kezar stadium

Kezar Stadium, the one-time home of the AAFC and NFL San Francisco 49ers, was built between 1922 and 1925 in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. The old, 59,000 seat stadium was demolished in 1989, and replaced with a modern, 10,000 seat stadium. Kezar's first tenants were local schools: the now-closed San Francisco Polytechnic High School, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, and St. Mary's College all used Kezar Stadium as their home field for football games. The stadium also was home to the East-West Shrine Game. The 49ers occupied the stadium from their founding in 1946 until after the 1970 season, when they moved to Candlestick Park. The Oakland Raiders also played their 1960 American Football League season at Kezar. Presently, the new stadium is mostly used for high school football games, and is the home of the annual San Francisco City Championship Game (known informally as "The Turkey Bowl"). In 2004, Kezar became home to the San Francisco Freedom, a professional cricket team within the newly formed U.S.-wide Pro Cricket league. The original facility can be seen in the 1971 film Dirty Harry.

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