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Isn't it "RFK"??
"RFK Stadium" is in Washington DC
JFK was in Philly
It used to be known as Franklin Field
I was there at the '78 show
not one of their best
Indeed, it was the first of the outdoor shows on the 1978 tour and my first Stones show (one week after graduating from high school). After 30 minutes of Peter Tosh and an hour of Foreigner, the Stones made everyone wait for 90 minutes and them played for a measly 85 minutes, most of which was devoted to Some Girls, which was only a week old and which most of the audience had likely not yet heard, let alone grown to enjoy. Jagger was audibly sick and croaked his way through the show. All hell nearly broke loose when they didn't play an encore, bottles flying at roadies, etc. A noon start time, the whole show was over by 5:30 pm. Very disappointing.
Correction: Franklin Field is still standing near the University of Pennsylvania and is UPenn's home stadium and was the home of the Philadelphia Eagles until they moved into Veterans Stadium downtown in 1971.
Demolished after being condemned in 1989, JFK Stadium was a completely different venue that was further downtown in the sports complex adjacent to the Spectrum (soon to be demolished, if it hasn't been already) and Veterans Stadium (demolished in 2004). It was a single-level bowl that could fit up to 100,000 people, but it was an awful dump: no backs on the cold metal seats, waterwalls for urinals, entrance gates that were about the width of a house doorway (perfect for crushing general admission crowds), etc. I can't imagine that anyone misses the place.
If I recall correctly, Citizens Bank Ballpark, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, was built on the land that JFK Stadium formerly occupied. The sports complex is currently occupied by Lincoln Financial Field (home of the Eagles), Citizens Bank Ballpark, and the Wachovia Center (formerly the First Union Center or the FU Center, home of the 76ers and the Flyers).
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-06-18 07:47 by baxlap.