Popular Culture and Fiction
- Aloha Stadium is one of the settings of the movie Leroy and Stitch.
- The 1980s television drama Magnum, P.I., shot on location in the Honolulu area, also made use of the stadium for shooting.
- The ABC television drama Lost, shot on location on Oahu, used the stadium during a flashback episode for the character Jack.
- The Aloha Stadium was featured in an episode of Hawaii Five-O entitled "Blood Money is Hard to Wash" (Season 9, 1977).
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