The fire was put out by about 5 p.m., a department spokesman said. ... Fire extinguished at garage near Akron Rubber Bowl. Updated: Jan. 09, 2017, 11:22 p.m.

The Akron Fire will have a home in the renovated Rubber Bowl. ... The head of the Canton-based group that wants to put the Fire in the Rubber Bowl has not spoken to the USFL’s new owners.

The City of Akron Division of Fire is responded to an overhead garage fire. The fire broke out, Monday, near the old Akron University football stadium around 4:45 p.m.. According to crews, the ...

Through last August, Team 1 Marketing Group was the Rubber Bowl's owners. Team 1 bought the Rubber Bowl in 2013 from the University of Akron for $38,000.

Team1 Marketing bought the 35 thousand seat Rubber Bowl for a little more than a dollar a seat. But they’ll likely have to spend at least seven or eight million dollars to renovate it. University of ...

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.

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 USFL voted to shift to a fall schedule in 1986, but never played a game after the third season. The league shut down in 1987 after it was awarded just $3 despite winning a lawsuit against the NFL.