The home of the Sac City Panthers football team, along with women's soccer and track and field teams, Hughes Stadium was built in 1928 and officially named after Charles C. Hughes (the first superintendent of the Sacramento Unified School District) in 1944.
Historic Hughes Stadium has hosted several football bowl games, including the Camellia Bowl from 1961 to 1980, the Capital Shrine Bowl, the Pig Bowl, Holy Bowl and the Causeway Classic.
In 2012, a state-of-the-art synthetic playing surface was installed, along with a new track surface, refurbushment of the facilities and stadium lights, a new press box, sound system, and a video scoreboard.