GIGANTIC STADIUM
SETTING FOR BOXING MATCH. United Pres* Awoclatlon—By Bleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, April 11. The Madison Square Garden Corporation announced to-day that construction work will begin at once on the new 500,000 dollar bowl-shaped stadium, at Lond Island City, 15 minutes from Broadway. The stadium will be completed in time to furnish a site for the SharkeySchmeling title fight on June 16. The announcement came as a surprise, as it had been expected that the fight would be held at the Yankee Stadium or the polo grounds. The plans call for seating capacity for between 70,000 and 80,000.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19157, 13 April 1932, Page 7
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99GIGANTIC STADIUM Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19157, 13 April 1932, Page 7
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