Santa Ana Stadium
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Santa Ana Stadium, also known as Eddie West Field or the Santa Ana Bowl, is a city-owned and operated 9,000-capacity American football and soccer stadium located in downtown Santa Ana. The field was named after Eddie West, a writer for the Orange County Register and tireless supporter of the Santa Ana College Dons and all Orange County sports.[2][3]
Eddie West Field, The Santa Ana Bowl | |
Location | 602 N. Flower St. Santa Ana, California, United States, 92703 |
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Coordinates | 33.7506°N 117.8775°W / 33.7506; -117.8775 |
Public transit | Orange County Transit Authority Bus Route 51 Bus Route 145 Bus Route 462 OC Streetcar. (Scheduled for 2020). |
Owner | City of Santa Ana |
Operator | City of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation |
Capacity | 9,000[1] |
Tenants | |
Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana College Mater Dei High School United Premier Soccer League (US Open Cup, exhibition matches) Cal State Fullerton Titans football (NCAA) (1971–1975, 1984–1991) Los Angeles Rough Riders, MLR (1978) Santa Ana Winds FC (NPSL/UPSL) (2011–present) |
The city's stadium holds many events in addition to its high school and college football main draws, including children's and adult soccer games through local leagues, high school and college commencement ceremonies and more.
The City of Santa Ana scheduled retrofitting of the stadium to begin on January 4, 2016 and end on April 30, 2016 but work was not completed until August 2016.
Current tenants include the Santa Ana Unified School District's High School football teams, the Santa Ana College Dons football team, and the Mater Dei Monarchs football team. The upstart United Premier Soccer League, founded in Santa Ana, also holds occasional exhibition and league playoff matches at the stadium, for its various clubs.