P.C. Cobb Stadium

P.C. Cobb Stadium
Former names Dal-Hi Stadium (1939–1957)
Location Dallas, Texas
Coordinates 32°48′03″N 96°49′11″W / 32.800953°N 96.819657°W / 32.800953; -96.819657Coordinates: 32°48′03″N 96°49′11″W / 32.800953°N 96.819657°W / 32.800953; -96.819657
Owner Dallas Independent School District
Capacity 22,000
Acreage 25
Construction
Opened 1939
Demolished 1981
Architect Hoke Smith
Project manager Work Projects Administration[1]
Tenants
Dallas Tornado (NASL) 1969

P.C. Cobb Stadium (previously Dal-Hi Stadium) was an outdoor athletic stadium near downtown Dallas, Texas. The 22,000 seat stadium, named in honor of the former Dallas Independent School District athletic director and coach, was built of reinforced concrete under the Works Progress Administration program in 1939 and was used for high school sporting events of the Dallas Independent School District.[2] In 1969 it was the home of the Dallas Tornado, a professional soccer team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. The 25-acre (100,000 m2) site and stadium was sold and demolished to make way for the Dallas Infomart, built in 1985.[3]

A planned trail dubbed "The Connection" that joins the Katy Trail to the Trinity Strand Trail will run through the former site of the stadium and incorporate material from the demolished structure into its retaining walls.[4] Originally preserved by Infomart developer Trammel Crow, the material was later turned over to the city's Department of Parks and Recreation for storage.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Doty, Mark (2012). Lost Dallas. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7835-8508-6. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Stadium Site Holds Pay Dirt". The Dallas Morning News. December 4, 1977.
  3. ↑ Whitt, Richie (April 12, 2010). "Texas Stadium: Rest in Pieces". Sportatorium (Dallas Observer). Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (May 10, 2012). "Take a ride on The Connection that will one day link the Katy Trail to the Trinity Strand Trail. At least, that’s still the plan.". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (May 18, 2012). "In East Dallas, the city’s graveyard for dead buildings". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
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