Rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades.
Akron rubber bowl stadium.
Akron ohio like many akronites mayor dan horrigan has fond memories of attending events at the akron rubber bowl now nearly 80 years after it opened its gates to football fans and music.
Smaller acts and local bands performed throughout the stadium s existence as well.
But no matter who you saw when you saw them rain or shine the memories fans made at the rubber bowl are some they ve held closest.
The zips went on to play 324 games in the rubber bowl stadium.
Previously the team had been based at buchtel field which only had the capacity for 7 000 spectators.
A place woven so deep into akron s history it was a bittersweet goodbye when demolition began in 2018.
The akron zips the football team of akron university was the primary tenant.