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Supervisors: Cedar Rapids school district should rename Kingston Stadium after Bob Brooks
CEDAR RAPIDS - Any discussion about possibly renaming Cedar Rapids' Kingston Stadium to honor legendary broadcaster Bob Brooks now falls to the Cedar Rapids school district.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday encouraging the school district to rename the more than 60-year-old structure as Bob Brooks Stadium.
Brooks, who died Saturday at age 89, was the first to broadcast from the stadium's press box, which already is named in his honor.
If the stadium were to be renamed, it would require approval from the Cedar Rapids School Board.
Opened in 1952, Kingston Stadium was named after the original settlement of Kingston, which was established in 1839 on the west side of the Cedar River. As communities grew over time, Kingston eventually became a part of the larger Cedar Rapids area.
The Bob Brooks Press Box was unveiled during halftime of the Kennedy-Jefferson football game at Kingston Stadium on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Cedar Rapids. Brooks, who also has been named the charter member of the new Kingston Stadium Hall of Fame, was the first to broadcast football games from Hill Park at what was then Roosevelt High School in 1948 and the first to broadcast from the Kingston Stadium press box in 1952. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Bob Brooks waves to the crowd as the Bob Brooks Press Box is unveiled during halftime of the Kennedy-Jefferson football game at Kingston Stadium on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Cedar Rapids. Brooks, who also has been named the charter member of the new Kingston Stadium Hall of Fame, was the first to broadcast football games from Hill Park at what was then Roosevelt High School in 1948 and the first to broadcast from the Kingston Stadium press box in 1952. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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