Stadium Bowl - Historic and PhotoOp

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The Stadium Bowl, designed by Frederick Heath (also designer of Stadium H.S.), dates from 1910 and is in a location once known as Old Woman's Gulch. Now seating 15,000, it was originally much grander than it is today, with a seating capacity of 32,000. Among those who spoke there were Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, William Jennings Bryan, and Billy Sunday. The stadium was originally built in 1909–1910 using steam shovels and sluicing to move more than 180,000 cubic yards down the edges of the gulch to create a flat playing field of 2.5 acres. Wooden molds were built to cast concrete for 31 rows of stadium seating surrounding the playing field. A restoration project in the 1970s had to sacrifice roughly half of the seating capacity because of ground instability.

Category: Y Yodio Experiences

Located in N 3rd St and N. E St., Tacoma, WA

Tracks:

1. Yodio Track 1