Dutchess Stadium

Not to be confused with Deutsches Stadion.
Dutchess Stadium
"The Dutch"

August 2010
Location 1500 Route 9D
Wappingers Falls, NY 12524
Coordinates 41°31′40.48″N 73°57′39.84″W / 41.5279111°N 73.9610667°W / 41.5279111; -73.9610667Coordinates: 41°31′40.48″N 73°57′39.84″W / 41.5279111°N 73.9610667°W / 41.5279111; -73.9610667
Owner Hudson Valley Stadium Corp.
Operator Hudson Valley Stadium Corp.
Capacity 4,494
Field size Left field: 325 feet
Center field: 400 feet
Right field: 325 feet
Surface Astro-Turf
Construction
Broke ground January 20, 1994[1]
Opened June 18, 1994[2]
Construction cost $8.3 million
($13.3 million in 2016 dollars[3])
Architect Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis LLP[4]
Structural engineer Geiger Engineers
Services engineer Fellenzer Engineering LLP[5]
General contractor Meyer Contracting Corporation[6]
Tenants
Hudson Valley Renegades (NYPL) (1994–present)
Manhattan College (2015–present)
Hudson Valley Fort (FXFL) (2015–present)

Dutchess Stadium is a stadium in the town of Fishkill, New York. It opened in 1994 and holds 4,500 people. It is located on New York State Route 9D.

Visible from the stadium is Fishkill Correctional Facility as well as Interstate 84. Construction began in January 1994 and was ready for Opening Day in June 1994.[7]

Uses

The stadium is primarily used for baseball, as the home field of the Hudson Valley Renegades minor league baseball team, the short season-A level team of the Tampa Bay Rays. Each April the stadium hosts the Hudson Valley Baseball Classic between Marist College and the United States Military Academy.[8] Besides baseball it is also used for weddings, catered events and concerts. The stadium hosts K104's annual KFest concert held in early June, as well as a rock concert, usually held in late August. Performing artists have included Akon, Rihanna, Fat Joe, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Wilco, Def Leppard, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Drake and Adam Lambert, among others.

On July 15, 2014, it was announced that Manhattan College's baseball team will play all of their home competitions at Dutchess Stadium [9]

The stadium's first football tenant, the Hudson Valley Fort of the Fall Experimental Football League, took up residence in the stadium in October 2015.[10] Some high school football playoff contests were also to be held at the stadium that year, but the stadium was later determined to be unsafe as a football venue and those games were canceled.[11]

Dutchess Stadium in 2009, taken from the seats behind home plate
Dutchess Stadium, August 2010

Features

In addition to concessions, the stadium features a kids area, which includes an ice cream shop and play areas. The entire field, excluding the pitchers mound and home plate area, was converted to Astro-Turf in the Spring of 2014.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carter, Christopher (January 27, 1994). "Stadium Crew Breaks Ground Jan. 20" (PDF). Harlem Valley Times. p. A12. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hanley, Robert (June 19, 1994). "The Old Ball Game Gets New Times at Bat". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dutchess Stadium". Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis LLP. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sports & Recreational Facilities". Fellenzer Engineering LLP. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Renegades Baseball Stadium". Meyer Contracting Corporation. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ Merzbach, Brian. "Hudson Valley Renegades". Ballpark Reviews. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ "WRWD Hudson Valley Baseball Classic Set For April 24". Army Athletics. April 9, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Baseball to Play 2015 Home Games at Dutchess Stadium". Manhattan College Athletics. July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Brawlers will be part of FXFL". Vindy.com (The Vindicator). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ Haynes, Stephen (November 4, 2015). "Hudson Valley Fort's season finale canceled". Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ McMann, Sean T. (April 5, 2014). "Dutchess Stadium Turf Thrills Hudson Valley Renegades". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

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