Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
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Rentschler Field (2003-2015) |
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| place | 615 Silver Lane East Hartford , Connecticut 06118
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 45 '34.6 " N , 72 ° 37' 7.8" W |
| owner | State of Connecticut |
| operator | Global spectrum |
| start of building | October 21, 2000 |
| opening | August 30, 2003 |
| First game | August 30, 2003 UConn Huskies - Indiana Hoosiers 34:10 |
| surface | Natural grass ( Kentucky Blue Grass ) |
| costs | 91.2 million US dollars |
| architect | Ellerbe Becket |
| capacity | 38,066 seats (college football) 34,000 seats (West End stage) |
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The Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field is a college football - stadium in the American US city East Hartford in State Connecticut . The primary user is the University of Connecticut's NCAA college football team , the UConn Huskies from the American Athletic Conference (AAC). The facility replaced the old Memorial Stadium in Storrs as a venue, which was the home of the huskies from 1953 to 2002 .
history
The stadium, which is owned by the state of Connecticut, was built on the site of the Rentschler Field airport of the same name (1933 to 1999) from November 2000 to summer 2003. The namesake was the aeronautical engineer Frederick Brant Rentschler . After the airport closed down, United Technologies Corporation donated 75 acres of land to the state of Connecticut to build the stadium. Out of gratitude, the old name Rentschler Field was retained for the sports facility.
The foundation stone for the two-story stadium was laid on October 20, 2000, and construction began in November 2000. After completion in the summer of 2003, the venue was handed over to its intended purpose on July 29, 2003 when the ribbon was cut. In addition to American football, the stadium is also designed for football , lacrosse , rugby and other events.
The stadium offers space for 40,000 visitors in the uncovered stands. The horseshoe-shaped upper tier is open on the west side. There is the Daktronics video display board. The 38 luxury boxes (called skyboxes) are placed on the main grandstand in the south . A range of 1,300 indoor and 4,000 open-air club seats is part of the box area. The commentary and press areas are also under construction on the south tier. A total of 480 toilets and urinals are distributed in the stadium .
On July 16, 2015, UConn President Susan Herbst and Paul Adams, President of Pratt & Whitney , announced that the University of Connecticut and the aerospace company had agreed to change the name of the stadium. In the future, the facility will be called Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field . In return, Pratt & Whitney will donate land for parking at the stadium.
Events
The first event was the opening of the multi-sport event State Games of America 2003. The UConn Huskies celebrated a 34:10 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers in their new home on August 30, 2003 . The US women's national soccer team played their last test match before the 2004 Olympic soccer tournament against China at Rentschler Field on August 1, 2004, and won 3-1 goals.
Some concerts were held in Rentschler Field. The first artist was rock musician Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band , who performed in front of 60,000 people on September 16 and 18, 2003. On their reunion tour which made band The Police on 31 July 2007 station at the stadium in East Hartford.
Rentschler Field was one of 13 stadiums in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup .
- July 16, 2013, Group C : Cuba - Belize 4: 0 (1: 0)
- July 16, 2013, Group C : United States - Costa Rica 1: 0 (0: 0)
Web links
- rentschlerfield.com: Rentschler Field website (English)
- sketchup.google.com: 3D model of the stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: List of stadiums in the state of Connecticut (English)
- ↑ rentschlerfield.com: data on the stadium ( memento of the original from November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ today.uconn.ed: Home of UConn Football Takes New Name as Pratt & Whitney Stadium Article from July 16, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Stadium Facts & History ( Memento from July 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ setlist.fm: Concerts in Rentschler Field (English)
