Travel Reference
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among the local residents. Check the schedule at the 10-story, 50,000-seat
Aloha Stadium,
where high school and
University of Hawaii Warriors
(
&
808/944-BOWS
[944-2697];
www.uhathletics.hawaii.edu
)
football games are also held from September to December. Oth-
er events at the stadium include: baseball, soccer, boxing, religious and music festivals, auto
shows, motorcrosses, mud races, tractor pulls, and various concerts, plus the well-known
weekly Aloha Swap Meet. Express buses often run to the stadium on game nights; they depart
from Ala Moana Shopping Center (TheBus no. A), or from Monsarrat Avenue near Kapiolani
Park (TheBus no. 2 to A or 2 to 11).
The sport of kings at Mokuleia.
The
Neal Blaisdell Center,
at Kapiolani Boulevard and Ward Avenue (
&
808/591-2211;
www.blaisdellcenter.com/calendar/index.cfm
), features a variety of sporting events, such as
professional boxing and Japanese sumo wrestling. In December, the annual
RainbowClassic,
a collegiate basketball invitational tournament, takes place at the Blaisdell.
At the University of Hawaii, the
Rainbow Stadium,
1337 Lower Campus Rd., and the
Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium,
next door, are hosts to college baseball and softball
from January through May. Information is available at
&
808/944-BOWS
(944-2697) or
www.uhathletics.hawaii.edu
. Collegiate volleyball, which is extremely popular in Hawaii,
takes place at the
Stan Sheriff Center,
also on the UH campus, 1355 Lower Campus Rd.,
