Akron Rubber Bowl Abandoned

It also hosted concerts high school sports and a professional football team.

Akron rubber bowl abandoned.

Whats left of this famous structure. It was used as a base for the national guard during the wooster avenue race riots in 1968. The rubber bowl is a former stadium in akron ohio and was home to the university of akron zips football team from 1940 to 2008. The rubber bowl in akron ohio built in 1939 and.

Now in the process of bei. 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. 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. It was televised on espn.

Akron rubber development laboratory inc. Current and former players and coaches were involved. Ardl is an independent testing research and consulting laboratory. The rubber bowl is an abandoned and partially demolished stadium located in akron ohio that was primarily used for american football 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 throughout its history it has also hosted concerts professional football.

The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium. After opening in 1940 the rubber bowl was the home field for the university of akron s zips football team. After the game was finished a ceremony was held to look back over the 68 years that the stadium had been active. The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago.