Hershey Park Stadium
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| Former names | Hershey Sports Stadium |
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| Location | Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| Owner | Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company |
| Operator | Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company |
| Capacity | 15,641 Soccer & Football 30,000 Concerts |
| Surface | A-Turf Premier XP |
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| Broke ground | 1937 |
| Built | 1937-1939 |
| Opened | May 18, 1939 |
| Expanded | 1940 |
| Construction cost | $1,500,000 |
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Hershey Wildcats (A-League) (1997–2001) Hershey FC (NPSL) (2013–present) |
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Hersheypark Stadium is a football and soccer stadium, which is also used for concerts and sometimes for lacrosse, located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the grounds of Hersheypark. It opened on May 18, 1939.
It is used as a sporting facility, concert venue and location for various other large functions (including a birthday gala for President Dwight D. Eisenhower). In addition, it hosted the 2004 Presidential Race Campaign stop for President George W. Bush.
It also hosts the Cavalcade of Bands and Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship marching band competitions, every November.
The stadium hosted the CONCACAF nations qualifying tournament in men's soccer for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Two berths were afforded for the Olympics for CONCACAF members, and the United States and Honduras qualified by winning their semifinal matches in the qualification tournament.
Hersheypark Stadium hosted the fourth annual AHL Outdoor Classic in 2013, with the local Hershey Bears facing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The "Baby Pens" defeated the Bears in front of a capacity crowd of 17,311 fans by a score of 2-1.
Boys District 3 PIAA Quarterfinal. Wilson West Lawn vs Central York
Coordinates: 40°17′24″N 76°39′29″W / 40.29012°N 76.658134°W
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