a public, year-round high school founded in 1925 in East Los Angeles, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, California. The school was made famous by the film Stand and Deliver about a teacher named Jaime Escalante...
–Roosevelt High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles)
See also Roosevelt High School for schools of the same nameTheodore Roosevelt High School is a high school located in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California named for the 26th president of the United States....
football game, better known as the East Los Angeles Classic
East LA Classic
The East LA Classic, or East Los Angeles Classic ' is the homecoming football game for both James A. Garfield High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School. It is known as the East L.A. classic, because the two schools were among the first schools to be established in the East Los Angeles area...
, which has been responsible for the Stadium's largest crowds, numbering over 25,000. (There are only 2,000 standing room only spots at the stadium, bringing its capacity to 22,355).
Commencement ceremonies for Alhambra High School in Alhambra are held at Weingart Stadium.