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Stadium honors R.R. Jones, longtime El Paso High principal. The stadium is named after Robert Randolph “Railroad” Jones. He was the school's first assistant principal from 1916 to 1923 and ...
R. R. Jones Stadium was built in 1916 and was the site of the very first Sun Bowl and is home to the El Paso High School team. It always offers fantastic views of Downtown El Paso from the stadium ...
The R. R. Jones stadium at El Paso High School at 800 E Schuster Ave. in El Paso, TX, opened in 1916. Eastwood.
The land on which the stadium sits was originally donated by the university to El Paso County, who built the stadium for the school and the Sun Bowl game. Both had previously used Kidd Field, the current track and field venue, which seats 15,000. The city had realized that the game could not expand its audience or the list of teams that it ...
Played on New Year's Day of 1935, the game featured high school teams and was sponsored by the El Paso Kiwanis club. The following year's game, the 1936 edition, was the first Sun Bowl matchup between college football teams. The game has been held annually in El Paso, Texas, from 1935 to the present.
During the week before the game, El Paso celebrated the Sun Bowl Carnival with a theme of "Old Timers Day." [26] There were 50,000 visitors in El Paso that week, and 25,000 were expected for the parade on New Year's morning. [26] The daughter of Governor Bob Jones of Arizona was the grand marshal of the parade. [29]
Pages in category "Sports venues in El Paso, Texas" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Sun Bowl (stadium) U. University Field (UTEP)
Busch Stadium, former home of the Houston Buffaloes. There are ten stadiums in use by Texas League (TL) baseball teams. The oldest stadium is Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (1994) in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Missions. The newest stadium is Equity Bank Park (2020) in Wichita, Kansas, home of the Wichita Wind Surge. One ...