Akron Rubber Bowl Fire

The rubber bowl has also hosted around 1 500 football games for the high schools in akron as well as for ohio high school athletic association ohsaa playoff games.

Akron rubber bowl fire. After the game was finished a ceremony was held to look back over the 68 years that the stadium had been active. Akron fire near rubber bowl stadium. The university of akron zips were its main tenant but the rubber bowl hosted over 1500 high school games. It was televised on espn.

The rubber bowl was also a regular performance venue. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The fire was at an overhead garage near the stadium but firefighters were able. According to crews the fire is under control and no.

The ringling brothers and barnum bailey circus gave its first performance since the hartford circus fire on july 6 1944. The fire broke out monday near the old akron university football stadium around 4 45 p m. The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium. When the university took ownership of the stadium in 1971 they began holding rock concerts there starting in 1972 with the rolling stones.

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. Akron ohio firefighters extinguished a fire monday evening near the city s old rubber bowl akron officials said. Current and former players and coaches were involved. Rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades.

The city series championship game was held there every thanksgiving.