Salinas Sports Complex

Sporting complex in California, US

Salinas Sports Complex

Location| 1034 North Main Street,
Salinas, California
Owner| City of Salinas
Operator| California Rodeo Salinas
Capacity| 16,670 (SSC Arena);
5,000 (Rabobank Stadium)
Surface| Grass, Dirt
Construction
Broke ground| 1911 (grounds)
1924 (stadium)
Opened| 1911 (grounds)
1924 (stadium) 1996 (Current Stadium)
Construction cost| None
Tenants
California Rodeo Salinas (PRCA) 1911-Present
California Jaguars (USL) 1995-1999
Cal State Monterey Bay Softball

The Salinas Sports Complex is a sporting complex located in Salinas, California on the Central Coast. The main feature of the complex is a 17,000-seat stadium for California Rodeo Salinas. Soccer, football, and rugby was also played at the main stadium before the opening of Rabobank Stadium next door.

The grounds have been home to the California Rodeo Salinas since 1911. The original wood stadium structure was built in 1924 and replaced in 1996 with a stadium design by Kasavan Architects. The stadium's field is wide enough to host soccer matches along with football games, and indeed it hosted the California Jaguars of the United Soccer Leagues (then USISL) from 1995 to 1999.

For several years, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) has hosted events from its "minor league" system, such as the Touring Pro Division (formerly the Challenger Tour) and BlueDEF Tour, at the complex.

The complex is also home to baseball and softball fields.

The stadium not only hosts rodeo and sports events; it can be converted into a race track for auto racing, monster truck shows, and motorcycle racing.

Concerts have been held at the venue, such as the Eagles in 2005, RBD in 2006, the Scorpions in 2006, Mary J. Blige in 2007, Luis Miguel in 2007, Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 2009, Alan Jackson in 2012, Aerosmith in 2015, Kid Rock in 2017, & Blake Shelton in 2018.

## Salinas Assembly Center[edit]

View of barracks at the Salinas Assembly Center.

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During World War II, the Salinas Rodeo Grounds was one of the locations used as a temporary detention camp for citizens and immigrant residents of Japanese ancestry, before they were relocated to more permanent and remote facilities. One of seventeen such sites overseen by the Wartime Civilian Control Administration, the Salinas Assembly Center was built after President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and confinement of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. The camp opened on April 27, 1942, and held a total of 3,608 people before closing two months later on July 4, 1942. Most came from the Monterey Bay area and were transferred to the Poston concentration camp, located on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona.[1]

In 1980, the Salinas Assembly Center, along with eleven other former temporary detention sites, was designated California Historical Landmark #934. A historical marker and memorial garden were dedicated on the 1984 Day of Remembrance. This location cannot be considered a National Historic Landmark due to its post-war use and land development.[2][3]

From July 1942 until 1945 the center was used by the US Army VII Corps as the Salinas Garrison.[4][5][6]

## See also[edit]

* California Historical Landmarks in Monterey County
* California Historical Landmarks

## References and Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Salinas (detention facility)". Densho Encyclopedia.
2. ^ "Japanese Americans in World War II" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
3. ^ http://www.militarymuseum.org Salinas
4. ^ militarymuseum.org Salinas
5. ^ "Students document Japanese American experience during World War II internment". UC Santa Cruz currents online. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
6. ^ "Salinas (detention facility)". Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Salinas Sports Complex
* "Salinas (detention facility)" Densho Encyclopedia

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Internment of Japanese Americans

Key topics|

* Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
* Executive Order 9066
* Executive Order 9102
* Yasui
* Hirabayashi
* Korematsu
* Ex parte Endo
* Lordsburg killings
* War Relocation Authority
* History
* Life before World War II
* Life after World War II
* Propaganda
* Military service in World War II
* 442nd Infantry Regiment
* 100th Infantry Battalion
* Military Intelligence Service

Concentration camps|

* Gila River
* Granada
* Heart Mountain
* Jerome
* Manzanar
* Minidoka
* Poston
* Rohwer
* Topaz
* Tule Lake

Assembly centers|

* Arboga Assembly Center
* Fresno Assembly Center
* Mayer Assembly Center
* Merced Assembly Center
* Owens Valley Reception Center
* Parker Dam Reception Center
* Pinedale Assembly Center
* Pomona Assembly Center
* Portland Assembly Center
* Puyallup Assembly Center
* Sacramento Assembly Center
* Salinas Assembly Center
* Santa Anita Assembly Center
* Stockton Assembly Center
* Tanforan Assembly Center
* Tulare Assembly Center
* Turlock Assembly Center
* Woodland Civil Control Station

Citizen Isolation centers|

* Leupp Isolation Center
* Moab Isolation Center
* Old Raton Ranch Camp
* Camp Tulelake

Detention facilities|

* Catalina Federal Honor Camp
* Crystal City Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Fort Lincoln Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Fort Missoula Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Fort Stanton Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Kenedy Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Kooskia Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Santa Fe Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Seagoville Alien Enemy Detention Facility
* Sharp Park Detention Station
* Tuna Canyon Detention Station

Army facilities|

* Camp Blanding
* Camp Forrest
* Camp Livingston
* Camp McCoy
* Camp Florence
* Fort Bliss Internment Camp
* Fort Howard Internment Camp
* Fort McDowell Internment Camp
* Fort Meade Internment Camp
* Fort Lewis Internment Camp
* Fort Richardson Internment Camp
* Fort Sam Houston Internment Camp
* Fort Sill Internment Camp
* Griffith Park Detention Camp
* Haiku Internment Camp
* Honouliuli Internment Camp
* Kalaheo Stockade
* Kilauea Military Camp
* Lordsburg Internment Camp
* Sand Island Internment Camp
* Stringtown Internment Camp

Notable incarcerees|

* See: Category:Japanese-American internees
* List of inmates of Manzanar
* List of inmates of Topaz War Relocation Center
* Estelle Peck Ishigo
* Ralph Lazo
* Isamu Shibayama
* Elaine Black Yoneda

Literature
and arts|

* Allegiance
* Born Free and Equal
* Farewell to Manzanar
* Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
* Judgment Without Trial
* No-No Boy
* Snow Falling on Cedars
* The Buddha in the Attic
* The Invisible Thread
* The Moved-Outers
* Under the Blood Red Sun
* Weedflower
* When the Emperor was Divine
* List of documentaries
* List of feature films
* Go for Broke!

Legacy|

* Redress and court cases
* Evacuation Claims Act
* Civil Liberties Act of 1988
* Renunciation Act of 1944
* Day of Remembrance
* Fred Korematsu Day
* Empty Chair Memorial
* Go for Broke Monument
* Japanese American National Museum
* Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
* Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
* Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study
* The Long Journey Home
* Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
* Japanese American Internment Museum
* Sakura Square
* Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education

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