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 Akron Rubber Bowl's new owner, Team 1 Properties, has been beleaguered with problems while trying to turn the old stadium into an entertainment venue. Skip to Main Content.

AKRON, Ohio - Efforts to revitalize Akron's iconic Rubber Bowl as a live music and entertainment venue have come to an end. Team 1 Marketing Group, the Rubber Bowl's recent owners, posted this ...

The deed to Akron's Rubber Bowl, the former home of the Akron Zips football team, is now in possession of the Summit County Land Bank, leaving the future of the 77-year-old stadium in question.

Demolition of Akron’s Rubber Bowl started on Wednesday, a decade after it ceased to be the stadium for University of Akron football and almost eight decades after it was designed. Akron Mayor Dan ...

AKRON, Ohio– Demolition of the Rubber Bowl in Akron began Wednesday afternoon. The stadium, which is littered with debris and covered in graffiti, was condemned last year because of safety concerns.

Billy Graham saved souls there. Karl Wallenda once walked on a tightrope above the gridiron. The Rolling Stones performed there in 1972, getting fans so worked up that a couple dozen got arrested.

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) ...

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.