New Britain Stadium
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| Location | 230 John Karbonic Way New Britain, CT 06051 |
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| Coordinates | 41°38′54.62″N 72°46′30.76″W / 41.6485056°N 72.7752111°WCoordinates: 41°38′54.62″N 72°46′30.76″W / 41.6485056°N 72.7752111°W |
| Owner | City of New Britain |
| Operator | Hard Hittin' Professional Baseball, LLC. |
| Capacity | 6,146 |
| Field size | Left field: 330 feet Center field: 400 feet Right field: 330 feet |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 1, 1995 |
| Opened | April 12, 1996 |
| Construction cost |
$10 million ($15.3 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Kaestle Boos Associates Highland Associates |
| Project manager | Fred Brunoli & Sons, Inc. |
| General contractor | Newfield Construction Co. |
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New Britain Rock Cats (EL) (1996–2015) New Britain Bees (ALPB) (2016–present) |
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New Britain Stadium is a baseball venue in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. It is the home of the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Opened in 1996, the stadium seats 6,146 spectators.
The stadium is part of the city facility known as Willow Brook Park and is sometimes referred to by this name also. It is adjacent to Beehive Field, where the New Britain Rock Cats played for 13 seasons after moving from Bristol in 1983. The park also contains Veteran's Memorial Stadium, a facility for football and soccer.
New Britain Stadium hosted the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 16, 2003, before a then-record crowd of 7,169 fans. On the last day of the 2004 season, it welcomed its two millionth visitor. A new all-time attendance record was set on June 17, 2006, when 7,567 packed the stadium for a Rock Cats regular-season game against the Akron Aeros. This record was ultimately broken on August 28, 2015, when 8,672 fans watched the team's last ever Rock Cats Friday home game.
The stadium is laid out with split-level seating. A concourse runs around the middle of the seating area, and fans walk down toward the field to reach the box seats, or continue upward to reach reserved seats and general admission seating. Fans reach the seating area through four tunnels, each with a set of stairs coming up from the main concourse below. This concourse is at ground level, underneath the upper seating areas; it contains concessions, restrooms, the gift shop, and access to team administrative offices. While fans cannot see the game in person from the concourse below, it does provide an enclosed dry refuge in case of a rain delay. The team has installed closed-circuit television monitors at each concession stand so that fans can keep up with the action on the field.
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