The Seventies

Greezed Lightnin' was a steel coaster at AstroWorld in Houston, Texas that opened in 1978. It closed with the rest of the park at the end of the 2005 operating season. At a height of 137.8 feet, it reached a top speed of 60...

The Memphis Rogues played for three seasons in the old North American Soccer League (NASL), 1978, 1979, and 1980. Their home field was the Liberty Bowl. They played one season of indoor soccer, 1979/80 also in the NASL. In 1981, the team moved to...

The Baltimore Blast were members of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980 to 1992. The team was founded as the Houston Summit, charter members of the MISL in 1978.?? The made the playoffs in 11 of their 12 seasons, winning the championship...

One of Cleveland's all-time most beloved sports franchises, and indeed one of America's most popular soccer teams ever, was the Force. They were a charter member of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978 and played 10 seasons before folding in 1988. READ...

A favorite of locals and tourists alike, Wet 'n Wild was America's first water park. Opened in 1977 it welcomed its last visitors on December 31, 2016.

In 1976, America's largest fast food chain introduced the character of Phil A. O'Fish to help sell their fish sandwiches. In recent years it has become the opposite of an urban legend with many asserting Phil A. O'Fish never existed. He did, but he...

The Birmingham Americans were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. They won that league's championship, World Bowl I, and as it turned out, only. Immediately after the game, a 22-21 win over the Florida Blazers, the team's uniforms were confiscated by...

Fat Boy Drive-In opened its first location in San Francisco in 1925 at the corner of??corner of 46th Street and Sloat Boulevard.??It closed in the 1970s.

The Rochester Lancers played in the American Soccer League from 1967 until 1969 and the North American Soccer League from 1970 to 1980. Though they played in a small market, they were one of the league's most popular teams.

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the city's pro football and pro baseball teams. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000. Mired in mediocrity,...

The Fog began as the Detroit Lightning, an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1979-80 season. They moved to Northern California in the summer of 1980. In 1981, the team moved again, this time to Kansas City, where they...

The Tea Men played in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. They played one season in the NASL's indoor league (1979-80). Failing to resolve nagging stadium issues, the team moved to Jacksonville in the fall of 1980.

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

The Summit opened in 1975 and was home to the NBA's Houston Rockers for whom the arena was primarily constructed. However, it was also the home ice of the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association from 1975 until 1978, as well as...

The Detroit Wheels were charter members of the World Football League in 1974 but played in only 14 games of the 20 game schedule before folding. Things became so dire toward the end, a home game against the Portland Storm was relocated to London,...

The Houston Mavericks first tipped off in fall 1967 as charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team spent to years in Texas before moving to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars. In 1974, the team moved again and became the...

The Los Angeles Strings were charter members of World Team Tennis??(WTT) in 1974. They played there home matches in the L.A. Sports Arena during their first season, before moving to the Forum in 1975. The Strings were one of the few teams to play...

M105 was born when WKYC-FM was sold to Nick Mileti and??Jim and Tom Embrescia in 1972. The call letters were changed to WWWM, the station was branded M105, and the format, at first, was syndicated beautiful music.In 1975, the format was flipped to AOR....

The Philadelphia Blazers were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. The team spent one season in Philly before relocating to Vancouver, B.C.

The Louisville Colonels were a minor league baseball that played from 1901 to 1962 in the American Association and 1968 to 1972 in the International League.

The Denver Spurs were a bit of an oddity in the World Hockey Association (WHA), which debuted in 1972. The Spurs actually began four years earlier as members of the Western Hockey League. When that league folded in 1974, the Spurs joined the Central...

This short-lived chain of restaurants appeared in 1966 and hoped to get an extra boost in popularity by attaching the name of country music legend Minnie Pearl to the effort. After a great start, the whole thing came unraveled when it was revealed the...

The Boston Braves hockey team was established in 1971 and named for the city's former baseball team. They played in the American Hockey League (AHL) for three seasons and were the farm team of the Boston Bruins. For three years, Boston had three hockey...

Based in Cleveland, Millbrook Bread was sold throughout the Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, it's parent brand opted to go with another name nationwide in an apparent attempt to have a more consistent feel in product offerings.

A mall staple in the 1970s and 1980s, Chess King was founded in 1968 in Boston. At its peak it had over 500 stores. However, it was so closely identified with those two decades, soon into the 1990s it was no longer considered hip.

Soul Train was musical variety show that ran from 1970 to 2006. The show was hosted by Don Cornelius and first aired in Chicago before being syndicated nationally in 1971. Cornelius stepped down as host in 1993 but remained it's main creative force.??

KICU, Channel 36, first went on the air in 1967 as KGSC. In 1979 it became KICU after an ownership change. Though it officially retains its official KICU call letters, the station is today known as KTVU Plus, reflecting its relationship to its sibling...

Stu Kerr hosted Professor Kool's Fun School??? on WMAR-TV from 1967 to 1977. The show mixed comedy and education and was the launched the career of Kevin Clash, the man behind, or rather under, Elmo.

Uptown Square was a shopping center located at the corner of Broadway and Perrier in New Orleans. It opened in 1976 and attempted to bring a European flare to the shopping center concept.

Not to be confused with comic actor with the same name, Pat McCormick was a T.V. personality in San Francisco best known for hosting the Charley and Humphrey kids show. The program started in Fresno in 1959 and moved with McCormick to?? KGO-TV in...