Hersheypark Stadium

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Hersheypark Stadium
Former names Hershey Sports Stadium
Location Hershey, Pennsylvania
Owner Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
Operator Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
Capacity 15,641 Soccer & Football
30,000 Concerts
Surface Artificial Turf
Construction
Broke ground 1937
Built 1937-1939
Opened May 18, 1939 (1939-05-18)[1]
Expanded 1940
Construction cost $1,500,000[1]
Tenants
Hershey High School
Lower Dauphin High School
PIAA Soccer Championship
PIAA Football Championship
BIG 33 Football Classic
Hershey Wildcats (A-League) 1997-2001
Cavalcade of Bands Championships
Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships
2013 AHL Outdoor Classic
Hershey FC (NPSL) 2013–present

Hersheypark Stadium is a stadium, 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.[2] 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.[3]

2013 AHL Outdoor Classic

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.[4]

Events

See also

References

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External links

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