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The impetus for Cleveland Stadium came from city manager William R. Hopkins, Cleveland Indians' president Ernest Barnard, real estate magnate and future Indians' president Alva Bradley, and the Van Sweringen brothers, who thought that the attraction of a stadium would benefit area commerce in general and their own commercial interests in downtown Cleveland in particular. However, some have incorrectly stated that it was built in a failed bid to attract the 1932 Summer Olympics, which had been awarded to Los Angeles in 1923, long before ground was broken on the stadium. Another common misconception is that Cleveland Stadium, was a Works Progress Administration project; in fact, the WPA was not created until 1935, four years after the stadium was built.

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  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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  • The impetus for Cleveland Stadium came from city manager William R. Hopkins, Cleveland Indians' president Ernest Barnard, real estate magnate and future Indians' president Alva Bradley, and the Van Sweringen brothers, who thought that the attraction of a stadium would benefit area commerce in general and their own commercial interests in downtown Cleveland in particular. However, some have incorrectly stated that it was built in a failed bid to attract the 1932 Summer Olympics, which had been awarded to Los Angeles in 1923, long before ground was broken on the stadium. Another common misconception is that Cleveland Stadium, was a Works Progress Administration project; in fact, the WPA was not created until 1935, four years after the stadium was built.
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demolished
  • 1996-11-04(xsd:date)
Dimensions
  • Backstop - 60 ft
  • Center Field - 400 ft
  • Left Field - 322 ft
  • Left-Center - 385 ft
  • Right Field - 322 ft
  • Right-Center - 385 ft
Closed
  • 1995-12-17(xsd:date)
Nickname
  • ''Cleveland Stadium
  • Lakefront Stadium
  • Municipal Stadium
  • The Mistake by the Lake''
broke ground
  • 1930-06-24(xsd:date)
construction cost
  • 3000000.0
Title
  • Home of the Cleveland Rams
  • Host of AFC Championship Game
  • Home of the Cleveland Browns
stadium name
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Operator
  • Cleveland Stadium Corporation
Before
  • Grass
    • renovated
    • 19671974(xsd:integer)
    Years
    • 1936(xsd:integer)
    • 1939(xsd:integer)
    • 1945(xsd:integer)
    • 1946(xsd:integer)
    • 1987(xsd:integer)
    After
    seating capacity
    • Baseball: 78,000 74,438
    • Football: 81,000
    Architect
    Opened
    • 1931-07-01(xsd:date)
    Owner
    tenants
    • St. Louis Rams
    • Cleveland Browns
    • Cleveland Rams
    • (The Indians split games between Cleveland Stadium and League Park from 1936-46.)
    • Cleveland Indians *
    • Cleveland Stokers
    • Great Lakes Bowl
    Location
    • 1085(xsd:integer)
    • Cleveland, Ohio 44114
    abstract
    • The impetus for Cleveland Stadium came from city manager William R. Hopkins, Cleveland Indians' president Ernest Barnard, real estate magnate and future Indians' president Alva Bradley, and the Van Sweringen brothers, who thought that the attraction of a stadium would benefit area commerce in general and their own commercial interests in downtown Cleveland in particular. However, some have incorrectly stated that it was built in a failed bid to attract the 1932 Summer Olympics, which had been awarded to Los Angeles in 1923, long before ground was broken on the stadium. Another common misconception is that Cleveland Stadium, was a Works Progress Administration project; in fact, the WPA was not created until 1935, four years after the stadium was built. In November 1928, Cleveland voters passed by 112,448 to 76,975, a 59% passage rate, with 55% needed to pass, "a $2.5 million levy for a fireproof stadium on the Lakefront." Actual construction costs overran that amount by $500,000.
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