The
Yale Bowl is situated in New Haven's Westville neighborhood, nestled just
beyond sight of another local landmark, West Rock. It has a capacity of
(pop quiz, factoids!).
And has been around for (#guess)
how many years.
Every
other year, the Harvard-Yale football game takes place. The parking lots
are full of people. Westville residents even lend their front lawns for
parking. But what happens to the Yale Bowl during the rest of the year?
It
largely remains empty, but crows tend to run laps and congregate in large
numbers in sections 32 and 25. In recent years, walking dogs and playing
golf were prohibited from the Yale Fields, where the Bowl is situated,
which obviously included the bowl. This has affected local dog-walkers
and golf-players to some degree.