Akron Rubber Bowl Fire

The fire was at an overhead garage near the stadium but firefighters were able.

Akron rubber bowl fire.

Current and former players and coaches were involved. Akron fire near rubber bowl stadium. 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. Rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades.

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. The rubber bowl was also a regular performance venue. According to crews the fire is under control and no. The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Akron ohio firefighters extinguished a fire monday evening near the city s old rubber bowl akron officials said. 800 george washington boulevard. The city series championship game was held there every thanksgiving.

The ringling brothers and barnum bailey circus gave its first performance since the hartford circus fire on july 6 1944. The university of akron zips were its main tenant but the rubber bowl hosted over 1500 high school games. The rubber bowl was a stadium located in akron ohio 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 high school football and other events. The fire broke out monday near the old akron university football stadium around 4 45 p m.

When the university took ownership of the stadium in 1971 they began holding rock concerts there starting in 1972 with the rolling stones.