Robert C. Trumpbour - The New Cathedrals (Book Summary/Timeline)

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/19/1869	Cincinnati Red Stockings	History The Red Stockings complete their famed undefeated season, proving professional baseball's viability as a commercial product
01/01/1898	New Orleans "street car stadium"	History of the Pelicans A street car line in New Orleans built a new ballpark while providing direct financial banking for the city's minor league team, the Pelicans.
07/14/1902	Cincinnati Reds Palace of the Fans	Palace of the Fans History The reds include concrete and steel in prominent portions of their stadium, a move that influenced construction elsewhere.
09/07/1903	Harvard University Makes Huge Strides	Harvard Stadium Harvard University, after following the lead of the Cincinnati reds, builds the first steel-reinforced concrete football facility. It remains a national landmark and is still used til this day
04/12/1909	Philadelphia's Shibe Park Opens	Shibe Park History Home the the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies, both who won their first games at the stadium, defeating the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos, respectively
06/30/1909	Pittsburgh's Forbes Field	Forbes Field History Following Philadelphia's lead, Forbes Field opened about two and one half months later. Home to the MLB's Pirates, NFL's Steelers and also the University of Pittsburgh Football team
06/21/1910	Construction in Cleveland	Cleveland dismantled the wooden grandstands of League Park, replacing them with a concrete and steel double deck structure
06/19/1911	New York's Famed Polo Grounds	Polo Grounds and its multiple uses Renovated in 1911 with new concrete and steel sections after a raging fire destroyed most of the ballpark in April.
04/20/1912	Detroit's Navin Stadium	Navin Stadium Detroit flexes its industrial muscle, opening Navin Stadium, now know as Tiger Stadium, home to the MLB's Detroit Tigers
04/20/1912	Boston Christens Fenway	Fenway Park The Boston Red Sox open Fenway Park, this construction boom included some minor league stadiums as well. But the MLB's were most impressive, with Fenway at the top of the list
06/10/1914	Yale and Princeton a few Years Behind	Harvard's biggest rivals on the gridiron did not construct large facilities similar to Harvard's until 1914
05/01/1923	Los Angelos Memorial Coliseum	Coliseum Tour Opening of the coliseum which was publicly financed
11/03/1923	University of Illinois - Memorial Stadium	Game Film! This beautiful stadium opened its gates, University officials regarded it as a public relations vehicle and an engine of regional growth
10/09/1924	Chicago's Soldier Field	History of Soldier Field Opening of soldier field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears. This stadium was publicly financed
07/03/1931	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Remembering the Coliseum Opening of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, home to the NFL's Cleveland Browns. This stadium was publicly financed
04/21/1961	Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium	History of the Stadium Minnesota opens Metropolitan Stadium, it reflects the sports architecture on the era
08/20/1966	St. Louis's Busch Stadium	Video History This stadium had 55 private stadium boxes and 39 suites. In 1970 the grass field was converted to artificial turf
08/20/1970	Riverfront Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium Open	Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium and Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium open, national covereage focuses on the integration of modern turf into the stadiums design
08/20/1975	Louisiana Superdome	Turf Installation Video This indoor facility was inspired by the focus of indoor entertainment. This was a massive facility and is so large that the entire Astrodome could be physically contained within its interior
08/20/1976	Giants Home is Open	Stadium Tribute The NFL's New York Giants abandoned their long time home at Yankee Stadium to play in a football only facility in East Rutherford New Jersey The New York Yankees renovate to ensure that they stay and do not move across the Hudson River
06/21/1987	Miami Dolphins Find a New Home	History of Joe Robbie Owner of the Dolphins at the time, Joe Robbie, finances his own stadium in South Florida, the doors to this stadium opened in 1987
09/20/1994	Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones	Jerry Jones Interview Extracts over $37 million in stadium related revenues, in part by adding sixty eight luxury suites. Jones more than doubled the stadium revenue of any other team that year and generated a 25 percent increase in the value of his team
01/01/1997	New Standards!	The 160 million spent on the Super Dome in 1976 was now not enough, 450 million was the new standard
01/01/1999	Safeco Field Opens	Walking TourSafeco Field, home to the MLB's Seattle Mariners opens. It costs them 517 million and it is considered an upper scale stadium
01/31/1999	Super Bowl XXXIII	Superbowl XXXIII Highlights Broncos vs Falcons, total gross revenue for television broadcasting were approximately $150 million. Super bowl is the most watched sporting event in America
08/16/1999	Cleveland Browns = CASH	Relatively new to the NFL the Browns crafted a stadium package that yielded the team $49 million in annual revenues before the team ever played a single down!
09/11/2001	9/11 Terrorists Attacks	9/11 and its impact on sports This tradgedy had a profound impact on many United States institutions, including sports
09/09/2002	Gillette Stadium - First Game	History First regular season game for the New England Patriots in the brand new Gillette Stadium, President George W. Bush stood close by while the coin toss took place.