Trenton Thunder Ballpark
Baseball stadium in Trenton, New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trenton Thunder Ballpark, formerly known as Mercer County Waterfront Park and Arm & Hammer Park, is a ballpark in Trenton, New Jersey. It is the home park for the Trenton Thunder, a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They were previously a Double-A level Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League (1994–2020). For 2021, it served as temporary home of Triple-A East's Buffalo Bisons, as their regular stadium, Sahlen Field, was being used by the Toronto Blue Jays due to travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The official seating capacity is 6,440.[1]
Quick Facts Former names, Location ...
Former names | Mercer County Waterfront Park (1994–2012) Arm & Hammer Park (2012–2021) |
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Location | One Thunder Road Trenton, NJ, 08611 |
Coordinates | 40.2032°N 74.7609°W / 40.2032; -74.7609 |
Public transit | River Line at Cass Street |
Owner | Mercer County |
Operator | Garden State Baseball, LP |
Capacity | 6,440[1] |
Field size | Left Field: 330 feet (100 m) Center Field: 407 feet (124 m) Right Field: 330 feet (100 m) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 29, 1993[2] |
Opened | May 9, 1994 |
Construction cost | $16.2 million ($33.3 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
Architect | Clarke & Caton Faridy Thorne Fraytak P. C.[4] |
Project manager | Burris Construction Company- Phase 2[2] |
Structural engineer | Harrison-Hamnett, P.C.[5] |
Services engineer | Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC.[6] |
General contractor | V.J. Scozzari & Sons Inc.- Phase 1 |
Tenants | |
Trenton Thunder (EL/MLBDL) 1994–present Buffalo Bisons (AAAE) 2021 |
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