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Half’s Acres

The site where Half’s Acres once stood, had a interesting history. It once was Columbus Auditorium which featured a roller skating rink. After the roof collapsed due to heavy snow, it featured Billy Sunday, a popular evangelist who lead the fight for Prohibition drew crowds to the location.

Finally Half’s Acres featured professional wrestling matches. The contests occured once or twice a week and featured big wrestling stars of the time including Frankie Talaber, The Great Mephisto, Ali Baba, Gorgeous George, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and Sweet Daddy Siki.