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| Former names | DeKalb Memorial Stadium (1968–1999) |
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| Location | 3789 Memorial College Ave. Clarkston,Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°47′45″N84°14′01″W / 33.79575°N 84.233691°W /33.79575; -84.233691 |
| Owner | DeKalb County Public Schools[1] |
| Capacity | 15,000[1] |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Tenants | |
| Georgia Generals (ASL) (1982) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1) (2003–2005) Martin Luther King Jr. High School (GHSA) Stephenson High School (GHSA)[2] | |
James R. Hallford Stadium is a footballstadium inClarkston,Georgia. Until 1999 it was calledDeKalb Memorial Stadium.
The stadium holds 15,000 spectators and is currently used by two DeKalb County high schools. The stadium is also used by all DeKalb County high school football teams for all home state football playoff games as this is the largest stadium and the only stadium with bleachers on both sides of the field in the DeKalb County School District. TheGHSA held football championship games here in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1993, and 1995.
On August 2, 1981, theAtlanta Chiefs of theNorth American Soccer League played a regular season home game against theFort Lauderdale Strikers, drawing 14,437 fans. It was the largest home crowd for the 1979–81 iteration of the Chiefs franchise.[3] There was even talk that they might move there for the following season,[4] but they folded 26 days later after being eliminated from the playoffs.
The following year it was the home stadium ofGeorgia Generals of theAmerican Soccer League, and two decades later theAtlanta Silverbacks of theA-League called it home until they moved to theRE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium in 2004.
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