Bicentennial Park (Allentown)
- Bicentennial Park (Allentown)
Bicentennial Park is a stadium in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The park, officially named Earl F. Hunsicker Bicentennial Park, is primarily used for baseball.
The ballpark opened in 1939 as Fairview Field, home to the Allentown Dukes, a Boston Braves Minor League farm team. The next year, the Dukes were replaced by the Allentown Fleetwings, which were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals. The team was renamed the Allentown Cardinals in 1944 and moved to Breadon Field, a new ballpark just north of the city in Whitehall Township, in 1948. [cite web |url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/all-ironpigs-special-033008-history,0,1469.story?page=1 |title="Baseball has been down, but not out," "Morning Call", March 30, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-30]
Fairview Field was renovated in the mid-1970's and re-opened as Bicentennial Park in 1976. The ballpark, which seats 4,600, hosted the Allentown Ambassadors professional baseball team from 1997-2003. [cite web |url=http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/allentwn.htm |title="Ambassadors to what?" |accessdate=2008-04-26] It is currently the home of the Philadelphia Force of National Pro Fastpitch.
ee also
* History of baseball in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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