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.
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.