Rentsch l e r F i e l d The various East Hartford area non-profit groups that staffed the concession stands on game days are able to generate approximately $65,000 on an annual basis through their work at the games. Rentschler Field is also the home of the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame, which is located on the southwest concourse. The stadium was developed by the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management. The facility was designed by the architectural firm Ellerbe Becket and the construction manager was Hunt/Gilbane entschler ield joint venture. The priuick acts mary tenant at Rentschler Field, which is operated Owner: State of Connecticut by Bushnell Management Developer: State of Connecticut Services, LLC, is the Office of Policy and Management UConn football program. (OPM) In addition to UConn football, the staArchitects: Ellerbe Becket dium also played host to a Construction Manager: Hunt/ pair of Bruce Springsteen Gilbane Joint Venture concerts on Sept. 16 and Facility Manager: Bushnell 18, 2003, a concert by the Management Services, LLC. Rolling Stones on Aug. 26, Primary Tenant: University of 2005 and the Police on Connecticut Athletics (football) July 31, 2007. It also has served as the home of the Budget: $91.2 million annual Governors’ Cup Stadium Footprint: 8.5 acres High School All-Star game Stadium Building: 595,596 square between Connecticut and feet, including field and seats Rhode Island. Capacity: 40,000 International rugby matches have been played Total Site: 75 acres at Rentschler Field in the Parking: Approximately 10,600 summers of 2004, ’05 and spaces at the stadium and on the ‘08. The facility is becomPratt & Whitney campus. ing a mainstay in soccer.
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All parking for the stadium is located within the footprint of the stadium site – which makes it unique for a college football facility. In total, there are 10,600 parking spaces at the Rentschler Field site. Rentschler Field features lighting with four towers in each corner of the stadium and a bank of lights on top of the press box. Rentschler Field is a facility that was built for Connecticut, by Connecticut. Through a concerted effort, the stadium project far outpaced the state’s requirements to help small, women and minorityowned companies grow with ongoing economic development. This means contractors and individuals that may never before have been able to benefit from projects of this scale helped build their skills, their companies and their careers while they help build their community.
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Site History: Pratt & Whitney Airfield, named for Pratt & Whitney founder Frederick Rentschler and donated to the State of Connecticut by UTC in 1999.
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