Cramton Bowl - Montgomery, Alabama
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N 32° 22.830 W 086° 17.547
16S E 566555 N 3582832
Sports stadium as entering downtown Montgomery from the east.
Waymark Code: WMD6HJ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2011
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"Cramton Bowl is a 24,000 seat stadium located in Montgomery, Alabama. Cramton Bowl opened in 1922 as a baseball stadium and has been home to Major League Baseball Spring Training, as well as Minor League Baseball. It is the home stadium for Alabama State Hornets football, the Faulkner University Eagles as well as the areas four high schools. It hosted the first night football game in the South and was once home to the Blue-Gray Football Classic."
"Cramton Bowl is named for F.J. Cramton, who donated the land on which the stadium is built. The location, which is now Cramton Bowl, was originally a sanitary landfill owned by Fred Cramton, a local businessman. After a conversation with friends about the need for a baseball stadium, Cramton donated the land to the City so a facility could be constructed there. The City held the land for a time and then returned it, stating that Cramton’s stadium idea was too big of a project for the City to undertake. Cramton then decided to take matters into his own hands; with the help of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Cramton raised $33,000 to build the now iconic sports venue."
Source: Wikipedia
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