Rubber Bowl Akron Abandoned

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.

Rubber bowl akron abandoned.

Once the home field of the akron zips it now lays abandoned. After the game was finished a ceremony was held to look back over the 68 years that the stadium had been active. Image of the front gate of the now abandoned rubber bowl football stadium in akron ohio. It s named the rubber bowl because general tire b f.

The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago. Current and former players and coaches were involved. It was built 75 years ago this year. It was televised on espn.

The rubber bowl opened in 1940 and was used until 2008 when the zips moved to the infocision stadium summa field. Now in the process of being demolishes we take a look. The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium. 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.

Our first stop on the second day of our akron trip was the rubber bowl football stadium. Whats left of this famous structure. 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.

In addition to football the rubber bowl hosted concerts and other events. 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.