P.C. Cobb Stadium was an outdoor athletic stadium

Stadium

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 near downtown Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. The 22,000 seat stadium was built of reinforced concrete under the Works Progress Administration

Works Progress Administration

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 program in 1939 and was used for high school sporting events of the Dallas Independent School District

Dallas Independent School District

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. In 1969 it was the home of the Dallas Tornado

Dallas Tornado

Dallas Tornado were a soccer team based in Dallas that played in the NASL. They played from 1967 to 1981. Their home fields were Cotton Bowl , P.C. Cobb Stadium , Franklin Field , Texas Stadium and Ownby Stadium on the SMU campus...

, a professional soccer team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

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. The 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) site and stadium was sold and demolished to make way for the Dallas Infomart

Infomart

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, built in 1985.