at 10:30 p.m. on saturday, april 4, 1970 (the first day of spring break), residents heard what they described as a gunshot at the football stadium. by 2:00 a.m., the south grandstand and press box of the 1930s wooden venue had burned to the ground, witnessed by a thousand residents and firefighters. the exact cause, or offender, was never found, though there were several suspects.