Alamo Stadium

Alamo Stadium is a 23,000-seat football stadium in San Antonio, Texas.

History

High school football games

Since its opening in the 1940s, the stadium has been home to numerous high school games. Such as the 1963 4A Bi-district game between Robert E. Lee High school and Brackenridge High school which is considered to be the greatest high school game to be played in stadium

Pro football franchises that used the stadium

Completed in September 1940 as a WPA project, the stadium was the home of the Alamo Bowl in 1947, the San Antonio Wings of the WFL in 1975, the San Antonio Gunslingers of the USFL from 1984-1985, the San Antonio Riders of the WLAF in 1991, and the San Antonio Matadors of the Spring Football League in 2000-?.

College football games hosted

The stadium has also hosted college football games. Texas A&M defeated Tulsa, 41-6, on Oct. 5, 1940 and Baylor University defeated Villanova, 7-0, two weeks later on Oct. 19, 1940.

Alamo Stadium today

The stadium is still standing and is currently owned by the San Antonio Independent School District. It is the largest high school stadium in the state of Texas. The stadium is currently used by the high schools of the SAISD, including Brackenridge, Burbank, Edison, Fox Tech, Highlands, Sam Houston, Jefferson, and Lanier High Schools for mainly High School football games. The venue is home of the Annual Chili Bowl Game, a football game between Fox Tech and Lanier High Schools. It regularly sells out, and is consistently one of the highest attended regular season football games in Texas, averaging about 23,000 spectators.Its also home to track meets hosted by SAISD, also home to the Region IV-4A & Region IV-5A track meets which occur in late April or early May.

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Coordinates: 29°27′45.95″N 98°28′44.51″W / 29.4627639°N 98.4790306°W / 29.4627639; -98.4790306

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