- City:
- Memphis, TN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Built by the Works Progress Administration used to hold high school games and major football games, such as Memphis State Tiger games. It was an estimated to hold 28,000 spectators before it downsizes in 2006.
Source notes
Withworth, Kent. “Historic Stadiums.” Tennessee Historical Society. Tennessee Encyclopedia. Accessed March 28, 2023 http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/historic-stadiums/
Masilak, J. (2004, May 08). CRUMBLING CRUMP - GAME'S UP AT STADIUM, CITY GOES TO PLAYBOOK: [FINAL EDITION]. The Commercial Appeal https://ezproxy.augsburg.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/crumbling-crump-games-up-at-stadium-city-goes/docview/394056975/se-2
Site originally submitted by Connie Williams on April 22, 2023.
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