Rubber Bowl Akron Football Stadium

The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago.

Rubber bowl akron football stadium.

The zips went on to play 324 games in the rubber bowl stadium. Abandoned football stadium akron rubber bowl. Infocision stadium summa field is a college american football stadium in akron ohio and the home field of the akron zips football team at the university of akron new for the 2009 football season the official ground breaking ceremony for the stadium was held on april 4 2008 and it opened on september 12 2009 for a sold out game between the akron zips and the morgan state bears. 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. Skip navigation sign in. This video is unavailable. 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.

The stadium seated about 35 000 00 people. The rubber bowl opened in 1940 and was used until 2008 when the zips moved to the infocision stadium summa field. Abandoned football stadium akron rubber bowl duration. Acquired the rubber bowl.

The akron zips the football team of akron university was the primary tenant. Whats left of this famous structure. In 2013 team1 marketing group inc. Previously the team had been based at buchtel field which only had the capacity for 7 000 spectators.

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 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. They had plans for renovations and upgrades which. The group s plan to refurbish the stadium into a home for a united states football league.

Abandoned football stadium akron rubber bowl.