Aerial view of Spartan-Municipal Stadium in Portsmouth, Ohio

ID: 886 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University ~ Creator: Vaughn Wascovich ~ Date: 2022

This file appears in: Spartan-Municipal Stadium: Original Home of the NFL Spartans (Detroit Lions)

An aerial view of Spartan-Municipal Stadium as of 2022

This file appears in: Spartan-Municipal Stadium: Original Home of the NFL Spartans (Detroit Lions)

Spartan-Municipal Stadium: Original Home of the NFL Spartans (Detroit Lions)

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

The drive to build a sports stadium in Portsmouth, Ohio, was first launched in 1925, when the city's civic clubs all backed a city-wide referendum to construct a city-owned recreational center, which…