101 images. The Stadium / Stadium Bowl Frederick Heath, arch. Western Engineering Co., contr. L.A. Nicholson, eng. -original seating capacity of 23,486 -architect Heath stated that the Stadium "seats 32,000 adults and children" (TDN 5/24/1914) -overflow crowds of over 40,000 reported -some reports list crowds as high as 60,000 (including the walls, fences, hillsides, etc.) -modern capacity of 15,000 -dedicated 6/10/1910 -damage from mudslides in 1932 and 1949 forced closure of the Stadium, reopened c.1960, -renovated c.1980 (partial plans at TPL -rededicated 9/12/1980 -further mudslide damage in 1981 -reopened 10/25/1985 SEE ALSO: 111 NO. E ST. (Stadium High School) SEE ALSO: 51 NO. STADIUM WAY (Stadium Cottage) SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 1/14/1906 p.21 Nature offers Tacoma great athletic field (sketch, proposal of Frederick Heath) TDN 4/27/1907 What might be done with high school gulch
TDL 9/20/1908 p.20 Alumni approve and boost stadium
TDL 9/21/1908 Some advance dates at the high school stadium (cartoon) TDN 9/21/1908 School board stops the Stadium work T.Times 9/21/1908 Boost Tacoma and build Stadium T.Times 9/22/1908 Stadium now in hands of citizens T.Times 9/23/1908 School board will discuss Stadium project today T.Times 9/24/1908 Stadium project in hands of committee
TDL 10/4/1908 p.3 Tacoma purposes to have stadium second to none in United States (sketch)
TDL 10/6/1908 p.1 (mention)
TDL 10/7/1908 Students all enthusiastic for Stadium
TDL 10/9/1908 It can't get away (il)
TDL 10/11/1908 p.3 Boosting for the Stadium T.Times 10/16/1908 Tacoma will have finest Stadium
TDL 11/1/1908 p.3 Stadium fund keeps climbing
TDL 11/29/1908 p.5 Stadium fund is now near $45,000
TDL 12/13/1908 p.19 Christmas music festival (benefit for Stadium fund)
TDL 12/27/1908 p.10 Stadium bids run too high
TDL 1/13/1909 Commercial Club Edition p.15 (sketch)
TDL 2/28/1909 p.7 Stadium stamp is the thing
TDL 3/14/1909 p.17 Permit is isssued for the Stadium
TDL 4/25/1909 p.37 Piles driven; banks sluiced
TDL 5/9/1909 p.42 Work progressing well on Stadium
TDL 5/16/1909 p.43 Night and day work on the big Stadium
TDL 5/30/1909 p.38 Stadium is making excellent progress
TDL 6/6/1909 p.37 Good showing in Stadium building
TDL 6/20/1909 Work on Stadium
TDL 6/27/1909 p.37 Good progress on Stadium
TDL 7/4/1909 p.34 Complete Stadium on time, they say
TDL 7/11/1909 p.36 Stadium building continues lively
TDL 7/18/1909 p.4 Good week work building Stadium
TDL 7/25/1909 p.30 (progress)
TDL 8/1/1909 p.39 (progress)
TDL 9/26/1909 p.4 Tacoma Stadium is worth seeing
TDL 10/3/1909 p.43 Stadium wall a strong rampart
TDL 3/13/1910 p.42 Stadium work goes with rush
TDL 6/5/1910 p.11 (progress))
TDL 6/10/1910 - 6/12/1910 (dedication,il)
TDL 7/24/1910 Military Tournament Edition (il)
TDL 7/29/1910 Test Stadium's acoustic values
TDL 7/31/1910 p.28 (il)
TDL 10/9/1910 p.8 Stadium drainage will be considered Engineering Record 10/29/1910 p.498 TDN 4/6/1911 (visit of President Theodore Roosevelt) T.Times 4/17/1911 Stadium, now completed, stands monument to Tacoma industry
TDL 6/4/1911 p.21 Public school tournament (il)
TDL 8/6/1911 p.9 Stadium scene true to history Independent Magazine 8/10/1911 p.310
TDL 8/13/1911 p.29 42 great arcs to light field
TDL 8/27/1911 p.21 Rome and Seven Hills rising in Tacoma Stadium
TDL 9/4/1911 & 9/5/1911 ("Burning of Rome" show in the Stadium)
TDL 2/6/1912 Tiger selected as Festo emblem
TDL 11/24/1912 p.21 Yale writes here for Stadium plans
TDL 12/1/1912 p.19 Princeton professor eulogizes Stadium
TDL 6/8/1913 p.1 Tacoma boy sets world mark (Alfred Crane sets high school high jump record)
TDL 1/25/1914 Suppl. p.40 (il)
TDL 2/1/1914 p.19 Sage Foundation to advertise Stadium
TDL 5/4/1914 p.1 8,000 join in feast of song (1st Annual Community Sing) TDN 5/24/1914 Stadium seats 32,000 adults and children, says Heath & Gove
TDL 3/14/1915 p.28 Junk man believed to have Stadium tablet (stolen) TDN 5/27/1915 Designer tells inside story of Stadium
TDL 7/28/1915 p.4 In Stadium, Sousa shatters record
TDL 8/1/1915 p.1 Largest crowd that ever witnessed a baseball game on Pacific Coast T.Times 11/6/1916 p.1
TDL 5/25/1919 p.C13 (ad for 1st Annual Music Festival) (sketch)
TDL 9/13/1919 p.1 Tacoma greets America's leader today (visit of President Woodrow Wilson)
TDL 9/14/1919 p.A1 President pleads for cause of humanity
TDL 7/6/1920 p.5 (il of evangelist Billy Sunday speaking in Stadium)
TDL 9/12/1920 p.1 Cox's visit is brief and wet (presidential candidate)
TDL 10/24/1920 p.B5 Advocate greater use of Stadium; approximately a million persons have entered gates since construction; history related
TNT 5/27/1921 Stadium Day (first Stadium Day since 1916)
TNT 12/16/1921 Do you remember?
TDL 3/31/1923 p.12 Broken water main is cause of near disaster (il)
TDL 6/5/1923 p.1 Stadium show best in history; crowd estimated at more than 40,000 packs huge bowl to witness annual exercises of children
TDL 7/5/1923 p.1 Crowds throng city to hear Harding (appearance of President Warren G. Harding)
TDL 8/19/1923 p.A1 May buy Stadium speaker: Rutherford to speak tonight p.D7 (ad)
TDL 10/27/1923 p.1 Logger and Husky elevens to clash at Stadium today
TDL 4/20/1924 p.A13 View of the throng that packed Stadium to hear oratory contest (il)
TDL 10/19/1924 p.C1 Ruth shows before big crowd here (Babe Ruth plays in exhibition baseball game at Stadium)
TDL 7/5/1925 p.A1 Program in Stadium is big climax
TDL 7/27/1925 p.1 Stadium filled for concert of famous band (appearance >of Millionaires' Band of Siloam Commandery, Knights Templar)
TNT 12/17/1925 p.1 Would convert Stadiuim into greatest auditorium (sketch)
TDL 12/20/1925 p.E8 Architect would enclose Stadium (proposal by architect E. Taylor Gardner)
TDL 5/9/1926 p.A6 "World's greatest" taffy pull at Stadium (il)
TDL 6/26/1926 p.1 Elks circus thrills audience at Stadium
TDL 7/30/1927 p.1 Thousands attend first Saengerfest concert ... (il)
TNT 9/29/1927 Tacoma Stadium showing signs of wear
TDL 10/9/1927 p.A1 "Huskies" beat C.P.S. 40-0
TDL 4/22/1928 p.B1 Glass in bay end, roof Stadium ...
TDL 8/25/1928 p.1 Pageant is presented at Stadium
TDL 9/2/1928 p.B6 (ad for "Fire God, a spectacle of Japan")
TDL 11/14/1929 Discuss plans for seats in Stadium; favor plaque idea
TDL 11/20/1929 p.1 Stadium seat plan approved
TDL 1/24/1930 p.1 Stadium ice rink is plan
TDL 8/1/1931 p.1 Thousands see Stadium show (start of Fleet Week)
TDL 9/11/1931 p.1 4,600 watch Dempsey in exhibition (appearance of boxer Jack Dempsey)
TDL 1/3/1932 Another slide above Stadium
TDL 1/4/1932 p.1 Fresh slides endangering city stadium
TNT 1/4/1932 p.1 New slides menace Stadium
TDL 1/5/1932 p.1 Rush flume to save Stadium
TNT 1/5/1932 p.1 Grave situation threatens in Stadium (il)
TDL 1/6/1932 p.1 City planning new sewer to save Stadium
TNT 1/6/1932 Hunt sewer break that caused slides
TDL 1/7/1932 p.1 New sewer to dodge Stadium
TNT 1/8/1932 Stadium sewer work rushed
TNT 1/11/1932 More dirt slides at Stadium
TDL 1/12/1932 p.3 Work on new sewer rushed
TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.2 (il of flood-lighting system installed for night events)
TNT 2/10/1932 Council to talk over repairs to Stadium
TDL 2/11/1932 p.1.4 Stadium fill hearing today
TDL 2/12/1932 p.1 No Stadium use during year looms
TNT 2/12/1932 Stadium survey will start Saturday
TNT 2/13/1932 Stadium light balance $1,901
TNT 2/15/1932 Stadium survey ordinance read
TDL 2/20/1932 p.1 Stadium slide claim is filed (Northern Pacific Railroad sues for damages)
TNT 2/20/1932 Asks $7,884 in Stadium slide
TDL 2/27/1932 p.10 O-W files claim in Stadium slide
TDL 2/28/1932 p.A2 School district files claim in Stadium slides
TDL 3/11/1932 p.1 Repair of Stadium by June is aim
TDL 3/17/1932 p.1 Stadium repairs hit snag
TDL 4/15/1932 p.1 School board asked by Tennent to share Stadium repair bill
TNT 4/15/1932 Asks school board help fix Stadium
TDL 4/29/1932 p.1 City's plan for Stadium is rejected; school board balks ...
TNT 4/29/1932 Quick repair of Stadium unlikely
TDL 5/7/1932 p.8 Subscription plan is suggested for repairing Stadium
TDL 6/6/1932 Stadium measure has first reading
TDL 6/24/1932 p.3 Present plan to fix Stadium
TDL 7/5/1932 p.1 Thousands celebrate Fourth; Stadium scene of band concert, rodeo and fireworks display
TDL 8/3/1932 p.1 Jobless may get Stadium repair work
TDL 8/12/1932 p.1 City agrees on Stadium repair work
TDL 8/26/1932 p.1 School board to fix Stadium
TDL 8/28/1932 p.A7 Award contract for Stadium fill
TDL 11/5/1932 p.1 Stadium slide suit started
TDL 1/11/1933 p.1 Wild steer case goes to jurors
TDL 10/6/1933 p.14 Huge cracks in Stadium Bowl
TDL 1/27/1934 p.3 Agreement on Stadium O.K.'d
TDL 2/21/1934 p.3 Stadium slide case settled T.Times 5/24/1934 After many years
TDL 7/9/1935 p.1 5,000 hear EPIC head in Stadium (appearance of author >Upton Sinclair)
TDL 7/21/1935 p.B7 Stadium Bowl repair starts
TDL 8/13/1935 p.1 10,000 hear prophet in Stadium (appearance of Dr. Francis E. Townsend)
TDL 8/17/1935 p.1 20,000 see Legion show at Stadium
TNT 10/25/1935 Paint numerals on seats
TNT 12/13/1935 $28,330 fund to repair Stadium
TDL 6/19/1936 p.1 Big show today ... action at "Fire College" T.Times 9/16/1936 T.Times 10/9/1937 After many years
TNT 7/1/1938 12,000 at bridge fete
TNT 7/16/1939 p.B1 N.W. saga in Stadium; 2,000 actors to depict history of Northwest T.Times 6/19/1939
TNT 7/5/1940 p.1 Huge crowd at Stadium T.Times 9/13/1941
TNT 9/27/1941 p.1 Easy win for Flying Circus; 22,000 fans ... (Pacific Lutheran College vs. Gonzaga football game)
TNT 10/19/1941 p.A12 PLC club trounces Loggers T.Times 11/14/1941
TNT 12/6/1941 p.1 All set for football classic (Washington State vs. Texas, A.&M.)
TNT 8/5/1942 p.1 Tacoma to have real bomb show in Stadium; miniature city will be built and destroyed ... as methods of fighting attacks are shown
TNT 8/10/1942 10,000 will see bomb show
TNT 8/19/1942 p.1 Tacomans will see simulated enemy raid
TNT 8/20/1942 p.1 10,000 see bomb show T.Times 10/9/1943 Night football games to return to Stadium as dimout is relaxed
TNT 4/13/1945 p.18 To inspect Stadium T.Times 4/13/1945 Study supports 051 P119P Oct. 1910 p.383 (il) 071 F779F 12/24/1910 Description of the Stadium by its architect 379.797 T11 May 1909, June 1909, April 1910, June 1910 (il under construction) 711.55 W58F 917.9778 V679V (il) 979 C723C Fall 2006 p.26 The Brown Castle (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.246-48 979.778 R955C (il)
TNT 10/28/1956 p.A1 Old pamphlet points up Stadium controversy p.B5 AAUW against Stadium job
TNT 10/30/1956 School men oppose Bowl proposition
TNT 11/2/1956 p.B5 PTA opposes Stadium levy p.B9 25 cents a year tax for average family will rebuild our Stadium (il) p.B12 Bowl group still batttles for rebuilding
TNT 11/8/1956 p.A4 Thank you Stadium friends
TNT 12/13/1957 p.A1 School board hears plan to fix Stadium
TNT 2/14/1958 Group given assurance on Stadium lease
TNT 6/20/1958 p.1 Group proposes plan to revamp Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/9/1958 Stadium Bowl group to meet
TNT 7/11/1958 p.6 Stadium Bowl group formed; seek $500,000 (Stadium Bowl Memorial Assoc.)
TNT 8/5/1958 p.8 Stadium Drive opens Thursday with breakfast
TNT 8/7/1958 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/15/1958 p.11 Stadium Bowl fans to start with fanfare (il of Boosters group)
TNT 8/22/1958 Promotion for Stadium furthered
TNT 8/23/1958 Coffee boosts Stadium drive
TNT 8/24/1958 Past glories of Tacoma Stadium recalled; impressive events staged in big bowl (il)
TNT 11/7/1958 p.40 Stadium Bowl group forms corporation
TNT 12/17/1958 p.A1 ... fund drive opens Jan. 16
TNT 12/31/1958 p.7 Support given Stadium plan by Mrs. Bethel
TNT 1/11/1959 p.A11 Memorial group urges Stadium Bowl renewal; outdoor civic auditorium visualized as goal ( sketch of proposed reconstruction plans by E.J. Bresemann, arch.)
TNT 1/13/1959 Stadium Bowl wins official civic backing
TNT 3/26/1959 p.B5 Stadium Assn. books concert by Montovani
TNT 4/5/1959 p.B7 Eager to carry the ball (local high school student body presidents support Stadium project)
TNT 4/7/1959 Stadium Bowl to open again backers say
TNT 4/30/1959 p.A13 Stadium Bowl cleanup set
TNT 5/5/1959 p.1 Student's can't clean Stadium
TNT 5/8/1959 Stadium group to meet with school board
TNT 5/15/1959 p.1 Board eases cleanup ban for Stadium
TNT 7/24/1959 p.1 Board favors repairs for Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/7/1959 Stadium Bowl supporters to open office
TNT 8/28/1959 p.A1 Schools to map policy for rebuilding Stadium
TNT 9/11/1959 p.A1 Board votes Stadium Bowl work start
TNT 10/15/1959 p.C17 Marine Band turnout cheers Stadium Assn.
TNT 10/23/1959 p.5 School board to meet with Stadium group
TNT 10/31/1959 p.5 Architect wants study of Stadium restoration (arch. Louis M. Pedersen hired as consultant)
TNT 11/13/1959 p.1 Go-ahead for Stadium work
TNT 11/29/1959 p.B15 Stadium Bowl Association issues stamps
TNT 1/26/1960 p.1 Ruling stands on Stadium's end section (removal of end sections of horseshoe required by the Tacoma Public Works Department)
TNT 2/28/1960 Stamps sold to restore Stadium Bowl
TNT 4/8/1960 p.A3 Stadium Bowl games held likely by fall
TNT 4/24/1960 Stadium design topic
TNT 5/27/1960 p.4 School board OKs Stadium Bowl plan
TNT 6/24/1960 p.7 School board lets contract for Stadium
TNT 6/30/1960 p.A1 $50,000 Stadium Bowl renovation job begins (Louis M. Pedersen, arch. and Jardeen Bros., contr.)
TNT 7/10/1960 p.B2 Tacoma's Stadium lives again ... ! (full page ad for the Stadium Memorial Assoc.) (il) p.B4 Stadium Assn. calls for rebuilding help (il of Stadium Memorial Assoc. members)
TNT 11/13/1960 p.A1 Gird game rededicates Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 2/22/1961 Stadium Bowl group elects
TNT 4/11/1961 p.3 Old ball park lights to go to Stadium (from the old Cheney Field / Tiger Park at 3130 So. 38th St.)
TNT 5/28/1961 p.D10 Dance will benefit Stadium
TNT 7/1/1961 Stadium Bowl benefit dance ...
TNT 8/16/1961 p.A11 Stadium group calls for big push now
TNT 12/31/1961 p.B3 Light fixin'
TNT 4/2/1962 p.5 New Stadium drive opened
TNT 4/8/1962 Tacoma surges ahead and builds Stadium
TNT 5/16/1962 p.A2 Flare sale to aid Bowl drive
TNT 6/26/1962 Giants' ticket sale to aid Stadium Bowl
TNT 7/11/1962 Stadium Bowl night Friday at ball park
TNT 4/23/1963 p.16 Stadium High students plan bowl drive
TNT 5/28/1963 p.A5 Stadium Bowl program at game (fundraiser at Cheney Stadium)
TNT 12/4/1963 p.B6 Stadium Bowl session is optimistic
TNT 12/5/1963 p.C3 New face, name mulled for Stadium (proposal to rename the Stadium in honor of President John F. Kennedy) (new remodeling plans by Silas Nelsen, arch.)
TNT 4/26/1964 p.C20 Students spur efforts to light bowl
TNT 6/16/1964 p.9 For Stadium Bowl (il of 90 ft. cedars, to be used as light poles)
TNT 7/5/1964 p.A1 Tacomans pour into Stadium Bowl for glittering fireworks exhibition
TNT 7/10/1964 p.5 Stadium Bowl to be lighted by September; poles arrive
TNT 8/27/1964 p.B6 Many assist lighting of Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 8/30/1964 Powerful lift plants poles (il)
TNT 5/9/1965 p.A20 Old photos tell the Stadium story (il)
TNT 5/16/1965 Out of Tacoma's past
TNT 6/9/1965 p.B11 Group seeks federal aid for Stadium
TNT 1/19/1966 p.A1 Tacoma looks at Stadium Bowl for use by pro football team
TNT 1/21/1966 p.1 Stadium Bowl can be restored for pro team, association told
TNT 1/25/1966 p.1 Council takes pass on Stadium
TNT 10/9/1966 p.A8 Music proceeds go for Stadium (aerial il)
TNT 6/27/1969 p.59 Old Woman's Gulch made queen of Stadium, be she's slipped
TNT 4/23/1970 p.A5 Jackson sees no simple solutions (Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson speaks on the first Earth Day) (il)
TNT 5/14/1982 City, Schools nearing Stadium cleanup pact
TNT 5/28/1982 Schools, city near accord ...
TNT 8/26/1982 p.A1,A2 Restoration of Stadium continuing
TNT 11/13/1982 Stadium partially restored
TNT 11/17/1982 p.C12 Same time a year later (il)
TNT 12/10/1982 School district to go to court over repair cost of Stadium Bowl
TNT 8/10/1983 p.A7 ... field will be playable this fall
TNT 4/25/1984 Stadium Bowl suit goes to jury
TNT 4/27/1984 Contractor loses 1st phase in Stadium Bowl case
TNT 5/17/1984 Some issues in Stadium Bowl washout suit settled
TNT 6/19/1984 Hole in a pipe becomes crux of Bowl damage trial
TNT 6/20/1984 City blamed for washout
TNT 6/21/1984 Jury deliberates in ... washout suit
TNT 6/22/1984 p.A1 Firms not at fault for washout
TNT 6/23/1984 Stadium Bowl verdict: School District out $400,000, City $450,000
TNT 7/31/1985 Stadium facelift (il)
TNT 10/24/1985 p.C4 The wandering is over: Stadium Bowl reopens
TNT 10/26/1985 p.B3 Decatur rallies to beat Tigers in Bowl
TNT 9/13/1987 p.E7 Yesteryear: Stadium Bowl set stage for splendor for generations (il)
TNT 9/30/1999 p.C1 Stadium a shimmering emerald (il after remodeling)
TNT 8/24/2006 p.B1 It's the ultimate needle in a haystack (bronze plaque missing since 1914 resurfaces) (il of plaque)
TNT 9/9/2006 Tacoma's grand castle (Special Section) (il)
TNT 9/12/2006 p.B1 White CD key to Stadium history mystery (plaque missing since 1914 is returned) (il) T.Weekly 9/6/2007 p.B4 Stadium games relocated; sinkhole a maintenance issue ... (il)
TNT 9/7/2007 p.B1 Sinkhole blitzes three sports events at Stadium Bowl (il)
TNT 4/4/2010 p.B1 Did Babe hit a long one from Stadium into Bay? In reporter's dreams Ranger 4/22/2010 Soldiers get dirty to help preserve iconic Stadium (il)
TNT 7/4/2010 p.B1 For decades, Independence Day meant Stadium Bowl
TNT 9/14/2010 p.A1 The Bowl's turn for a party; Tacoma's Stadium Bowl celebrates its centennial ... look back at the icon's rich history and fascinating trivia (includes timeline) (il)
TNT 9/19/2010 p.B1 Fill the Bowl hits record for food (Guinness World Record for 24-hour food drive, collected 515,067 pounds of food, filling 15 tractor-trailers)