Rubber Bowl Stadium Akron Ohio

May 15 2016.

Rubber bowl stadium akron ohio.

Rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades. Larson the zips played their home games at the rubber bowl in akron ohio they finished the season with a record of 6 3 and outscored their opponents 137 116. 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. Construction began in january 2008 and the official opening of the new stadium took place in september 2009.

Abandoned football stadium akron. The stadium that replaced rubber bowl was called infocision stadium summa field. Once the home field of the akron zips it now lays abandoned. 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.

In addition to football the. 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. The zips team moved to the new stadium and the rubber bowl came to be owned by a company based in canton ohio known as team1 marketing group inc. The rubber bowl which cost about 550 000 to build was sold to team1 properties for 38 000 in 2013.

The demolition was ordered due to a public safety risk to residents and the surrounding properties. Abandoned rubber bowl football field akron ohio. The group s plan to refurbish the stadium into a home for a united states football league. Our first stop on the second day of our akron trip was the rubber bowl football stadium.

The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago. The 1966 akron zips football team represented akron university in the 1966 ncaa college division football season as an independent led by sixth year head coach gordon k. The rubber bowl opened in 1940 and was used until 2008 when the zips moved to the infocision stadium summa field.