Venues

ARCO ARENA
1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95834 (916) 455-4647 / www.arcoarena.com

Home to the most powerful fans in the nation, this world-class facility is located just 10 minutes north of Downtown Sacramento! ARCO Arena houses the Kings of the NBA and Monarchs of the WNBA. The Arena has played host to many major sporting events including the 1999 U.S. Gymnastics National Championships and the ’94, ’98, and 2002 NCAA Men’s Basketball West Regionals. This multipurpose venue also facilitates a variety of concerts, ice shows, circuses, moto-cross, rodeos, boxing, wrestling, & monster truck events…

• 17,000+ seating capacity, with 30 luxury suites and two lounges overlooking arena floor
• 12,000 space, fully lighted parking lot with 24-hour security
• 7 locker rooms, 297 public toilets
• New court, practice/workout facility, adjacent to arena
• Press lounges with full video, audio, and communications services and facilities
• 260’x95’ performance area fully lighted for broadcast
• Four-sided (ea. side 10’6”x 14’2”) Panasonic video display & scoreboard
• 14 concession stands, full catering available

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 278-6348 / www.csus.edu

The year 2000 saw CSUS host the premiere Track & Field event in the nation, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track & Field. In anticipation of this awesome event, Hornet Stadium was upgraded to world-class status and is now considered one of the best facilities in the world for track & field! As a result of stunning ticket-sales records for the event, it is now known across the world that Sacramento area sports fans love track & field!

Hornet Stadium

• 20,000 seating capacity
• Newly renovated press box
• “Mondo” competition track meets all international specifications
• Includes dual runways and double landing pits for the long jump, triple jump, and the pole vault
• High jump apron can easily accommodate two pits at once
• Stadium large enough to contain all throwing events
• Six-lane straight away, two-lane curve, 400-meter “Mondo” practice track, adjacent to stadium
• Other facilities include baseball & softball diamonds, a 1,200 capacity gym, 12 tennis courts, and a grass area large enough for 3 soccer fields (on the other side of the levee, adjacent to grass area, two more soccer fields can be independently made available)

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CSUS LAKE NATOMA AQUATIC CENTER
1901 Hazel Avenue, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 985-7239 / www.csusaquaticcenter.com

Voted “Best Rowing Town - 1999” by The Independent Rowing News, the Sacramento area can also boast in having arguably the best aquatics facility in North America! Located on majestic Lake Natoma, 20 miles from downtown Sacramento, the CSUS Aquatic Center has hosted top-notch events such as the PAC 10 Rowing Championships, the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships, and the U.S. Canoe/Kayak World Team Trials. The year 2001 saw the Aquatic Center host the U.S. Canoe/Kayak Spring National Championships, and the USACK Kayak Water Polo National Championship, as well as the Pacific Coast/Pac 10 Rowing Championships, and the California High School Rowing Championships.

• Features the best rowing/kayaking course in North America
• Easy access off Hwy. 50
• Programs and events include:
• Water Skiing
• Sailing
• Rowing
• Kayaking
• Jet Skiing
• Windsurfing
• Outriggers
• Canoeing Competitive Teams/Clubs housed at center include:
• Sacramento State Intercollegiate rowing
• Sacramento State Water Ski Team
• Lake Natoma Rowing Club
• CSUSAC’s Jr. Rowing Team (Capital Crew)
• Hui O Hawaii (Outriggers)
• A.C. Paddlers
• CSUS Sailing Club

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SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER
1030 15th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 264-5291 / www.sacramenities.com

Located in the heart of Downtown, the Sacramento Convention Center boasts the ideal location for a large indoor sporting event. Not only does the center have the room for over 30 portable volleyball or basketball courts, but it is surrounded by more than a couple dozen restaurants/bars, over 20 entertainment venues (i.e. galleries, movie theaters, live theater, concerts, museums), plus all the hotel rooms you’ll need…all within a 10 minute walk!

• HQ-venue for the world’s largest annual sporting event, The Volleyball Festival
• Has played host to various martial arts & fencing championships
• 134,000 square feet of “exhibit” space, with over 30 breakout rooms
• VIP Lounge overlooking main exhibit hall
• Mobil Telescopic grand-stand seating for over 2,400 spectators
• First-aid room
• Award-winning, in-house catering services available, ranging from munchies to multi-course meals
• 12 loading docks for easy load-in & load-out

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FOLSOM CORDOVA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
For rental information please contact the Facilities and Planning Department, 945 Riley Street, Folsom, Ca 95630 (916) 355-1111 ext. 184. Rates are available at www.fcusd.k12.ca.us/facweb.

Folsom High School
1655 Iron Point Road, Folsom, CA 95630

The Folsom High School theater opened in January 2004 and is the community's first of this type. The theater is a teaching performing arts center featuring sloped seating for 692 and professional amenities such as a catwalk, permanent orchestra pit, control booth, full fly above the stage for props and computer-controlled lighting. The ceiling is dominated by large acoustical panels tiled at various angles.

• Total seating capacity: 692
• Stage area 74 feet by 35 feet
• Direct loading from rear of stage at stage level
• Dressing rooms
• Public address system
• Concession stand (no full catering service available)
• Full fly, front and mid curtains

Folsom High School stadium opened September 2003. The state of the art facility has a synthetic turf field for football and soccer and is surrounded by a 10-lane all-weather track. A fieldhouse equipped with locker rooms and storage facilities will soon be added.

• Total seating capacity: 4,800
• Lighted and secure facility
• Synthetic field for both football and soccer
• 400 meter, 10 lane all weather synthetic track
• Two locker rooms in gymnasium
• Scoreboard (no video display)
• Concession facilities (no full catering service available)

Cordova High School
2239 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Cordova High School has a newly renovated state of the art stadium. Improvements include a new eight foot high fence all around the stadium, new bleachers and seating, new goal posts, and replacement of the all-weather track including new curbing and widening of the lanes for reconfiguration to a 400 meter track.

• Total seating capacity: 3,096
• Lighted and secure facility
• Synthetic field for both soccer and football
• 400 meter all weather synthetic track
• Two locker rooms in gymnasium
• Practice field adjacent to football field
• Scoreboard (no video display)
• Concession facilities (no full catering service available)

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MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
1500 Block of J St., Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 264-5291 / www.sacramenities.com
One of Downtown Sacramento’s most cherished landmarks! Located just one block from the Sacramento Convention Center, the Memorial Auditorium offers facilities for a wide range of occasions. The grounds & building make for one of the more impressive venue sites in the area. The Memorial regularly plays host to full-court basketball games, tennis matches, volleyball, boxing, and wrestling, as well as concerts and standard meetings & banquets.

• Total seating capacity – approximately 3,800
• Sports arena capacity – approximately 2,500
• Main floor 110’x75’
• Public address system
• 21 dressing rooms
• Direct loading from rear of stage, at stage level
• Includes Memorial Hall, 35’x45’ & the beautiful Little Theater w/a seating capacity of 272

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RALEY FIELD
400 Ballpark Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95691 (916) 376-4700 / www.rivercats.com
The year 2000 gave Sacramentans another opportunity to show their love of sports with over 860,000 fans attending the Sacramento River Cats (AAA-Oakland) inaugural, championship season! Raley Field, providing the most spectacular views of the Tower Bridge and the city’s skyline, is only a 5-10 minute walk from Downtown & Old Sacramento. This must-see venue was designed to accommodate a number of different sports & events: Baseball, Soccer, Football, Truck & Tractor Pulls, & Concerts.

• Standard seating capacity: 11,611 fixed seats and 3,000 on the outfield grass area
• Catering available…from hot dogs to eight-course meals
• 50-person Party Suite, Private Suites & Press Box, as well as several other meeting/breakout rooms
• More than ample parking on surrounding grounds, & Old Sacramento parking garages (5 min. walk)
• Facility on 16 acres with over 100,000 square feet of sod
• Easy freeway access

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CAL EXPO
1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815 (916) 263-7877 / www.calexpo.com

Cal Expo, home of the California State Fair, is a beautifully landscaped, 350-acre multipurpose facility with more than a dozen venues to choose from. An attractive site for sporting events, concerts, meetings, and conventions, Cal Expo can accommodate 50 to 50,000 people. This expansive site is additionally equipped with a 134-space RV Park, and ample parking for all events.

ABCD Complex:

• Hosts U16’s for The Volleyball Festival
• Four adjacent buildings: Buildings A&B: 27,700 sq.ft. each, w/mezzanine adding 8,600 sq.ft. 32’ ceilings, 10’6” under mezzanine w/17’ above main floor – asphalt, mezzanine floor – concrete Building C: 27,900 sq.ft. w/32’ ceilings and concrete floor Building D: 20,000 sq.ft. w/32’ ceilings and asphalt & concrete

Expo Center:

• Surrounded by a lagoon with a dramatic entry bridge
• Buildings connected by a common outdoor brick plaza.
• 58,700 sq. feet throughout its group of 8 buildings
• Pavilion:
• Almost 100,000 sq. feet
• Concrete floor
• 21’ ceilings
• In-house sound system
• Rodeo Arena:
• Seats 4,500
• 120’x280’, with lighting
• Permanent Concession Stand
• Raised announcing stand
• Permanent Restrooms

Additional Attractions/Facilities:

• The Point…family entertainment including arcade games, batting cages, basketball, bumper boats, mini-race tracks, mini-golf, & a multi-lane super slide
• Water World USA…super cool water park full of slides and other water rides and activities, plus volleyball, swimming pool, stage, & grass picnic area
• Sports & Wagering Center…includes a sports bar w/52 TV’s, Teletheater, Turf Club, & horse racing.

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AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE
4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, CA 95841 (916) 484-8789 / www.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us

A perimeter of 100+ foot trees provides a beautiful backdrop for the Beaver’s sporting fields. ARC’s under utilized, intimate campus presents many opportunities for tournaments and championship series dates throughout the year.

• 4,500 seating capacity, lighted outdoor stadium with grass football field, a 9-lane, 400 meter all-weather track, restrooms, concession stand, press box, and electric scoreboard/timing system
• 12 plexipave tennis courts
• 1,500 seat, lighted baseball facility includes restrooms, 2 batting cages, electric scoreboard, concession stand, and a press box
• Softball diamond w/ seating capacity of 200, and electric scoreboard
• 3 soccer fields
• 2 additional football fields (for practice sessions)
• Lighted 25 yard, heated swimming pool with separate diving tank, and seating for 300
• 1,200 seat, hardwood floor gym w/ 8 baskets, free-weight room, circuit training room, athletic training room
• Men’s and women’s locker rooms

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COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE
8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95823 (916) 691-7251 / www.crc.losrios.cc.ca.us

Located just off Hwy.99 in the south end of Sacramento, Cosumnes River College is ever increasing the number of sports facilities and continuing to upgrade the existing ground’s amenities. Leadership is enthusiastic in receiving proposals for and in supporting outside tournaments, youth & adult. A recent addition to the CRC event resume is the men’s amateur, 50+ team “Sacramento Gold Cup”, formerly at Sacramento State University.

• Space for 5 soccer fields
• 5,000+ seat lighted stadium that can host soccer or football; grass field, restrooms, concession stand, press box, electronic scoreboard/timing system, plus p.a. system
• 2 baseball diamonds
• One softball diamond w/electronic scoreboard, & bleachers w/capacity of 200
• 3,000 seat gym for basketball and volleyball
• Additional gym, seats 125
• 8 tennis courts
• Heated out-door pool w/locker room
• Thousands of on-campus parking spaces

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SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE
3835 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95822-1386 (916) 558-2525 / www.scc.losrios.cc.ca.us

A five-minute drive to downtown Sacramento, Sacramento City College is nestled up next to our area's most impressive park, Land Park. With this in mind, Sac City’s considerable facilities could go hand-in-hand with its neighboring park’s amenities, for your tournament.

• Hughes Stadium
• Fully lighted, w/a 22,200+ seating capacity
• Home to the SCC Panthers; Championship Football Team, and Men’s/Women’s Track & Field Programs, as well as the Women’s Soccer Team
• Upholds the annual CIF High School Football, and Track & Field Championships
• Hosted 1995 U.S. Track & Field Championships
• Nine-lane, synthetic polyurethane 400-meter track w/long/triple/high jump pits; dbl. runways
• Can accommodate all other field events as well
• Daktronics scoreboard w/electric message center/advertising front & back
• Press box, first aid facility, 8 concession stands, 4 team locker rooms, & an officials room
• Union Stadium, one of the premier junior college baseball facilities in the nation
• Normal capacity of 1,400…can expand to 1,500 seats w/portable bleachers
• Houses Panthers Championship Baseball Program
• State-of-the-art P.A. system
• Electric scoreboard
• Press box
• Fully lighted
• 1,200 capacity gym
• On-campus parking: 2,200 spaces for Friday-night, Saturday, & Sunday events

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CHERRY ISLAND SOCCER COMPLEX
28th & U Streets, Elverta, CA (916) 726-0379 /  http://www.d6soccer.org/cherry-island/cherry-island-information.htm

Cherry Island is the largest complex in the immediate Sacramento area dedicated to soccer! Host to many youth & adult tournaments and leagues, its expansive grounds include:

• 10 playing fields of various sizes
• Over 200 medium sized trees, providing ample shade for waiting teams
• Concession facilities, and permanent on-site restrooms
• Large covered formal picnic area w/tables, benches, and concrete floor
• 350+ space parking lot
• Plays host to Northern California’s largest youth soccer tournament, San Juan United’s California Cup

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SACRAMENTO SOFTBALL (& Volleyball) COMPLEX
3450 Longview Drive, Sacramento, CA (916) 277-6087 / http://www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/recreation/leagues.htm

This well-maintained, centrally located sports complex has hosted many local, regional, and national adult & youth softball tournaments & championships. The complex opens in early March and closes in early November. Facilities include:

• Four Lighted Softball Fields
• Four Lighted Sand Volleyball Courts
• 500 Space Parking Lot
• Sports Café/Full Service Snack Bar with Shaded Eating Area
• Children’s Play Area
• Electronic Scoreboards
• Office/Umpire Building
• Disabled Accessible Restrooms and Bleachers

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MATHER REGIONAL PARK
10503 Armstrong Ave., Mather (Sacramento), CA 95655 http://www.msa2.saccounty.net/parks/Pages/ParkDetails.aspx?pn=Regional%20Parks&pnd=Mather%20Regional%20Park

This 1600 acre park is among the fastest growing in our region, with new activities and opportunities appearing frequently.

• 18 hole championship golf course, with driving range. For tee times and additional course information please visit: www.playmather.com
• Families can enjoy the new group picnic area at the park's entrance. This lakeside area offers plenty of picnic opportunities for groups and families, and can be reserved in advance.
• Mather Lake is stocked with bass or trout, depending on the time of year. Off the beaten path, it is among the area's best-kept secret fishing holes.
• Nature lovers and young children will be thrilled to see the rare vernal pools and wetlands that dot the area like tiny wild gardens. Watch fish and frogs alongside these pools, or look closer to discover why the rare fairy shrimp got its name.
• Come fall and spring, the pools and lake will fill with the sounds of beating wings and haunting birdcalls, as many migrating birds use Mather Regional Park as a rest stop on their long journeys. The "bird-brained" will thrill to see their flight and perhaps add a few new entries to their life-long sightings.

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GRANITE REGIONAL PARK
Main Entrance to Dog/Skate Park: 8200 Ramona Avenue
Main Entrance to Fields: 8181 Cucamonga off of Power Inn Road.
Take the Power Inn/Howe south exit off of Highway 50, and turn left at Ramona Avenue. http://www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/parks/sites/granite_plan.htm

This wonderfully large, 145-acre park is one of the latest & greatest additions to our area’s sports & leisure facilities roster. With its May/2001 opening, the complex is currently seeking to book events of all sorts. Granite Regional Park’s facilities include:

• Multipurpose grass area (officially for 3 regulation soccer fields)
• Immediate and nearby parking for over 1000 cars, for weekend events
• Additional amenities include horseshoe pits, group picnic areas, a lake, a dog park, & a skate-park
• Granite Skate Park is a 45,000 sq. ft. facility featuring eight bowls that range from novice to expert, with a challenging street course that winds through the park and includes a large plaza area.

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(WILLIAM) LAND PARK
4000 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 277-6060 / http://www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/parks/sites/land_map.htm

Land Park, est. 1926, continues to be an exciting destination for Sacramentans and those living in the greater area. The park is beautifully landscaped with over 500 full-grown trees, several garden areas, a couple lakes, & a pond. Within it’s 166-acres, Land Park contains fun-centers and sports/leisure facilities that satisfy a wide range of ages, interests, and activities.

• 6 baseball fields
• 3 full soccer fields
• Home of the Sacramento Zoo, Fairytale Town, & Funderland Amusement Park, amphitheater, jogging trail, & pony rides
• 22 different picnic areas, each equipped with at least one bbq
• William Land Park Municipal Golf Course (9 holes) for course information or tee times call: 916.277.1207

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