Webmaster Comments 21.02.21
Posted on Feb 21, 2021 in Webmaster Comments
Bob Sigall is a Star-Advertiser writer, whose weekly column, Rearview Mirror, looks back at Hawaii’s past. He also shares additional material in biweekly emails. In the middle of the current news about Aloha Stadium and its replacement, he emailed this information with a National Guard connection.
Punchbowl Stadium? I came across an article in 1923 stating that the Hawaii National Guard was considering building a 95,000 seat stadium . . . in, brace yourself, Punchbowl Crater.
Major William Hoopai, athletic director said it is an ideal location in the center of the city. It could seat almost the entire population of the city, he said.
Punchbowl, which towers 500 feet above sea level, forms a perfect amphitheater and, in the opinion of Major Hoopai, could be transformed into a modern stadium at a small cost.
It was owned by the government and was used as a rifle range for the National Guard of Hawaii.
Instead, private developers built Honolulu Stadium at King and Isenberg streets. It opened in 1926.
Feedback. Earlier this week, we posted Check Six – Late 1970s: Phantoms to Guam. It featured Benet Costa in a flightline expediter truck. Douglas Awana, whose is on a 2-3 year RV road trip of the United States, emailed some feedback. He brought back more memories by saying the expediter’s call sign was “Tuna”. We didn’t remember the call sign when we posted. The F-4 era (1976–1987) great times.
Doug and his wife were snow bound in New Mexico after leaving Texas. Stay Safe.
Golf update from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Facebook page. Beginning Friday, February 19, Navy-Marine Golf Course and Barbers Point Golf Course will allow sponsored guests for play. Guests must be sponsored by an eligible CAC holder and must be accompanied by their sponsor at all times. See the respective golf courses for details.
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