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'''Laney College Football Stadium'''<ref name="laney2">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Laney College Football Stadium|url=https://laney.edu/locations/laney-college-football-stadium/|website=|publisher=Laney College|accessdate=2020-12-30|ref=laney2|date=}}</ref> is a a multi-purpose stadium located near [[Lake Merritt]], in [[Oakland, California]]. Is is owned by [[Laney College]] and is the home field of the [[Oakland Roots SC]] of the [[USL Championship]].<ref name="laney1">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Oakland Roots calls Laney College’s historic stadium home for the 2019 season|url=https://laney.edu/blog/oakland-roots-calls-laney-colleges-historic-stadium-home-for-the-2019-season/|website=|publisher=Laney College|accessdate=2020-12-30|ref=laney1|date=2019-07-25}}</ref> For Roots games the pitch is widened using a modular turf system. The Stadium has room for 3,500 seated and up to 5,500+ with standing room.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2019/10/20/oakland-roots-earn-draw-in-front-of-another-sell-out-crowd/|title=Oakland Roots earn draw in front of another sell out crowd}}</ref>
The stadium replaced the [[Frank Youell Field]], that was the home of the [[Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League]] from [[1962 Oakland Raiders season|1962]] to [[1965 Oakland Raiders season|1965]].<ref name=rtovoj>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hfhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_nMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7092%2C2164100 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Raiders take vengeance out on Jets, 24–14 |date=December 13, 1965 |page=2C}}</ref>ref name="laney1" /> Frank Youell Field was demolished in 1969.<ref name="laney1" />
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