Dunkin' Donuts Park
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| Location | 1214 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′17″N 72°40′26″W / 41.77139°N 72.67389°WCoordinates: 41°46′17″N 72°40′26″W / 41.77139°N 72.67389°W |
| Owner | City of Hartford |
| Operator | Hartford Stadium Authority |
| Capacity | 6,056 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | February 17, 2015 |
| Opened | April 13, 2017 (expected) |
| Construction cost | $56 million (approx.) |
| Architect | Pendulum Studio The S/L/A/M Collaborative Newman Architects |
| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC |
| Services engineer | BVH Integrated Services, PC |
| General contractor | Centerplan Construction Company Whiting-Turner |
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| Hartford Yard Goats (EL) (2017–future) | |
Dunkin' Donuts Park is an incomplete 6,000-seat baseball park in Hartford, Connecticut. It was planned to host the Hartford Yard Goats of the Eastern League when the 2016 season started on April 7, but numerous constructions delays postponed this opening and forced the Yard Goats to play the entire season on the road. The stadium is now expected to be complete in time for the team's 2017 home opener on April 13.
Dunkin' Donuts purchased the naming rights for the stadium for an undisclosed amount. The ballpark is part of a larger $400-million redevelopment plan called Downtown North (DoNo). DoNo will include a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) supermarket, the relocated Thomas Hooker Brewing Company, housing, retail, and restaurants. In December 2015 it was also announced that the development would include the first Hard Rock Hotel in New England; plans call for a rooftop pool and lounge with views of the Hartford skyline. The hotel will include a Hard Rock Cafe, Body Rock workout facility, the Rock Spa and a Rock Shop with branded merchandise.
In December 2015, it was reported that the project was $10 million over budget, and the park might not be ready for opening day on April 7, 2016. In January 2016, it was confirmed that the Hartford Yard Goats would play their first month of the season on the road because the developers and the City of Hartford could not reach an agreement on how to solve the budget shortfall and finish construction on time.
Due to numerous additional delays during the winter and spring of 2016, new target dates of May 17, and later May 31, were set as Opening Day for the Yard Goats at Dunkin' Donuts Park, but work again was not complete on the ballpark in time for the team to move in. Yard Goats home games between May 17 and June 5 were moved to Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut, a 45-minute drive southeast of Hartford. The Yard Goats returned to playing all games on the road in mid-June, when Dodd Stadium's primary tenant, the Connecticut Tigers of the New York-Penn League, began their season. Hartford's home series scheduled for June 14-16 was moved to the visiting team's ballpark in Reading, Pennsylvania, home of the Reading Fightin Phils. Later, it was announced the Yard Goats first game in the new park would be on June 21.
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