Stadium Reviews

The Bees were dealt a unique situation with New Britain Stadium, having a much larger and more advanced facility than most other summer collegiate baseball teams. That creates a different but relatively unspectacular experience for summer ball. The emergence of Dunkin Park in nearby Hartford has taken professional baseball and maybe some general interest in baseball away from New Britain. With all that being said, New Britain Stadium is still a very affordable and easy night

The WNBA did New England women’s basketball fans dirty, there are no two ways about it. By forcing the Mohegan Tribe to sell to a Houston-based group when there were larger bids from potential ownership groups that would move the team to Boston or Hartford, the league guaranteed that one of the nation’s top women’s hoops markets will go dark for the foreseeable future and forces a popular team to abandon its home. It’s a shortsighted decision guaranteed to backfire.

Ed Harvey Field is one of those small-town ball fields that make Stadium Journeys so worthwhile. Placing a team in the summer tourist destination of Mystic was a masterstroke by the NECBL. It’s unfortunate that there isn’t a better facility closer to the town’s many attractions for the Schooners.

Muzzy Field is the perfect combination of a ballpark with tons of history with a modern touch. The gameday experience is relaxed, the on-field product is quality, the fans are knowledgeable, and most importantly it is affordable. A Blues home game at Muzzy Field may be the best value experience in Central Connecticut.

Dunkin’ Park is often regarded as the gold standard for minor league ballparks in New England, and for good reason. It is quirky and one of a kind, with an excellent variety of food and entertainment to satisfy hardcore fans or anyone looking for a fun night out. Despite the struggles to get the stadium built, the result is an excellent ballpark for Connecticut baseball fans to enjoy.

The home of the Hartford Wolf Pack has a fresh feel after the building was closed for six months from May to early October for renovation.

The Huskies now have a home field packed with amenities as good as any ballpark in the northeast. Storrs may be off the beaten path, but it’s now a path worth traveling.

College baseball in the northeast isn’t the big deal that it is in other parts of the country. Still, that doesn’t mean that a Stadium Journey to this part of the country wouldn’t be worthwhile. Small parks like CCSU Baseball Field provide intimate settings and great value for local and traveling baseball fans alike.

The Islanders/Sound Tigers were never a huge success during their time in the American Hockey League, either on the ice (in 25 years, they won only five playoff series) or at the gate (they never ranked higher than 21st in the league in attendance). But Total Mortgage Arena is a fine facility, and the south coast of Connecticut is a coveted, growing market. It would not be a surprise to see another team take the ice in Bridgeport someday.

The building was designed by famous Finish-American architect Euro Saarinen, who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

The renovations to the basketball arena at the Pitt Center took what was formerly a sleepy, plain gym and turned it into a sleek, modern bandbox of an arena, one that should provide the Pioneers with a significant home court advantage for years to come.

Lee Amphitheater has to make the bucket list for all sports fans.

Despite the best efforts of the track’s neighbors, Lime Rock Park is a historic and popular racing facility hidden away in northwestern Connecticut.

The NHL’s Hartford Whalers packed up and moved to North Carolina in 1997. That was almost 30 years ago.

For basketball and volleyball fans, Feldman arena is a good time that will cost you just a fraction of a big-league ticket price.

Trinity Health Stadium has been around a long time but has been completely refreshed in the last few years.

The XL Center serves as the secondary home for UConn hockey, hosting a handful of Husky hockey games every season.

Arute Field boasts a festive game day atmosphere which belies its small size and simple design.

Playing as an independent hasn’t seemed to affect the game day experience at Campus Field.