Independence Stadium

Independence Stadium is an outdoor football in . Formerly known as State Fair Stadium and Fairgrounds Stadium, the municipally owned stadium is the site of the annual Independence Bowl post-season college football game, first held in 1976 as the Bicentennial Bowl.
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  • Type: Stadium
  • Description: stadium owned by the city of Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Also known as: “State Fair Stadium” and “インディペンデンス・ストゥーディアム”
  • Address: 3301 Pershing Boulevard, Shreveport, LA 71107

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hirsch Memorial Coliseum and Fair Grounds Field.

Stadium
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is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in , designed by the late local architect Edward F. Neild Jr. who, with his father in 1937, had designed the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport. is situated 920 feet northeast of Independence Stadium.

Stadium
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was a baseball in , located next to Independence Stadium on the Louisiana State Fair Grounds just off Interstate 20. is situated 3,100 feet east of Independence Stadium.

School
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is a former high school located at 3222 Greenwood Road in , United States. The school was originally named Fair Park High School when it opened in 1928, and it was the second high school in the city. is situated 1,700 feet north of Independence Stadium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shreveport and Bossier City.

Photo: Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city in , part of the twin city metro of Shreveport-Bossier City, and is considered the principal city in the three-state region known as the "Ark-La-Tex." It has about 188,000 residents, and is in the area of the state designated as the Sportsman's Paradise.

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is the second-largest city in and the largest city in Bossier Parish. Home to Barksdale Air Force Base, which hosts several Air Force commands, as well as the backup landing site of Air Force One, 's recent history revolves largely around the U.S. military.

Independence Stadium

Latitude
32.47541° or 32° 28′ 32″ north
Longitude
-93.79199° or 93° 47′ 31″ west
Inception
1925
Operator
City of Shreveport
Open location code
8648F6G5+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134398078
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­american_football
Wiki­data ID
Q3150014
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Independence Stadium” goes by many names.

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