The AP reports the Rubber Bowl in Akron, OH will soon be demolished. The landmark stadium hosted Billy Graham, Karl Wallenda and the Rolling Stones along with lots and lots of football. In the end, the Akron Rubber Bowl’s splendid past couldn’t save it from the wrecking ball. Allowed in recent decades to crumble into a public health hazard, the landmark 78-year-old stadium will start to come down this week. To Akron, the Rubber Bowl was a huge deal. Read its history here
