Pirate Stadium
The Pirate Stadium Sports Complex is located on the far east side of the San Pedro campus. It is south of the baseball field, and east of the softball field. Pirate Stadium is home to the football team, soccer team and the track team. The US$4 million sports complex has an oval eight-lane red clay track a quarter mile long used for the track team and physical education department as well as for public use when the field is not needed for the school. The stadium has a 6,000-fan capacity, 4,000 on the home grandstands and 2,000 for the visitor grandstands. The field has two uprights for the football season and two goals for the soccer season. In the far NW corner is a thirty foot large pirate that was bought from a Long Beach restaurant. Just behind the north upright there is the Victory Arch, dating back to 1936. The field's all-purpose scoreboard is in the southwest corner of the stadium. Every year the stadium holds the annual "Relay For Life" campaign that benefits those with cancer. It is a 24 hour walk around the track. For every lap walked a sponsor will donate a certain amount of money to the event. During the event the stadium field is surfaced with tents and a large stage that has many different bands play to keep the participants entertained.
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