All three were instrumental in the memories made inside the iconic Rubber Bowl in Akron. As the Summit County Land Bank prepares to take ownership of the property, talk of plans to demolish the ...

AKRON, Ohio - The Akron Rubber Bowl is one step closer to its demise. On Monday, Akron City Council approved a measure to transfer title for the Rubber Bowl from the Summit County Land Bank to the ...

Now, the Rubber Bowl is zoned for residential and can't be used for public recreation. To have the zoning changed, Team 1 must go through Akron's conditional use process. That requires getting ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen and singer-guitarist Sammy Hagar perform June 22, 1988, as the rock band Van Halen headlines the Monsters of Rock at the Akron Rubber Bowl. ∎ Jessica Riddle of ...

6, 1975, at the Rubber Bowl. The season-opening crowd of 27,949 was probably the biggest I had ever seen as a kid. The University of Akron played Marshall that evening, and it began as a joyful ...

“It is my whole life.” Fifty years ago, the famous daredevil crossed the Akron Rubber Bowl on a 600-foot wire above 37,484 fans at the 20th annual Acme-Zip Game. Acme grocery stores, the ...

Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips ... make her official debut until 1955 at an Acme-Zips game at the Rubber Bowl. Since then, Zippy has been synonymous with UA.