Lakewood Stadium
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| Lakewood Stadium | |
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| Lakewood | |
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| Location | 70 Claire Drive Atlanta, GA 30315 |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Closed | Open |
| Demolished | N/A |
| Owner | Atlanta Public Schools |
| Operator | Atlanta Public Schools |
| Surface | Field Turf |
| Architect | N/A |
| Tenants | Atlanta Public Schools |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
Lakewood Stadium is a 10,000 seat stadium located in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of Southeast Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is one of two stadiums owned and managed by the Atlanta Public Schools system, and it is also the largest. The other stadium being Grady Stadium. Lakewood stadium is the first high school only stadium in the state of Georgia to have artificial turf. In 2005, the turf was replaced with a brand new synthetic turf called field turf. The field was replaced by the Sports Turf Company, Inc, located in Whitesburg, GA In October 2006, Lakewood received an Honorable Mention in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution as one of the top 10 high school stadiums in the state of Georgia.
As the largest stadium in the Atlanta Public Schools system, it essentially has been the home field for several future NFL players, including Jamal Lewis and Ahmad Carroll (Douglass High), Lawrence Smith (Booker T. Washington), Kelly Campbell (Mays), Greg Favors (Southside), Kelvin Pritchett (Therrell) and Super Bowl XX most valuable player Richard Dent (Murphy).
| Public schools in Atlanta, Georgia |
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| High Schools |
Carver • Douglass • Grady • Mays • North Atlanta • South Atlanta • Southside • Therrell • Washington |
| Middle Schools |
Brown • Bunche • Coan • Harper-Archer • Inman • Kennedy • King • Long • Parks • Price • Sutton • Sylvan Hills • Turner • Walden • Young |
| Elementary Schools |
Adamsville • Beecher Hills • Benteen • Bethune • Blalock • Bolton Academy • Boyd • Brandon • Burgess/Peterson • Capitol View • Cascade • Centennial Place • Cleveland Ave. • Connally • Continental Colony • Cook • Deerwood Academy • Dobbs • Dunbar • East Lake • Fain • Fickett • Finch • Garden Hills • Gideons • Grove Park • Heritage Academy • Herndon • Hill • Hope • Humphries • Hutchinson • Jackson • Jones • Kimberley • Lin • Miles • Morningside • Oglethorpe • Parkside • Perkerson • Peyton Forest • Rivers • Scott • Slater • Smith • D.H. Stanton • F.L. Stanton • Thomasville Heights • Toomer • Towns • Usher • Venetian Hills • Waters • West Manor • White • Whitefoord • Williams • Woodson |
| Non-Traditional Schools |
APS/CEP School • Crim Open Campus • West End Academy |
| Charter Schools |
Achieve Academy of Atlanta • Atlanta Charter Middle School • Charles R. Drew Charter School • KIPP Academy • Neighborhood Charter School • SIAT • Tech High School • BEST Academy • C.S. King Academy • University Community Academy |
| Sports Facilities |
Lakewood Stadium • Grady Stadium |
| Broadcasting |
