In 1936, the Works Progress Administration approved a $272,000 loan to UToledo to build a football stadium. With the University adding $51,000 to help fund the construction, a crew went to work, using hand tools to shape the ravine into a bowl shape, which prolonged the project but kept the workforce employed during the Great Depression. Originally called University Stadium, the facility had a seating capacity of 8,000 when it opened in 1937. Learn more about UToledo’s 150th anniversary at utoledo.edu/150celebration.
