Downing Stadium

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Downing Stadium was a historic multi-purpose sports venue on Randall’s Island in New York City, known for hosting football, track and field, and major events before its demolition and replacement by Icahn Stadium.

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Label Occurrences
Downing Stadium canonical 5
Franklin Field 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished building
multi-purpose stadium
sports stadium
architecturalStyle utilitarian stadium design
borough Manhattan
builtFor Works Progress Administration project
capacity approximately 22,000
constructionCompletedIn 1936
country United States of America
demolishedIn 2002
demolishedToMakeWayFor Icahn Stadium ONNED1
formerName Randall's Island Stadium ONNED1
hostedEvent U.S. Olympic Trials (track and field)
surface form: 1936 U.S. Olympic Trials (track and field)

1964 New York City high school football championship games
1974 NASL Soccer Bowl
1977 New York Cosmos home matches featuring Pelé
1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
surface form: Harlem Cultural Festival concerts (1969)
isOnIsland Randall's Island NERFINISHED
laterSurface artificial turf
location New York City
New York County
New York
surface form: New York State

Randalls Island
surface form: Randall's Island
namedAfter John J. Downing Jr.
near Bronx NERFINISHED
Queens ONNED1
notableFor deteriorated facilities before demolition
poor lighting conditions in later years
openedIn 1936
operator New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf Randall's Island Park NERFINISHED
region East River NERFINISHED
replacedBy Icahn Stadium
surface natural grass
tenant City College of New York Beavers ONNED1
Manhattan College
surface form: Manhattan College Jaspers

New York Cosmos
New York Giants
surface form: New York Giants (NFL, practice and occasional games)

New York Skyliners
New York Yankees (AAFC)
usedFor American football
association football
concerts
lacrosse
special events
track and field

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Input
Subject: Downing Stadium
Description of subject: Downing Stadium was a historic multi-purpose sports venue on Randall’s Island in New York City, known for hosting football, track and field, and major events before its demolition and replacement by Icahn Stadium.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Icahn Stadium track and field venue replaced Downing Stadium
subject surface form: Icahn Stadium
Icahn Stadium replaced Downing Stadium
New York Generals homeVenue Downing Stadium
New York Cosmos homeStadium Downing Stadium
New York Stars homeStadium Downing Stadium
Dallas Tornado homeStadium Downing Stadium
this entity surface form: Franklin Field