Akron Rubber Bowl 2020

800 george washington blvd akron oh 44312 united states of america.

Akron rubber bowl 2020. Rubber bowl venue address. By brandon meola when the works progress administration broke ground for the rubber bowl in 1939 they intended on building a stadium in which the university of akron could hold its football games so the university wouldn t have to use buchtel field a literal field. In the process they also created an amphitheatre for musical. 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 the game was finished a ceremony was held to look back over the 68 years that the stadium had been active. The 2020 akron zips football team will represent the university of akron during the 2020 21 ncaa division i fbs football season the zips will be led by second year head coach tom arth and play their home games at infocision stadium in akron ohio they will compete as members of the east division of the mid american conference mac. Demolition of akron s rubber bowl started today a decade after it ceased to be the stadium for university of akron football and almost eight decades after it was designed. 2020 concerts and events at rubber bowl venue akron oh rubber bowl concerts today tonight this weekend.

Akron development engineering manager brad beckert said the site has been graded and planted with grass seed. Current and former players and coaches were involved. The 200 000 partial demolition of the rubber bowl originally funded by the city summit county and the land bank is now seeking 98 000 in post demolition funds from the ohio department of natural resources. It was televised on espn.

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. This episode covers the rubber bowl in akron ohio. Akron mayor dan horrigan cited a wide range of memories in his news conference at the rubber bowl marking what he called a necessary but sad duty.