Akron Rubber Bowl Abandoned

Inside the abandoned ohio football stadium that once hosted the rolling stones simon garfunkel and metallica but now sits in decaying ruin.

Akron rubber bowl abandoned.

It was televised on espn. After the game was finished a ceremony was held to look back over the 68 years that the stadium had been active. Whats left of this famous structure. The rubber bowl in akron ohio built in 1939 and.

The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago. Ardl is an independent testing research and consulting laboratory. 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. It was used as a base for the national guard during the wooster avenue race riots in 1968.

The two story stone building once used as a city park shelter and later as an event space for the university of akron because of its proximity to the former rubber bowl has sat abandoned for years and has fallen into deep disrepair as evidenced by the moldy smell and at least one varmint scurrying around in the attic. The abandoned rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio rubber bowl stadium of akron ohio hosted crowds of cheering football fans and concert goers for nearly seven decades. Akron rubber development laboratory inc. Join us for this course brought to you by ardl and the acs rubber division july 28th from 9 30 a m.

It also hosted concerts high school sports and a professional football team. The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium. Current and former players and coaches were involved. 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.