Now that plans to build a new University of Akron football stadium are a done deal (get ready to start saying InfoCision Stadium instead of the Rubber Bowl) where are all the howls from preservationists? Since Larry States first reported on the fate of the Bowl here on AkronNewsNow, and Mayor Plusquellic weighed in a couple days later with Larry, it isn't as though hundreds of cries have been raised, ala the Highland Theater.
Not many to be heard at all, despite the fact the Rubber Bowl is old enough to start collecting Social Security. Even the Akron Beacon Journal found the best it could do to highlight it's story this morning was a severely out-of-date black and white photo. Not even color.
The monochrome silence from most people about the stadium carved into a hill within easy view of Strickland's, Derby Downs and the Fulton Airport can be pinpointed to a couple of things, the chief being what highlights it brings to most people. Take away Simon and Garfunkle and a couple of other concerts and for the most part there's been no massive title defense on the frozen tundra; no Wrigley Field or Fenway Park dreams; no drive to grab a seat or a piece of plumbing as fans did when we tore down Cleveland Stadium to build a new football palace for yuppies to share their club seats with the Dawg Pound. No, the Rubber Bowl won't become the next home for NASCAR nor will it re-emerge as a venue for local high schools. Too beat up, too out of shape, too black & white: this patient is already at fourth and long, waiting for change of possession.
Not many to be heard at all, despite the fact the Rubber Bowl is old enough to start collecting Social Security. Even the Akron Beacon Journal found the best it could do to highlight it's story this morning was a severely out-of-date black and white photo. Not even color.
The monochrome silence from most people about the stadium carved into a hill within easy view of Strickland's, Derby Downs and the Fulton Airport can be pinpointed to a couple of things, the chief being what highlights it brings to most people. Take away Simon and Garfunkle and a couple of other concerts and for the most part there's been no massive title defense on the frozen tundra; no Wrigley Field or Fenway Park dreams; no drive to grab a seat or a piece of plumbing as fans did when we tore down Cleveland Stadium to build a new football palace for yuppies to share their club seats with the Dawg Pound. No, the Rubber Bowl won't become the next home for NASCAR nor will it re-emerge as a venue for local high schools. Too beat up, too out of shape, too black & white: this patient is already at fourth and long, waiting for change of possession.
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