Lakewood Stadium

{{short description|High school sports stadium in Atlanta, Georgia}}

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{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Lakewood Stadium

| nickname = Lakewood

| image = Lakewood stadium1.jpg

| caption = View from home side before renovation

| location = 70 Claire Drive, Atlanta, Georgia

| broke_Ground =

| opened = 1971

| closed =

| demolished =

| owner = Atlanta Public Schools

| operator = Atlanta Public Schools

| surface = Field turf

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| architect =

| tenants = Atlanta Public Schools

| seating_capacity = 10,000

| coordinates = {{coord|33|42|10|N|84|23|15|W|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}

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Lakewood Stadium is a 10,000 seat stadium located in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of southeast Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the larger of two stadiums owned and managed by the Atlanta Public Schools system. The other stadium is Eddie S Henderson Stadium, located on the campus of Midtown High School. 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 chosen by the voters of Atlanta, Lakewood was picked as the 4th best stadium for high school football in the Atlanta metro area.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/best-of-big-a/2009/08/17/best-high-school-stadium/?cxntfid=blogs_best_of_big_a |title=Best high school stadium | Best of the Big A |accessdate=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819141422/http://blogs.ajc.com/best-of-big-a/2009/08/17/best-high-school-stadium/?cxntfid=blogs_best_of_big_a |archivedate=2009-08-19 }}

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), Lawrence Smith (Washington), Kelly Campbell (Mays), David Rocker, Tracy Rocker, and Corey Barlow (Fulton), Greg Favors (Southside), Kelvin Pritchett (Therrell) and Super Bowl XX MVP Richard Dent (Murphy).{{Cite web|url=http://atlantadailyworld.com/2015/02/25/atlanta-native-richard-dent-among-black-college-hall-of-fame-inductees/|title=Atlanta native Richard Dent among Black College Hall of Fame inductees|date=February 25, 2015|website=Atlanta Daily World}}