Akron Rubber Bowl Abandoned

The akron zips football match against the buffalo bulls in november 2008 was the final game to be played at the rubber bowl stadium.

Akron rubber bowl abandoned.

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. Join us for this course brought to you by ardl and the acs rubber division july 28th from 9 30 a m. Inside the abandoned ohio football stadium that once hosted the rolling stones simon garfunkel and metallica but now sits in decaying ruin. Ardl is an independent testing research and consulting laboratory.

After opening in 1940 the rubber bowl was the home field for the university of akron s zips football team. 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 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.

Akron rubber development laboratory inc. The rubber bowl is a former stadium in akron ohio and was home to the university of akron zips football team from 1940 to 2008. Current and former players and coaches were involved. It was used as a base for the national guard during the wooster avenue race riots in 1968.

The akron rubber bowl has sat abandoned since the zips moved back on campus over 10 years ago. 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. It was televised on espn. Now in the process of bei.