DOWNING STADIUM

GRB-335

New York Yankees (AFL II) (some games, 1936-37), Negro League games (1936-40), Olympic trials (1936-1964), New York Yankees/Americans (AFL III) (some games 1940-41), Brooklyn Dodgers (CFL) (1966), New York Stars (WFL) (1974), New York Cosmos (NASL) (1974-75)

Downing Stadium, previously known as Triborough Stadium and Randall's Island Stadium, was a 22,000-seat stadium in New York City. It was renamed Downing Stadium in 1955 after John J. Downing, a director at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Triborough Stadium served as one of two home stadia of the football New York Yankees of the second AFL (along with Yankee Stadium) in 1936 and 1937; about four decades later, Downing Stadium became the home of the New York Stars of the WFL in 1974, and the New York Cosmos of the NASL in 1975 (for years after the Cosmos played there, the words "COSMOS SOCCER" remained on the stadium to be seen from the nearby highway viaduct on the Triborough Bridge).

The site was considered for a 48,000 capacity soccer specific stadium, based on the design of the City of Manchester Stadium, had the New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics been successful. The plan was shelved when New York lost out to London.

Unused 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" continental size chrome

Dist. by Gustavo Ramirez