The sound of cheers, bands playing and cleats hitting the turf has been the staple of the Lodi Grape Bowl for over 80 years.

But now, the stadium that's given love to the community for generations needs some love of its own.

"I look at this field and I can tell you it has a future and I can tell you that I think it has a lot of amazing things to come," Lodi Mayor Cameron Bregman said.

A future with a rich past.

According to the Historical Guild 209, the stadium was completed in 1940 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

Since then, it has gone through a few small renovations, but not enough to make it into what the city and community have dreamed of. Now, that could change.

"One thing that we tried doing was getting toge

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