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 Glass
Bowl
Toledo, OH
The Glass Bowl is one of the oldest stadiums in the MAC conference
dating back to the 1930s. The stadium was built as part of President
Franklin Roosevelt’s Work Projects Administration programs to help
employ people during the economic hardships of the Great
Depression. A stadium was needed in the Toledo area and by the 1930s
construction began on a new facility. The stadium was originally known
as University Stadium when the Rockets played their first game at the
stadium on September 27, 1937. When it opened, the stadium had a
seating capacity of 8,000 with seating on both sides of the gridirons.
A grass hill was on the south side of the stadium and two stone
towers, that are still at the stadium, were on the north end.
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In 1946, University Stadium
was renamed the Glass Bowl because of the Toledo's glass industry. Over the years, there have been few additions and
changes to the stadium. In 1966 seating was added in the south endzone
and in 1975 a new modernized scoreboard was
installed at the Glass Bowl. Fifteen years later in 1990, the seating
capacity was increased from 18,500 to its current capacity of just
over 26,000. This addition also included a new three story press box
that includes 40 luxury suites and 400 club seats. Fans still come out
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FACTS & FIGURES |
-Tenant: Toledo Rockets
-Conference: MAC
-Capacity: 26,248
-Surface: Nexturf
-Opened:
September 27,
1937
-Cost: $335,000
-Seating Chart
-Toledo
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ROCKETS TIDBITS |
2008 SCHEDULE |
CAMPUS WEATHER |
Famous Players: Carl Ford, Todd France
School Traditions: Mascot, Rocky the Rocket |
-9/6 - at Arizona
-9/13 - at Eastern Michigan
-9/20 - FRESNO STATE
-9/27 - FIU
-10/4 - BALL STATE
-10/11 - at Michigan
-10/18 - at Northern Illinois
-10/25 - CENTRAL MICHIGAN
-11/1 - at Western Michigan
-11/15 - at Akron
-11/22 - MIAMI-OH
-11/29 - BOWLING GREEN |
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HOTELS NEAR THE GLASS BOWL |
DIRECTIONS TO THE GLASS BOWL |
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