Main Entrance to Spartan-Municipal Stadium in Portsmouth, Ohio

ID: 889 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2022

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

The entrance to Spartan-Municipal Stadium in the present day. "ND" is seen on the gates, signifying the stadiums current use as Notre Dame High School's home field.

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…