Far Out! Ann Arbor in the 60s from JFK to Earth Day
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Tour of physical locations representing key moments of Ann Arbor in the long 60s.
1. University of Michigan Stadium
The University of Michigan football stadium was the largest collegiate stadium in the United States when it opened in 1927. In that year, a crowd of 84,401 witnessed a victory over Ohio State. The stadium was expanded throughout the decades and remains the largest university stadium in the nation. In fact, with the exception of two years following the 1996 expansion of Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, the "Big House" as the stadium is affectionately been known has been the largest stadium in college sports. The current capacity of the stadium is 109,901- larger than all but 185 US cities.
2. The State Theatre
Here we are at the State Theatre, which opened in 1942. The first film shown at this theater was The Fleet’s In, a romance story about a shy sailor and his bets to kiss the stand-offish club star. Twenty-six years later, in 1968, the most popular film of the year was 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film inspired by the ongoing space race in which the University played a role in (we’ll hear more about that later on the tour).
