ADA Information. Ground Rules. Inside Progressive Field. All rights reserved. Rams vs Browns , Detroit vs. Browns , Detroit vs. Browns , Baltimore Colts vs. Browns and Baltimore Colts vs. The center field bleachers at the east end of the stadium were home to many of the club's most avid fans and became known during the s as the Dawg Pound after the barks that fans made to disrupt opposing teams' offensive plays. The fans were copying Browns players Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield , who frequently appeared to bark to each other and to the opposition.
Some of the fans even wore dog masks and threw dog biscuits at opposing players. The games were well attended, with an average attendance of 69, and a high of 84, fans for the game, which was won by Notre Dame The Ohio State Buckeyes played in the stadium four times.
The first was in a win over Illinois before 68,, the second a loss to Purdue , and the third a victory over Illinois. The final college football contest played there was on October 19, , when the Northwestern Wildcats played a "home" game against the Buckeyes.
While Northwestern received the home team's share of the gate receipts, the crowd was mostly Ohio State fans. In addition to sporting events, the stadium hosted a number of other events, including the World Series of Rock from , featuring big-name acts, such as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys and Aerosmith. The stadium also hosted numerous religious services. Its most heavily attended event was the Roman Catholic Church's Seventh Eucharistic Congress, hosted by the Diocese of Cleveland in , which attracted 75, to a midnight mass on September 24, and an estimated , to Eucharistic service the following day.
Several scenes for the motion picture, The Fortune Cookie , were filmed during the game between the Browns and the visiting Minnesota Vikings on 31 October Despite being set in the stadium, the motion picture Major League was not actually filmed in the stadium.
While aerial distance shots of the actual stadium were used, Milwaukee County Stadium , whose grandstand interior looked similar to that of Municipal Stadium, was the actual stadium used for filming. The stadium was an economic drain on the City of Cleveland, which owned it and originally operated it. In exchange, Modell's newly formed company, Stadium Corporation, assumed the expenses of operations from the city.
Stadium Corp. Renting the suites and the scoreboard advertising generated substantial revenue for Stadium Corp and Modell. The stadium was renovated in and when the original wooden seats were replaced by plastic ones and a new scoreboard replaced the old one. Transformation of Municipal Stadium from football to baseball was relatively simple as few changes had to be made to the stadium in order for football to be played.
The football field was laid out straight up the center of the baseball field. One of the more notable parts of Municipal Stadium were its rowdy fans who sat in the bleachers behind the end zone.
During the late s and early s, Cleveland Municipal Stadium began to deteriorate rapidly. The Indians moved into Jacobs Field after the season. After failing to reach an agreement to get a new stadium built for the Browns, owner Art Modell, moved the Browns to Baltimore after the season.
In January of , demolition of the site was completed and groundbreaking for Jacobs Field began. Installation of seating was completed in October President Bill Clinton threw out the first pitch at the opening game between the Cleveland Indians and the Seattle Mariners on April 4, As part of the deal, Progressive also gained sponsorship rights as the official auto insurer of the team. Bounded by main downtown Cleveland streets of Ontario to the west, Carnegie to the south, and E.
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