Aztec Bowl
Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Parks and recreation, Schools, Stadiums
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description
SERA began constructing the Aztec Bowl in 1933, spending $260,000 on excavating, filling, leveling, and removing rock.
The WPA provided another $216,863 for the labor for filling in the canyon, seating for 10,000 people, as well as a flood lightening system, turfed playing field, a press box, and restrooms on either sides of the stadium.
The stadium was dedicated on October 3, 1936, right before a football game against Occidental College (San Diego State won the game).
Source notes
http://dometest.sdsu.edu/projects/buildings/aztecbowl.html. Branton, Pamela. 1991. The Works Progress Administration in San Diego County, 1935-1943. M.A. Thesis. San Diego State University.