Oklahoma City, Italy
Taft Stadium is a WPA-built stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is the current home to teams from Northwest Classen High School, John Marshall High School, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma Centennial High School, as well as the former home of pro soccer club Oklahoma City Energy FC. B
uilt in 1934, the stadium closed in 2013 and reopened in 2015 following substantial renovation. As part of the renovation, the seating capacity was reduced from approximately 18,000 to approximately 7,500, with the red-stone facade being the only feature left unaltered. A new all-weather track replaced a dirt track which was installed in 1946. In addition to the high school uses for which it was designed, Taft Stadium briefly hosted professional football games in 1968 as the home of the Oklahoma City Plainsmen of the Continental Football League. The stadium also served as the home field for a few lower division professional soccer clubs: the Oklahoma City Slickers (1982–83), Oklahoma City Stampede (1984), and a second version of the Slickers (1993–95). In January 2013, the Oklahoma City Public School District announced a plan to apply revenues from a past 2007 bond issue, as well as other...
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