Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1911 — SEATS FREE TO 30,000 [ARTICLE]

SEATS FREE TO 30,000

Largest Grandstand To Be Built for National Military Tournament One of the largest grandstands ever constructed is now being built in Grant park. Chicago, for the National Military Tournament which takes place July 23 to 30. This stand will eeat 40.000 persons comfortably and will be larger by 10.000 seats than the one which was constructed for the Jef-fries-Johnson fight of last year. The big grandstand, which is being built by P. A. McHugh of Cleveland, will require 1,000,000 feet of lumber, and the estimated cost is $25,000. The stands will be built around the great arena, 400 by 600 feet, in which the daily afternoon and evening exhibitions of the tournament are to be given.