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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
G55.1-116
Date(s)
- 1909-04-29 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Tacoma's Stadium Bowl was under construction in April of 1909. Designed by local architect Frederick Heath and built by Western Engineering Co., the bowl had an original seating capacity of 23,486. It was dedicated on June 10, 1910. Stadium Bowl has been damaged several times over the years by mudslides and was forced to close in 1949. It did not reopen until about 1960. After renovation and rededication in 1980, it suffered further mudslide damage in 1981. BU-11552
Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Construction--Tacoma--1900-1910; Progress photographs;