Burger Bowl
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Burger Bowl is an athletic field on the West Campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, at the intersection of Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Street. The bowl-shaped field picked up the "Burger" name during the 1970s, when Burger King opened a restaurant across Hemphill Avenue from the field.[1] The Burger King, which closed in the mid-1980s, was on the site of former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox's Pickrick Cafeteria, [2], which Maddox chose to close over desegregating.
The field is currently used for intramural sports and Georgia Tech's rugby club team. The field is on a slight grade, so ends of the field are often referred to as uphill or downhill.
As of Fall 2005, the field was reported condemned for a sewage leak, but is still in use by the Georgia Tech men's and women's rugby teams.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Georgia Tech Rugby Football Club Team Information. Retrieved on February 22, 2006.
- ^ Lester Maddox. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved on March 10, 2006.
