Alamo Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in Midtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. Nicknamed "the rock pile" due to its primarily limestone construction it was completed in September 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. The stadium is currently owned and operated by the San Antonio Independent School District as a high school football facility. It has a seating capacity of 23,000, making it the largest high school stadium in the state of Texas.
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