JAN.

24, 2011
APRIL 7, 1976

SEPT. 13, 1975

AUGUST 1976

Hawaii Islanders
win Pacific Coast
League
championship.

NOV. 27, 1975

Kamehameha
beats Waianae
20-14, in front of
30,201 in first
Oahu Prep Bowl
held in Halawa.

AUG. 21, 1976

San Francisco 49ers

defeat San Diego
Chargers 17-16, in NFL
exhibition before
36,364.

JULY 4, 1977

Islanders attract
a Pacific Coast
League record
33,903 for
fireworks and a
10-4 victory over
Albuquerque.

First sellout crowd of

48,767 watches
eventual national
champion University of
Southern California
beat UH 21-5.

JUNE 26, 2014

Consultant
recommends
a new 30,000to 35,000-seat
stadium on the
lower portion of
the (current)
stadium site.

MAY 19, 1979

JAN. 12, 2008

Derek Tatsuno strikes out 12 in 11-1

UH victory over Nevada-Las Vegas
before 18,348, largest crowd to see
a college baseball game
at that time.

Hula Bowl plays its 25th and

apparently last game in Halawa in
front of a "few thousand" fans.
DEC. 1, 2007

NOV. 23, 2007

Largest UH crowd,
49,651, sees Rainbow
Warriors beat Boise
State 39-27, for the
school's first outright conference
championship.

Crowd of 49,566 sees UH

complete unbeaten (12-0)
regular season and clinch
Sugar Bowl berth with
comeback 35-28 victory
over Washington.

JAN. 27, 1980

First of 34 Pro
Bowls played in
Aloha Stadium
attracts
announced
crowd of 49,800.

MARCH 14, 1981

Andy Ganigan scores third round TKO over Manuel Abedoy

in co-main event of CBS nationally televised boxing card.

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Soccer star Pele and New

York Cosmos lure 21,705 for
victory over Team Japan.
Crowd of 32,247
sees Texas A&I
beat the
University of
Hawaii 43-9, in
UHs Aloha
Stadium opener.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie puts planned $59 million

upgrade of Aloha Stadium on hold while state
reconsiders future of the facility.

DEC. 2, 1978

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NOV. 14, 1982

Stevie Wonder
concert.
DEC. 25, 1982

Aloha Bowl debuts with Washington

in a 21-20 victory over Maryland.

DEC. 25, 2002

MARCH 3, 1985

Tulane defeats UH
36-28, before 35,513 in
inaugural Hawaii Bowl.

JULY 26, 1986

Frank Sinatra concert

draws more than 25,000.

DEC. 25, 2000

Boston College defeats Arizona State 31-17, before

announced crowd of 24,397 in 19th and last Aloha
Bowl. Game eventually relocates to San Francisco.

Olympian Duncan
Macdonald wins first
Great Aloha Run.

AUGUST 1987
DEC. 25, 1989

Hawaii Islanders play final season in Aloha Stadium

before moving to Colorado Springs, Colo.

UH makes first NCAA bowl

appearance in 33-13 Aloha
Bowl loss to Michigan State.
DEC. 4, 1999

Saint Louis
defeats Kahuku
in first state
football
championship
game.

JUNE 30, 1989

DEC. 25, 1998

Air Force defeats

Washington 45-25 in
inaugural Oahu Bowl. Game
is played two more years
before it moves to Seattle.

JAN. 3-4, 1997

Michael Jackson
plays in back-toback sellouts.
MAY 28, 1997

APRIL 19-20, 1997

JAN. 23-24, 1998

Rolling Stones concert draws

more than 55,000 and takes
in an estimated $3 million.

San Diego Padres host

regular season series
with St. Louis
Cardinals that draws
77,432 over two days.

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Whitney
Houston
concert.

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Robbie Knievel
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motorcycle
event.