1932 Cleveland Indians Opening Day Baseball Program. This is the 1st ever game played at Municipal Stadium. The program is solid with clean pages grading in excellent condition. The person who attended the game wrote on the front cover...Philadelphia vs Cleveland Opening Day game at Cleveland Stadium, crowd of 81,000. Here's your chance to own a very RARE program from a very special day in the history of the Cleveland Indians.

CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM, constructed on reclaimed land on the city's lakefront, was completed in 1931; at that time it boasted the largest individual seating capacity (78,189) of any outdoor arena in the world. A municipal stadium was first discussed in the early 1900s as a site for high school athletic contests. City Manager WILLIAM R. HOPKINS† raised the issue again in 1923, and in 1928 Cleveland voters approved a $2.5 million bond issue to support construction. Designed by OSBORN ENGINEERING CO. and the architectural firm of WALKER AND WEEKS, the stadium was completed on 1 July 1931, and 2 days later a championship boxing match between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling was held there (see SCHMELING-STRIBLING FIGHT). The CLEVELAND INDIANS played their first game in the park on 31 July 1932; however, the team continued to split its home season between the stadium and LEAGUE PARK until 1947, when it finally moved its entire home season to the stadium. During that year, professional football also came to the stadium. By the 1960s, CLEVELAND BROWNS football became the major attraction in terms of overall attendance.

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