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Hello,
Can anyone help me find a listing of concerts that were held at the Cleveland Stadium (World Series of Rock?) during the late 1970s and early 1980s?
I attended most in the late 70s and as far as I know there were not any in the early 80s. I have info on the concerts I had attended if you are interested. Also, please sign your posts
MM DENE (
talk)
08:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
The concerts were every summer from 1974 through 1979. I attended all the concerts in 77 & 78. I was an early teen then and kept a scrapbook with ticket stubs, newspaper articles, my personal notes, etc. My only regret is that I didn't take a camera with me. Too bad we didn't have cell phones back then. The The concerts were always general admission leaving the field open to concert goers. This resulted in the turf having to be repaired before the next Indians' game. These concerts were called "Games" to keep in the tradition of the sporting events held at the Cleveland Stadium. The bands below are listed in order of performance. I only have some show times (if it is still present on the ticket stub). (Tickets were torn in half at redemption and occasional removed some information)
1977 Game 1- June 5 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes(Southside replaced Aerosmith who cancelled several days before), Nazereth, Ted Nugent, Todd Rundgren $9.00 Game 2- June 25 8:30pm - Pink Floyd (Attendence 81,000- A record) $9.50 Game 3-August 6 12noon - Rick Derringer, J Geils, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton $9.50
1978 Game 1- July 1- Kansas, Rolling Stones (New record-83,000) $12.50 Game 2- July 15 4:00pm - Trickster, Journey, Foreignor, Electric Light Orchestra $13.00 Day of Show Game 3- August 26- Eddie Money, Todd Rundgren, Cars, Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac $12.00
Below is a list of WSoR Concerts that I did not attend so my knowledge is limited, but I can direct you. I know that there are concert dates missing. I am not sure the order of performances, price etc...
1974 First WSoR -June 24 Joe Walsh, (unsure of other acts), September - Crosby, Stills Nash and Young (from The Plain Dealer August 29, 1995 article by Jane Scott)
1975 Unsure of date-Uriah Heep, Blue Oyster Cult, Mahogany Rush, The Faces (featured Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood)
1979 Game 1- July 28 2:30pm- AC/DC, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy , Ted Nugent, Journey, (Did not attend but have the promotional poster) (this concert allegedly beat the prior attendence record but cannot verify.) Sources: http://buzzardbook.wordpress.com/ (This is a site maintained by John Gorman who was WMMS program director back then, WMMS and Belkin Production were not only concert promoters but active participants on the day of the show.) Gorman would be a wealth of info on all Cleveland Conerts from that era.)
This a book that may have info, although I haven't read it. Wolff, Carlo, Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories: True and Tall Tales of the Glory Days, Told By Musicians, DJs, Promoters & Fans Who Made the Scene in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, Gray & Company, Publishers (2006), ISBN-13: 978-1-886228-99-3 I hope this is helpful. Peace. MM DENE ( talk) 18:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
The book "Cleveland Stadium: The Last Chapter" published in 1997 by Cleveland Landmarks Press, Inc., isbn=0936760109, has a chart of rock concerts at page 65 Artists - date-attendance The Beatles-8/14/66-24,646 Joe Walsh, Lynrd Skynard, Beach Boys -6/23/74-32,837 Emerson Lake & Palmer - 8/8/74-34,173 Crosby Stills Nash & Young -8/30/74-81,316 Chicago, The Beach Boys - 5/31/75-26,035 The Rolling Stones -6/14/75 - 78,665 Yes -7/11/75 - 29,394 Faces - 8/23/75 - 61,512 Aerosmith - 6/5/77 -33,049 Pink Floyd -6/25/77 -82,986 Peter Frampton - 8/6/77 -77,674 The Rolling Stones - 7/1/78 -82,238 ELO -7/15/78 -60,214 Fleetwood Mac - 8/26/78 -74,892 Aerosmith -7/28/79 -65,807 Bob Seger - 7/19/80 -47,183 Michael Stanley - 9/29/84 - (in Stadium parking lot, not stadium per se) estimated 70,000 Michael Jackson - 10/19/84 -34,210 Michael Jackson - 10/20/84 -47,186 Bruce Springsteen -8/7/85 -71,808 Pink Floyd -9/16/87 -60,172 Pink Floyd -9/17/87-62,001 U2 - 10/6/87 -50,456 The Who -7/19/89 -61,120 The Rolling Stones -9/27/89 -61,727 Paul McCartney - 7/20/90 -66,197 Genesis - 5/25/92 -49,877 Pink Floyd -5/26/94 -53,311 Pink Floyd -5/27/94 -46,963 The Eagles -7/8/94 - 45,432 The Rolling Stones -8/28/94 -35,265 Concert for the opening of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum - 9/2/95 - 60,000(estimate) Hanksummers ( talk) 18:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)hanksummers
EDIT: The first World Series of Rock featured The Beach Boys with Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon & Joe Walsh - Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH) - June 23, 1974 SOURCE: My ticket stub —Preceding
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16:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't want to make a fuss about the move, especially on this page, since it's supposed to be about the stadium, and not about either team. I hope the current wording is satisfactory. The Baltimore Sun has a good recap of the agreement if you want to learn more. - EurekaLott 05:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
As I recall, although I offer no guarantee or warranty on this, the retention of the Browns' history by the new Cleveland franchise was basically a bone tossed to the city by the NFL, to smooth the waters and prevent a lawsuit. The citizens of Baltimore were getting a team, so what they may have wanted or not wanted would seem to be irrelevant, even if it worked out conveniently that way. However, this whole deal also reminds me of when the Senators moved to Minnesota, and the majors tried to pretend that the Twins were an expansion team and the new Senators were a continuation of the old. They were, in the sense that they were losers. And in a sense, that's what's happened to Cleveland also. They have their team, they have their pretense that it's the old Browns, and the team that used to be the real Browns has their Super Bowl ring, so everybody's happy. Or are they? Wahkeenah 02:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Hey noitall (if you're still around), the concept that Art Modell left because he couldn't maintain his revenue from loges is giving him quite a break. The fact of the matter is that Art had spent money on players and donations to local hospitals to the point where he was on the verge of bankruptcy anyway. What is missing here is that Art was offered the opportunity to get in on the Gateway project early on, but passed. No one really understands why Art did what he did - he and his son lied their way through the entire episode. You should delete the comment that Art somehow was jilted out of revenue. He allowed it to happen the way it did. Whatever happened behind the scenes or in Art's evil mind is still a secret - and likely always will be. -- Formershamu 02:43, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I was surprised to learn from the Wikipedia article that the stadium was not built as a bid to attract the Olympics that eventually went to Los Angeles, as this particular factoid is, at the very least, and as the article notes, local lore. I would like to see some citation for this. To me, it doesn't seem realistic that the city of Cleveland would fund the expenditure of the largest ballpark in the country(?) (and the first stadium to be built with public money), and without having signed the Indians to play in it, for high school and college games(!) without some of the debate looking forward to the possibility of a Cleveland Olympics. Hopefully someone will be able to clarify and provide some references. Robert K S 19:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
The sentence in the entry, "That misconception may have contributed to some in the media calling the stadium, "The Mistake by the Lake"." is unsourced and ought to be deleted IMHO.
Hanksummers (
talk)
21:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Why do you persist on Calling Cleveland Browns Stadium Mistake on the Lake? It's Degrading and Humiliating. I think because of this Term that is used so often by people outside of the Cleveland Area, (usually people who have never stepped foot in Cleveland or even Northeast, Ohio) that it gives Cleveland a bad Name. Cleveland is beyond that, and the Browns, up until 1995 have almost always had good seasons, Just Because they have never won a Super Bowl, no one one pays attention to all the great players and Teams the Browns have had over the Years. There are only 3 other teams, that have more Hall of Famers than the Browns. I think that you need to take down the "Mistake by the Lake" phrase. Also, I think that you need to check more of your Sources, becuase there are A lot of Inaccuracies and opinions (used as facts) on this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nprimiano ( talk • contribs) 02:53, 8 January 2007 (UTC).
It was never called Lakeshore Stadium. Municipal or Muny, The Stadium, Cleveland Stadium and sometimes Lakefront Stadium but never Lakeshore. As far as Mistake on the Lake, it deserves to be mentioned in the prose somewhere, but again, a whole paragraph is unnecessary. Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 06:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Are you sure this page should be called Cleveland Stadium? I've lived in Cleveland my whole life, and I have never once heard or seen it called anything other than Cleveland Municipal Stadium or just Municipal Stadium. Cleveland Rock 16:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I was born in 1969 and have lived in Cleveland my entire life. I heard it called Cleveland Municipal Stadium by many, including broadcasts by Nev Chandler and by the infamous dark lord Art Modell. -- Formershamu 02:33, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Look, if there is any doubt (and this mainly applies to anyone not actually from Cleveland -- who wouldn't know the first thing about it anyway, or are too young to remember the old building) all you have to do to confirm the official name as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, is to go to Amazon, and enter it as a search... and see how many hits come back that include the official name of the stadium in the title. One thing I've learned about Wikipedia over the years -- people (mainly outsiders) will doubt anything and everything, even with legitimate sources. Primary sources on any subject (i.e. people who were acquainted with someone/something firsthand) is completely irrelevant to anyone who wants to argue. I'd been to the place over a hundred times, and have stacks of old Browns and Tribe ticket stubs with the official name (that includes Municipal) on it, and I know for a fact what the name was besides... but it doesn't matter because some 17 year old kid in Idaho says he can't confirm it. Go to Amazon, look it up. Case closed. Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 13:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
As it's been said elsewhere in the discussion, it was called both almost interchangeably as an official name, depending on (most likely I'd surmise) who was publishing respective media guides and/or newspapers. The official listing in the 1992 Cleveland White Pages lists it as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and although it generally was referred to as Cleveland Stadium (it's easier to say and takes up less space in print, yadda, yadda, yadda), the full official name was Cleveland Municipal Stadium. An officially published NFL Encyclopedia dated from 1979 actually shows captions under each stadium (in the section on stadiums) and Cleveland's includes the title 'Municipal' (funny sidenote: I actually remember asking my dad as a kid what that word meant when I saw it as an 8 year old kid...)As for he scoreboard, I'd (again) surmise that it was a matter of space. You're talking about a town originally that dropped the 'a' in Cleaveland because it fit better in a (now defunct) city newspaper (there is actually mention of that fact in the History of Cleveland, Ohio article... and surprisingly, when I went to check I saw that it's lacking a citation, but I know it was in our 8th grade Ohio History textbook... I got that right as an ectra credit question in 1985 ;-) .... Anyhow, the full official name of the building was Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The intro (and the title) should be reversed to Cleveland Municipal Stadium (also known as Cleveland Stadium, or Lakefront Stadium). Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 04:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
Location | Erieview Dr., Cleveland, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 41°30′24″N 81°41′50″W / 41.50667°N 81.69722°W |
Built | 1930 |
Architect | Walker & Weeks |
Architectural style | No Style Listed |
NRHP reference No. | 87002287 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1987 |
References
The article says "Another common misconception is that Cleveland Municipal Stadium was a Works Progress Administration project", which I've tagged as dubious. The tag was removed, with a supporting reference that the WPA was created in 1935, well after the stadium was built.
Just to clarify: the date of the WPA's creation is not the dubious bit. I don't think that date is controversial or any way in doubt. What is dubious is the claim that it is a "common misconception" that the stadium was a WPA project. I've reinserted the tag, directly after the "common misconception" statement.
The only thing I can find remotely supporting this is a passing mention in a book about baseball brawls. [1]
This book doesn't claim that the stadium was built under the auspices of the WPA; it reads more like the author's impression of that era of building. Even if it did, the book is about baseball brawls, it's not a reliable source on beliefs about the stadium's building process.
The passage sounds like something someone heard from their uncle or something, not something that can actually be verified by reliable published sources. Is there anything to support the statement that this is a "common misconception"? TJRC ( talk) 21:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
References
The following week the Rangers were due to enter the hulking confines of the WPA fortress known as Cleveland Municipal (sometimes Lakefront) Stadium, just a lamprey eel's throw from the shore of Lake Erie.
Cleveland Stadium was most likely delisted from the National Register of Historic Places at some point after it was demolished. The NRHP template has a paramter "delisted" but it requires a date. Can anyone confirm the date it was delisted? Piriczki ( talk) 13:57, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Should "Indians", referring to the Major League Baseball team, be changed to "Guardians"? If so, should it be changed everywhere, or only in selected places? The team name was Indians for the entire time it played at this stadium, and it's unclear to me what would be clear and correct. -- cratermoon ( talk) 23:45, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
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Hello,
Can anyone help me find a listing of concerts that were held at the Cleveland Stadium (World Series of Rock?) during the late 1970s and early 1980s?
I attended most in the late 70s and as far as I know there were not any in the early 80s. I have info on the concerts I had attended if you are interested. Also, please sign your posts
MM DENE (
talk)
08:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
The concerts were every summer from 1974 through 1979. I attended all the concerts in 77 & 78. I was an early teen then and kept a scrapbook with ticket stubs, newspaper articles, my personal notes, etc. My only regret is that I didn't take a camera with me. Too bad we didn't have cell phones back then. The The concerts were always general admission leaving the field open to concert goers. This resulted in the turf having to be repaired before the next Indians' game. These concerts were called "Games" to keep in the tradition of the sporting events held at the Cleveland Stadium. The bands below are listed in order of performance. I only have some show times (if it is still present on the ticket stub). (Tickets were torn in half at redemption and occasional removed some information)
1977 Game 1- June 5 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes(Southside replaced Aerosmith who cancelled several days before), Nazereth, Ted Nugent, Todd Rundgren $9.00 Game 2- June 25 8:30pm - Pink Floyd (Attendence 81,000- A record) $9.50 Game 3-August 6 12noon - Rick Derringer, J Geils, Bob Seger, Peter Frampton $9.50
1978 Game 1- July 1- Kansas, Rolling Stones (New record-83,000) $12.50 Game 2- July 15 4:00pm - Trickster, Journey, Foreignor, Electric Light Orchestra $13.00 Day of Show Game 3- August 26- Eddie Money, Todd Rundgren, Cars, Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac $12.00
Below is a list of WSoR Concerts that I did not attend so my knowledge is limited, but I can direct you. I know that there are concert dates missing. I am not sure the order of performances, price etc...
1974 First WSoR -June 24 Joe Walsh, (unsure of other acts), September - Crosby, Stills Nash and Young (from The Plain Dealer August 29, 1995 article by Jane Scott)
1975 Unsure of date-Uriah Heep, Blue Oyster Cult, Mahogany Rush, The Faces (featured Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood)
1979 Game 1- July 28 2:30pm- AC/DC, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy , Ted Nugent, Journey, (Did not attend but have the promotional poster) (this concert allegedly beat the prior attendence record but cannot verify.) Sources: http://buzzardbook.wordpress.com/ (This is a site maintained by John Gorman who was WMMS program director back then, WMMS and Belkin Production were not only concert promoters but active participants on the day of the show.) Gorman would be a wealth of info on all Cleveland Conerts from that era.)
This a book that may have info, although I haven't read it. Wolff, Carlo, Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories: True and Tall Tales of the Glory Days, Told By Musicians, DJs, Promoters & Fans Who Made the Scene in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, Gray & Company, Publishers (2006), ISBN-13: 978-1-886228-99-3 I hope this is helpful. Peace. MM DENE ( talk) 18:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
The book "Cleveland Stadium: The Last Chapter" published in 1997 by Cleveland Landmarks Press, Inc., isbn=0936760109, has a chart of rock concerts at page 65 Artists - date-attendance The Beatles-8/14/66-24,646 Joe Walsh, Lynrd Skynard, Beach Boys -6/23/74-32,837 Emerson Lake & Palmer - 8/8/74-34,173 Crosby Stills Nash & Young -8/30/74-81,316 Chicago, The Beach Boys - 5/31/75-26,035 The Rolling Stones -6/14/75 - 78,665 Yes -7/11/75 - 29,394 Faces - 8/23/75 - 61,512 Aerosmith - 6/5/77 -33,049 Pink Floyd -6/25/77 -82,986 Peter Frampton - 8/6/77 -77,674 The Rolling Stones - 7/1/78 -82,238 ELO -7/15/78 -60,214 Fleetwood Mac - 8/26/78 -74,892 Aerosmith -7/28/79 -65,807 Bob Seger - 7/19/80 -47,183 Michael Stanley - 9/29/84 - (in Stadium parking lot, not stadium per se) estimated 70,000 Michael Jackson - 10/19/84 -34,210 Michael Jackson - 10/20/84 -47,186 Bruce Springsteen -8/7/85 -71,808 Pink Floyd -9/16/87 -60,172 Pink Floyd -9/17/87-62,001 U2 - 10/6/87 -50,456 The Who -7/19/89 -61,120 The Rolling Stones -9/27/89 -61,727 Paul McCartney - 7/20/90 -66,197 Genesis - 5/25/92 -49,877 Pink Floyd -5/26/94 -53,311 Pink Floyd -5/27/94 -46,963 The Eagles -7/8/94 - 45,432 The Rolling Stones -8/28/94 -35,265 Concert for the opening of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum - 9/2/95 - 60,000(estimate) Hanksummers ( talk) 18:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)hanksummers
EDIT: The first World Series of Rock featured The Beach Boys with Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon & Joe Walsh - Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland, OH) - June 23, 1974 SOURCE: My ticket stub —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Dirt America (
talk •
contribs)
16:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't want to make a fuss about the move, especially on this page, since it's supposed to be about the stadium, and not about either team. I hope the current wording is satisfactory. The Baltimore Sun has a good recap of the agreement if you want to learn more. - EurekaLott 05:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
As I recall, although I offer no guarantee or warranty on this, the retention of the Browns' history by the new Cleveland franchise was basically a bone tossed to the city by the NFL, to smooth the waters and prevent a lawsuit. The citizens of Baltimore were getting a team, so what they may have wanted or not wanted would seem to be irrelevant, even if it worked out conveniently that way. However, this whole deal also reminds me of when the Senators moved to Minnesota, and the majors tried to pretend that the Twins were an expansion team and the new Senators were a continuation of the old. They were, in the sense that they were losers. And in a sense, that's what's happened to Cleveland also. They have their team, they have their pretense that it's the old Browns, and the team that used to be the real Browns has their Super Bowl ring, so everybody's happy. Or are they? Wahkeenah 02:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Hey noitall (if you're still around), the concept that Art Modell left because he couldn't maintain his revenue from loges is giving him quite a break. The fact of the matter is that Art had spent money on players and donations to local hospitals to the point where he was on the verge of bankruptcy anyway. What is missing here is that Art was offered the opportunity to get in on the Gateway project early on, but passed. No one really understands why Art did what he did - he and his son lied their way through the entire episode. You should delete the comment that Art somehow was jilted out of revenue. He allowed it to happen the way it did. Whatever happened behind the scenes or in Art's evil mind is still a secret - and likely always will be. -- Formershamu 02:43, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I was surprised to learn from the Wikipedia article that the stadium was not built as a bid to attract the Olympics that eventually went to Los Angeles, as this particular factoid is, at the very least, and as the article notes, local lore. I would like to see some citation for this. To me, it doesn't seem realistic that the city of Cleveland would fund the expenditure of the largest ballpark in the country(?) (and the first stadium to be built with public money), and without having signed the Indians to play in it, for high school and college games(!) without some of the debate looking forward to the possibility of a Cleveland Olympics. Hopefully someone will be able to clarify and provide some references. Robert K S 19:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
The sentence in the entry, "That misconception may have contributed to some in the media calling the stadium, "The Mistake by the Lake"." is unsourced and ought to be deleted IMHO.
Hanksummers (
talk)
21:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Why do you persist on Calling Cleveland Browns Stadium Mistake on the Lake? It's Degrading and Humiliating. I think because of this Term that is used so often by people outside of the Cleveland Area, (usually people who have never stepped foot in Cleveland or even Northeast, Ohio) that it gives Cleveland a bad Name. Cleveland is beyond that, and the Browns, up until 1995 have almost always had good seasons, Just Because they have never won a Super Bowl, no one one pays attention to all the great players and Teams the Browns have had over the Years. There are only 3 other teams, that have more Hall of Famers than the Browns. I think that you need to take down the "Mistake by the Lake" phrase. Also, I think that you need to check more of your Sources, becuase there are A lot of Inaccuracies and opinions (used as facts) on this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nprimiano ( talk • contribs) 02:53, 8 January 2007 (UTC).
It was never called Lakeshore Stadium. Municipal or Muny, The Stadium, Cleveland Stadium and sometimes Lakefront Stadium but never Lakeshore. As far as Mistake on the Lake, it deserves to be mentioned in the prose somewhere, but again, a whole paragraph is unnecessary. Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 06:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Are you sure this page should be called Cleveland Stadium? I've lived in Cleveland my whole life, and I have never once heard or seen it called anything other than Cleveland Municipal Stadium or just Municipal Stadium. Cleveland Rock 16:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I was born in 1969 and have lived in Cleveland my entire life. I heard it called Cleveland Municipal Stadium by many, including broadcasts by Nev Chandler and by the infamous dark lord Art Modell. -- Formershamu 02:33, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Look, if there is any doubt (and this mainly applies to anyone not actually from Cleveland -- who wouldn't know the first thing about it anyway, or are too young to remember the old building) all you have to do to confirm the official name as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, is to go to Amazon, and enter it as a search... and see how many hits come back that include the official name of the stadium in the title. One thing I've learned about Wikipedia over the years -- people (mainly outsiders) will doubt anything and everything, even with legitimate sources. Primary sources on any subject (i.e. people who were acquainted with someone/something firsthand) is completely irrelevant to anyone who wants to argue. I'd been to the place over a hundred times, and have stacks of old Browns and Tribe ticket stubs with the official name (that includes Municipal) on it, and I know for a fact what the name was besides... but it doesn't matter because some 17 year old kid in Idaho says he can't confirm it. Go to Amazon, look it up. Case closed. Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 13:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
As it's been said elsewhere in the discussion, it was called both almost interchangeably as an official name, depending on (most likely I'd surmise) who was publishing respective media guides and/or newspapers. The official listing in the 1992 Cleveland White Pages lists it as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and although it generally was referred to as Cleveland Stadium (it's easier to say and takes up less space in print, yadda, yadda, yadda), the full official name was Cleveland Municipal Stadium. An officially published NFL Encyclopedia dated from 1979 actually shows captions under each stadium (in the section on stadiums) and Cleveland's includes the title 'Municipal' (funny sidenote: I actually remember asking my dad as a kid what that word meant when I saw it as an 8 year old kid...)As for he scoreboard, I'd (again) surmise that it was a matter of space. You're talking about a town originally that dropped the 'a' in Cleaveland because it fit better in a (now defunct) city newspaper (there is actually mention of that fact in the History of Cleveland, Ohio article... and surprisingly, when I went to check I saw that it's lacking a citation, but I know it was in our 8th grade Ohio History textbook... I got that right as an ectra credit question in 1985 ;-) .... Anyhow, the full official name of the building was Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The intro (and the title) should be reversed to Cleveland Municipal Stadium (also known as Cleveland Stadium, or Lakefront Stadium). Ryecatcher773 ( talk) 04:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
From the Elkman generator:
§hep •
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00:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
Location | Erieview Dr., Cleveland, Ohio |
---|---|
Coordinates | 41°30′24″N 81°41′50″W / 41.50667°N 81.69722°W |
Built | 1930 |
Architect | Walker & Weeks |
Architectural style | No Style Listed |
NRHP reference No. | 87002287 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1987 |
References
The article says "Another common misconception is that Cleveland Municipal Stadium was a Works Progress Administration project", which I've tagged as dubious. The tag was removed, with a supporting reference that the WPA was created in 1935, well after the stadium was built.
Just to clarify: the date of the WPA's creation is not the dubious bit. I don't think that date is controversial or any way in doubt. What is dubious is the claim that it is a "common misconception" that the stadium was a WPA project. I've reinserted the tag, directly after the "common misconception" statement.
The only thing I can find remotely supporting this is a passing mention in a book about baseball brawls. [1]
This book doesn't claim that the stadium was built under the auspices of the WPA; it reads more like the author's impression of that era of building. Even if it did, the book is about baseball brawls, it's not a reliable source on beliefs about the stadium's building process.
The passage sounds like something someone heard from their uncle or something, not something that can actually be verified by reliable published sources. Is there anything to support the statement that this is a "common misconception"? TJRC ( talk) 21:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
References
The following week the Rangers were due to enter the hulking confines of the WPA fortress known as Cleveland Municipal (sometimes Lakefront) Stadium, just a lamprey eel's throw from the shore of Lake Erie.
Cleveland Stadium was most likely delisted from the National Register of Historic Places at some point after it was demolished. The NRHP template has a paramter "delisted" but it requires a date. Can anyone confirm the date it was delisted? Piriczki ( talk) 13:57, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Should "Indians", referring to the Major League Baseball team, be changed to "Guardians"? If so, should it be changed everywhere, or only in selected places? The team name was Indians for the entire time it played at this stadium, and it's unclear to me what would be clear and correct. -- cratermoon ( talk) 23:45, 6 August 2022 (UTC)