ðə wˈʊdən stˈeɪdiəm wʌz bˈɪlt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɪks ænd hæd lˈɔŋ sˈɪns fˈɔːlən bᵻlˌoʊ tɹˈɪpəlɐ stˈændɚdz; nˈoʊn æz ðə "tˈɜːmaɪt pˈælɪs," ɪt hæd ɹˈiːtʃt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌv ɪts jˈuːsfəl lˈaɪf baɪ ðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z.
The wooden stadium was built in 1926 and had long since fallen below Triple-A standards; known as the "Termite Palace," it had reached the end of its useful life by the mid-1960s.