Weingart Stadium

Weingart Stadium
Location	East Los Angeles College
Opened	1951
Owner	East Los Angeles College
Construction cost	$3.1 million
Capacity	20,355
Tenants
East Los Angeles College (football) (1951-) Los Angeles Aztecs (1974) Olympic Field Hockey (1984) Los Angeles Salsa (1990s) East Los Angeles Classic

Weingart Stadium (formerly ELAC 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.

External links

• Weingart Stadium at LA Sports Council
• Weingart Stadium at Google Maps