Downing Stadium was a 22,000 seat football stadium in the city of New York. Built in 1934 on Randall's Island in the East River as a WPA project, it served as the home stadium of the New York Stars of the WFL in 1974, and the New York Cosmos of the NASL in 1975. After it stopped being a major sports venue it was occassionally used as a venue for rock concerts. The stadium was torn down in 2002 in order to be replaced by a newer complex, Icahn Stadium, which was completed in 2004. The stadium lights, which were taken from Ebbets Field after it was torn down, were left in place to light the new field. Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Athens Olympic Stadium A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Randalls Island is situated in the East River in New York City. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created in May 1935 by Presidential order (Congress did not set it up). ... The New York Stars were a 1974 team in the World Football League, a failed attempt to create a second major U.S. professional football league in competition with the established National Football League. ... The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The New York Cosmos (1971-1985) was a franchise in the North American Soccer League, based in New York and New Jersey. ... NASL logo North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional American soccer league that operated from 1968 to 1984. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located at in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. ...

The stadium's largest crowd came in 1932 when over 45,000 spectators witnessed Jesse Owens in the Olympic Trials. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Owens setting the world record in the long jump at the University of Michigan in 1935 James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...