The Eighties

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena. READ MORE ???*Shirt...

The original St. Louis Steamers joined the the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) as an expansion team in 1979 and played until 1988. At its peak of popularity the team was drawing crowds of over 17,000 to the St. Louis Arena (also known as...

The idea of creating healthier fast food goes all the back to the '70s and D'Lites of America. Based in suburban Atlanta, this chain offered a menu of reduced-calorie dishes, including hamburgers made with lean beef, high-fiber buns, and reduced-calorie cheese. It closed in...

Vortex operated for 33 years at Kings Island amusement park, located just norh of Cincinnati, beginning in April 1987. When it opened, it set several records including, tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the longest drop in the world. It was also the first coaster...

Red Barn was founded in 1961 in Dayton. The chain, which served hamburgers and fish in addition to fried chicken, grew to over 400 locations in 19 states before shutting down in 1986. Their characters were called the Hungries.

Developed in 1986 by Konami, Double Dribble was one of the first video games to successfully resemble a physical sport. It debuted in arcades and was later offered in a home version for various gaming systems.

The Hudepohl Brewing Company was established in Cincinnati in 1885 by Ludwig Hudepohl II, the son of Bavarian immigrants. In 1986, Schoenling Brewing Company, makers of??Little Kings, acquired Hudepohl, forming the Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Company. After being purchased by a Cleveland-based company in the late...

Ear X-tacy, a name inspired by British band XTC, opened in 1985 and quickly became Louisville's premiere alternative record store. Major recording artists often came and played in-store including Queens of the Stone Age, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Tenacious D,...

Wizard Records, CDs, and Tapes was located in Corryville on Short Vine in Cincinnati. In 1985, John James became the store manager and eventually the owner. In 2000, James moved the store to Oxford but closed up shop for good about a year later.

Youngstown native Bernie Kosar played for the Browns from 1985 to 1993 and remains one the teams most beloved stars. Beginning with his rookie season in 1985, he led the Browns to five straight play-off appearances including the AFC Conference Championship game in 1986,...

Australia's Wonderland opened on December 7, 1985, as the sixth member of the Kings Entertainment amusement park family. At 219 acres, it was the largest amusement park in the Southern Hemisphere. The park's design was based mostly on Canada's Wonderland. It was also a...

WNKU signed on in 1985 from the campus of Northern Kentucky University. For the 31 years the station broadcast a mix of mostly locally-curated adult album alternative music with select programs from National Public Radio as well as other public radio networks. It is...

Previously known as the Memphis Americans, the team re-located to Las Vegas for the Major Indoor Soccer League's 1984/85 season. They folded at the conclusion of that season.

The Maine Guides were a minor league baseball franchise that played in Old Orchard Beach between 1984 and 1988. OS15759

Their 1984 Cinderella season was caught short in the League Championship Series, but in 1985, Kansas City finished 91???71 and won the championship. They??are considered to be one of the greatest teams ever.??

Fantasy Island amusement parked opened in 1961 on Grand Island. It originally sat on 12 acres and was divided into five themed areas:??Action Town, Animal Kingdom, Garden of Fables, Indian Village, and Western Town. It grew to 85 acres. A waterpark was added in...

Following the demise of the Indianapolis Racers in 1978, the Indianapolis Checkers were formed, joining the CHL in 1979. In 1984, they moved to the IHL, moving to Denver after the 1987 season.

The city's almost NFL team in 1995. Abandoned by the Colts in the middle of the night in 1984, Baltimore tried for years to either lure an existing team to town or get an expansion team. In 1993, the city came close to the...

Sam Boyd Stadium was completed on October 23, 1971, and was originally known as??Las Vegas Stadium.??The name was changed to the??Las Vegas Silver Bowl??in 1978. In 1984, it was renamed the??Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in honor of Sam??Boyd,??a major figure in the hotel and??casino??industry...

Midwest Airlines was founded as Midwest Express in 1983 in Milwaukee. In 2010, it was acquired by another airline.

Ground was broken for Old Indiana Fun Park in 1973, but the park didn't open for another ten years, first as??Middle Country Renaissance Festival. It ran for six weekends until the end of the first weekend of October 1983. Construction of a ride park...

Read's Drug Store was a chain based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded by William Read. He sold it to the Nattans family in 1899, who held on to it until 1983 when they sold the operation to Rite Aid.

Legend City opened in Phoenix in 1963. It was conceived as a Disneyland-style, old west theme park by local ad man Louis E. Crandall. Though it faced numerous financial challenges, it remained open until 1983.

Legend City opened in Phoenix in 1963. It was conceived as a Disneyland-style, old west theme park by local ad man Louis E. Crandall. Though it faced numerous financial challenges, it remained open until 1983.

WRQC was arguably Cleveland's first modern rock radio station. It changed its call letters from WLYT in the spring of 1983 and began playing new wave and alternative rock, exclusively. The big rock station in town played some of this music, but for 92...

The Cleveland Press??was the city's afternoon and published from 1878 to 1982.

The Stingers were Cincinnati's only major league hockey team. The team played at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena) from 1975 to 1979, and they were members of the World Hockey Association (WHA). When the WHA merged with the National Hockey League in 1979,...

The Hurricane played in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Their home pitch was the Astrodome.?? In the winter, the team moonlighted as the Houston Summit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Both teams played to small crowds with...

Cleveland's first independent TV station was WKBF, Channel 61, which began broadcasting on January 19, 1968. Competition from Cleveland's second independent TV station, WUAB Channel 43, combined with a soft economy, set the stage for a merger of the two stations with the channel...

The Tea Men were established in New England in 1978 as an expansion team in the old North American Soccer League (NASL). Stadium issues forced the team to relocate to Northern Florida in 1980. In 1983, they left the for the American Soccer League,...