The Rubber Bowl has sat vacant since 2008 when the University of Akron decided it was time to move to a new stadium closer to campus, now known as Infocision Stadium.

The Rubber Bowl is a shell of its former self. The partially demolished, 35,000-seat stadium, ravaged by vandals and splattered with graffiti, looks like the ruins of some ancient amphitheater ...

Happy times include Y-Bridge, West Akron Baseball League, O’Neil’s, Polsky’s, Lawson’s, Rubber Bowl, Peanut Shoppe and Christmas.

A sign with the number of University of Akron football player Chris Angeloff hangs in the closed end of the Rubber Bowl in Akron in the Oct. 11, 2103 file photo. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal) ...

What's the story behind Akron being the Zips, and the history of its female mascot ... But Zippy didn’t make her official debut until 1955 at an Acme-Zips game at the Rubber Bowl. Since then, ...

The Akron City Series used its own playoff system to crown league football champions from 1942-1990. ... From 1948-1990, every league title game occurred on Turkey Day at the Rubber Bowl.

The Rubber Bowl is a shell of its former self. The partially demolished, 35,000-seat stadium, ravaged by vandals and splattered with graffiti, looks like the ruins of some ancient amphitheater ...

The Akron City Series used its own playoff system to crown league football champions from 1942-1990. ... From 1948-1990, every league title game occurred on Turkey Day at the Rubber Bowl.