Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto (Tall Tree) is located on the San Francisco Peninsula about 30 miles south of San Francisco, and 15 miles north of San Jose. It is the northernmost city in Santa Clara County and has 4,133 acres of dedicated parkland and 30 miles of bike lanes.

The city was named after a tall double trunk redwood tree ( El Palo Alto) used as a landmark by the local Costoan Indians before the Spanish explorers arrived looking for Monterey Bay, and in 1769 Don Gaspar de Portola camped there. Ranch life gave way to towns and country estates by the end of the nineteenth century, and U.S. Senator Leland Stanford bought an estate in the 1870's and named it "Palo Alto Farm." With the untimely death of their only child of typhoid fever in 1884, he and his wife decided to establish a university as a memorial and Leland Stanford Junior University opened in 1891 with 465 students. The Stanford Estate, with its main buildings only a mile from the city, covers 8,200 acres.

Palo Alto has a mild climate with average temperatures ranging from 53F to 77F in the summer. Annual precipitation is approximately 16 inches with an average relative mean humidity of 68%.

WSW found at the 1994 Men's World Cup games at Stanford, that from the time of boarding one of the many convenient trains available from San Francisco to Stanford Station, one was immersed in a cheerful soccer-loving world. The area outside the stadium was a tented area of music, food, t-shirts, souvenirs and brightly dressed, friendly fans of all ages.

© WSW March/April1998

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  • LOCATION: On the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, 27 miles south of San Francisco
  • CAPACITY: 85,429
  • PLAYING SURFACE: Length 120 yards; Width 75 yards
  • WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SCHEDULE: Semifinal - July 4

 

The Portland Oregon Sports Authority can be contacted at:
Telephone: 503-234-4500
Fax: 03-234-3853
e-mail: info@pdxsports.org
Internet: www.pdxsports.org/authority

 

  • July average high temperature 78 F
  • Population 56,000
  • Parks 34
  • Tennis courts 45
  • Transportation
    Buses: Santa Clara County Transit buses go to San Jose;
    information (800) 894-9908
    San Mateo County Transit buses go to San Francisco;
    information (800) 660-4287
    Trains: Cal Train Peninsula travels to San Jose and San Francisco;
    information (800) 660-4287
    Air: San Jose International Airport is 15 miles south of Palo Alto
    San Francisco International Airpost is 20 miles north of Palo Alto
  • Lodging: Information (650) 324-3121; Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce

 

Other venues:

Civic Stadium
Foxboro Stadium
Giants Stadium
Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Rose Bowl
Soldier Field
Spartan Stadium
 

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