Heritage Financial Park is a baseball park in Fishkill, New York.[8] Home to the Hudson Valley Renegades, the park originally opened on June 18, 1994. Originally called Dutchess Stadium from 1994 to 2023, it assumed its current name in March 2023 when a naming-rights deal with Heritage Financial Credit Union was completed.[9]
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  Heritage Financial Park Location within New York  Heritage Financial Park Heritage Financial Park (the United States) | |
| Former names | Dutchess Stadium (1994–2022) |
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| Address | 1500 Route 9D Wappingers Falls, NY 12590[1] |
| Coordinates | 41°31′40.48″N 73°57′39.84″W / 41.5279111°N 73.9610667°W |
| Owner | Hudson Valley Stadium Corp. |
| Operator | Hudson Valley Stadium Corp. |
| Capacity | 4,494 |
| Field size | Left field: 325 ft (99 m) Center field: 400 ft (120 m) Right field: 325 ft (99 m) |
| Surface | Astro-Turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | January 20, 1994[2] |
| Opened | June 18, 1994[7] |
| Construction cost | $8.3 million ($17.1 million in 2023 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/High-A East) 1994–present Manhattan Jaspers (NCAA) 2015–2019 Hudson Valley Fort (FXFL) 2015 | |
| Website | |
| heritagefinancialpark | |
It has a capacity of 4,494 people[10] and is located on New York State Route 9D across Interstate 84 from Fishkill Correctional Facility.
History
editConstruction of the stadium began in April 1994 after approval by the Dutchess County Legislature, and opened less than three months later in June 1994.[11][12]
Tenants
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The stadium is primarily used for baseball, as the home field of the Hudson Valley Renegades minor league baseball team, which as of 2024 is a South Atlantic League affiliate of the New York Yankees.[13]
The Manhattan College baseball team played home games at the stadium from 2015 to 2019, before returning to Van Cortlandt Park.[14] From 2009 to at least 2018, the stadium hosted the Hudson Valley Baseball Classic between Marist College and the United States Military Academy.[15]
Besides baseball, it is also used for concerts, as well as high school and college graduations.[16][17] The stadium hosts K104's annual KFest concert held in early June. Performing artists have included Akon, Rihanna, Fat Joe, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Wilco, Def Leppard, Bob Dylan, Drake and Adam Lambert, among others.
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.[18] 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.[19]
Features
editIn 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 AstroTurf in the spring of 2014.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Renegades Front Office". MiLB.com.
- ^ Carter, Christopher (January 27, 1994). "Stadium Crew Breaks Ground Jan. 20". Millbrook Round Table. p. 12. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Dutchess Stadium". Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis LLP. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ "Sports & Recreational Facilities". Fellenzer Engineering LLP. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ "Renegades Baseball Stadium". Meyer Contracting Corporation. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ Hanley, Robert (June 19, 1994). "The Old Ball Game Gets New Times at Bat". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- ^ Haynes, Stephen (December 10, 2020). "Excitement abound as Renegades are announced as Yankees' new high Single-A affiliate". Poughkeepsie Journal.
- ^ "Dutchess Stadium renamed Heritage Financial Park (VIDEO)". Mid Hudson News. March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ "Heritage Financial Park". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ Merzbach, Brian. "Hudson Valley Renegades". Ballpark Reviews. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
- ^ Thomaselli, Rich (May 20, 2013). "Hudson Valley Renegades 20th Anniversary: 20 Years, 20 Great Moments in Renegades Baseball History". Hudson Valley Magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Reichard, Kevin (May 26, 2009). "Affiliate Dance 2020". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Baseball to Play 2015 Home Games at Dutchess Stadium". Manhattan College Athletics. July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ "Cadets Fall in Hudson Valley Baseball Classic". Army West Point. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "DCC To Host In-Person Graduation Ceremonies, May 21". www.sunydutchess.edu. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Cordero, Katelyn (June 4, 2021). "What will graduation look like at Dutchess Stadium this year?". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Ruman, Steve (July 16, 2015). "Brawlers will be part of FXFL". The Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ^ Haynes, Stephen (November 4, 2015). "Hudson Valley Fort's season finale canceled". Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ McMann, Sean T. (April 5, 2014). "Dutchess Stadium Turf Thrills Hudson Valley Renegades". Poughkeepsie Journal. ProQuest 1512860685. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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