Rubber Bowl Akron Abandoned

Made obsolete by the newly built infocision stadium summa field in 2009 the rubber bowl now sits empty and rapidly decaying from age and vandalism.

Rubber bowl akron abandoned.

Whats left of this famous structure. Our first stop on the second day of our akron trip was the rubber bowl football stadium. The two story stone building once used as a city park shelter and later as an event space for the university of akron because of its proximity to the former rubber bowl has sat abandoned for years and has fallen into deep disrepair as evidenced by the moldy smell and at least one varmint scurrying around in the attic. Image of the front gate of the now abandoned rubber bowl football stadium in akron ohio.

Once the home field of the akron zips it now lays abandoned. The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago. The rubber bowl is an abandoned and partially demolished stadium located in akron ohio that was primarily used for american football. It s named the rubber bowl because general tire b f.

Current and former players and coaches were involved. In addition to football the rubber bowl hosted concerts and other events. It was televised on espn. Now in the process of being demolishes we take a look.

From its opening in 1940 until 2008 it served as the home field of the akron zips football team of the university of akron prior to the opening of infocision stadium summa field. The rubber bowl in akron ohio built in 1939 and served as home for the university of akron s football team the zips played at the field for more than 65 years before finishing their run there. The rubber bowl opened in 1940 and was used until 2008 when the zips moved to the infocision stadium summa field. The abandoned rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades.

Abandoned akron rubber bowl stadium comes down it s sad to hear that one of the many places featured within my upcoming book is being demolished. It was built 75 years ago this year.