FNB Field
 
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| Former names | Riverside Stadium (1987–2004) Commerce Bank Park (2005–2009) Metro Bank Park (2009–2015) |
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| Location | 245 Champion Way Harrisburg, PA 17101 |
| Coordinates | 40°15′23″N 76°53′24″W / 40.256428°N 76.889977°WCoordinates: 40°15′23″N 76°53′24″W / 40.256428°N 76.889977°W |
| Owner | City of Harrisburg |
| Operator | Harrisburg Senators Baseball Club, Inc |
| Capacity | 6,187 |
| Field size |
Left field: 325 ft (99.1 m) Left-center: 350 ft (106.7 m) Deep left-center: 405 ft (123.4 m) Center field: 400 ft (122 m) Deep right-center 405 ft (123.4 m) Right center: 380 ft (115.8 m) Right field: 325 ft (99.1 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Blue Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 12, 1986 |
| Opened | April 11, 1987 |
| Renovated | 2009–2010 |
| Construction cost |
$1.3 million ($2.74 million in 2017 dollars) $45 million renovation (2009–2010) |
| Architect |
Populous 360 Architecture (renovation) |
| Services engineer | Brinjac Engineering |
| General contractor | Miller Bros Construction Inc. |
| Tenants | |
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Harrisburg Senators (EL) (1987–present) Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) (2016–present) |
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FNB Field (formally known as Metro Bank Park) is a baseball park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, located on City Island, in the Susquehanna River. It is the home field of the Harrisburg Senators AA minor league baseball team of the Washington Nationals, as well as the Harrisburg City Islanders soccer club of the USL. The original structure was built in 1987 and it was called Riverside Stadium until 2004. Currently, the ballpark has a capacity of 6,187 people. The ballpark received a $45 million renovation that began in 2008.
FNB Field sits on the exact spot where baseball had been played earlier in the century, where other Harrisburg teams played from 1907 to 1952. The location, City Island, is a 62-acre waterfront park and sports complex. The facilities include volleyball courts, softball fields, a football/soccer field, water golf, nature tails, jogging paths, cycling paths, two marinas, the "Pride of the Susquehanna" paddlewheel riverboat, a food court called RiverSide Village, and a miniature train that runs around the island for tours.
The original ballpark is a steel and aluminum structure, and over the course of time, additional seating areas were built along first base, and box seats in foul territory and in front of the grandstands behind home plate to provide additional seating, despite official capacity being listed at over 6,000 since the park's inception. The stadium was used as the spring training facility in the movie Major League II, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen.
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