PHILADELPHIA — Like other Vietnam veterans in the 1970s, Tom Garvey chased one job after another, fending off memories. Unlike other veterans, he says he turned a concession stand in a major American stadium into a place to crash for three years. The venue was Veterans Stadium, capacity some 60,000, home to two professional teams and, partly, where Philadelphia fans earned an infamous reputation as either the best worst fans or the worst best fans in the United States. For Mr. Garvey, now 78, it was also a home, a community and a kind of purgatory as he adapted to life after war. The concession stand, like the rest of Veterans Stadium, was demolished in 2004.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2021 09:22 UTC