Charles C. Hughes Stadium, commonly referred to as Hughes Stadium, is a 20,311 seat stadium in Sacramento, California, located at Sacramento City College. The stadium first opened in 1928. In 1944, the stadium was named after Charles C. Hughes, the first superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District. In 2012, the stadium underwent a major overhaul, installing an artificial grass field surface, a new track surface and a major refurbishment of the facilities documented in this video.LocationIt is located on the eastern portion of the Sacramento City College campus. The Union Pacific (ex Western Pacific) tracks are to the East and Sutterville Road is to the South. The City College station of Sacramento Regional Transit District's Blue Line is to the Northeast. Sutterville Road bridge over the tracks is visible from the western seats. The closed end of the stadium's horseshoe shape is to the North-Northwest. The open end with its scoreboard is to the South-Southeast. Its parking lots are to the Northwest and Northeast of the stadium.Events and teams hostedCamellia BowlHughes Stadium hosted 16 college football bowl games known as the Camellia Bowl between 1961 and 1980. The 1961-63 games were for the NAIA national football championship. The 1964-72 Camellia Bowl games were part of a set of bowls that led up to a poll to determine the NCAA College Division championship, prior to the current Division II playoff structure, initiated in 1973. It was also the site of the third Division I-AA championship game in 1980, in which Boise State defeated defending champion Eastern Kentucky in the fog on December 20.
