Arm & Hammer Park
Coordinates: 40°12′12″N 74°45′39″W / 40.2032°N 74.7609°W
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| Former names | Mercer County Waterfront Park (1994-2012) |
| Location | One Thunder Road Trenton, NJ, 08611 |
| Broke ground | September 29, 1993[1] |
| Opened | May 9, 1994 |
| Owner | Mercer County |
| Operator | Garden State Baseball, LP |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $16.2 million ($25.1 million in 2013 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Clark Caton Hintz |
| Project manager | Burris Construction Company[1] |
| Structural engineer | Harrison-Hamnett, P.C.[3] |
| Services engineer | Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC.[4] |
| General contractor | Scozzari Builders Inc. |
| Capacity | 6,341 |
| Field dimensions | Left Field - 330 ft Center Field - 407 ft Right Field - 330 ft |
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| Trenton Thunder (1994-Present) | |
Arm & Hammer Park, formerly known as Mercer County Waterfront Park, is a stadium in Trenton, New Jersey. It is the home baseball park for the Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League. The official seating capacity is 6,341.
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History [edit]
The park was built for the 1994 season, although it opened several weeks late due to a rough winter that hampered construction. The sod also was unable to take properly that season, and the field did not properly drain, leading to rainouts on evenings where the sun had been out since noon. The drainage problem was fixed in 1995.
The stadium's original name was "Mercer County Waterfront Park" when it opened in 1994. "Samuel J. Plumeri, Sr. Field" was added to the original name in 1999 by Trenton Thunder owner, Joe Plumeri (Chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings). Samuel J. Plumeri, Sr. was Joe Plumeri's father. In November 2012, the New Jersey-based Arm & Hammer purchased the ballpark's naming rights and will maintain its sponsorship through 2032.[5]
Arm & Hammer Park set a record for game attendance on July 3, 2011, when the Thunder played the Altoona Curve. The game had the fortune of falling on the Independence Day holiday weekend, as well as featuring an injury rehabilitation appearance by Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees. The official attendance for the game was 9,212.[6]
Features [edit]
While the outfield in left and center field is covered with advertising signs that obscure views of Route 29 and nearby houses, the right field fence was kept as a short structure so that fans could see the Delaware River and Pennsylvania beyond. The river is also an inviting target for left-handed sluggers, several of whom have deposited baseballs into the water. Similar to Great American Ball Park and its river border with Kentucky, Arm & Hammer Park also holds the possibility of having someone "hit one out of the state" since the middle of the Delaware River is the border with Pennsylvania.
The stadium anchors an area of rejuvenation in Trenton that also includes office buildings, nightclubs, and the Sun National Bank Center, several blocks away, for ice hockey, basketball and arena football.
References [edit]
- ^ a b Tom McCarthy (2003). Baseball in Trenton. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1310-5.
- ^ Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Harrison-Hamnett, P.C. - Stadium Projects
- ^ "Entertainment". Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC.
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- ^ "Jeter Finishes Rehab; Set to Rejoin Yankees". New York Post. July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
External links [edit]
- Arm & Hammer Park Commission
- Trenton Thunder
- Arm & Hammer Park Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
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