Lakewood Stadium

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Lakewood Stadium
nickname = Lakewood


location = 70 Claire Drive
Atlanta, GA 30315
broke_Ground = N/A
opened = 1971
closed = Open
demolished = N/A
owner = Atlanta Public Schools
operator = Atlanta Public Schools
surface = Field Turf
construction_Cost = N/A| architect = N/A
former_Names = None
tenants = Atlanta Public Schools
seating_capacity = 10,000

Lakewood Stadium is a 10,000 seat stadium located in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of Southeast Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is one of two stadiums owned and managed by the Atlanta Public Schools system, and it is also the largest. The other stadium being Grady Stadium. Lakewood stadium is the first high school only stadium in the state of Georgia to have artificial turf. In 2005, the turf was replaced with a brand new synthetic turf called field turf. The field was replaced by the Sports Turf Company, Inc, located in Whitesburg, GA In October 2006, Lakewood received an Honorable Mention in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution as one of the top 10 high school stadiums in the state of Georgia.

As the largest stadium in the Atlanta Public Schools system, it essentially has been the home field for several future NFL players, including Jamal Lewis and Ahmad Carroll (Douglass High), Lawrence Smith (Booker T. Washington), Kelly Campbell (Mays), Greg Favors (Southside), Kelvin Pritchett (Therrell) and Super Bowl XX most valuable player Richard Dent (Murphy).