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A fun DNC Convention fact: the very site where the convention is being held... (Original Post) Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 OP
Who knew red ants could build a colony angstlessk Jul 2016 #1
It was at one point. Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #4
JFK Stadium? pangaia Jul 2016 #2
Yep! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #3
I knew it I knew it...! pangaia Jul 2016 #5
Thank you! Yeah, I really wanted to post something positive... Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #7
Looks likie it may have been a college game... google says... pangaia Jul 2016 #8
The place has had several names Freddie Jul 2016 #9
Pretty cool picture. n/t Calista241 Jul 2016 #6
Wow! Very cool photo! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #10
We watched over the years as they completely removed JFK stadium, Veteran's stadium & the Spectrum BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #11

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
5. I knew it I knew it...!
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 07:36 PM
Jul 2016

Well, I didn't, for sure.. had to googlize it...

Went to a game there.. jeeze.. loooong time ago... Who? Did the Eagles Play there? If so, then maybe the Eagles...

PS. Thanks for the relief from... you know what..



 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
7. Thank you! Yeah, I really wanted to post something positive...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 07:43 PM
Jul 2016

...something that didn't denigrate fellow Democrats.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
8. Looks likie it may have been a college game... google says...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 07:48 PM
Jul 2016

Navy, Army, ND???

I DO remember the bathrooms. Worse than the Coliseum in LA!
Or maybe that was because I went to a Raiders game wearing my beloved Chiefs hat, ya think?

Freddie

(9,257 posts)
9. The place has had several names
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:12 PM
Jul 2016

Was originally the Corestates Center, that bank got bought out so it became the First Union Center...which lent itself to an unfortunate nickname so the bank changed its name to Wachovia and the arena was the Wachovia Center. Then that bank got bought out, it's now the Wells Fargo Center (for now).
Thankfully where the Phillies play (across the street) has been Citizens Bank Park since it opened in 2004.

BumRushDaShow

(128,516 posts)
11. We watched over the years as they completely removed JFK stadium, Veteran's stadium & the Spectrum
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:24 PM
Jul 2016

to make way for the "Linc" (Lincoln Financial Field - Eagles), Corestates Center (then First Union Center, then Wachovia Center and finally Wells Fargo Center - '76ers/Flyers), and finally Citizen's Bank Park (Phillies).

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