Sovereign Bank Stadium - York, PA
N 39° 58.045 W 076° 43.743
18S E 352334 N 4425572
beautiful, new ballpark in downtown York is part of the local revitalization effort and home to an independent minor league team.
Waymark Code: WMC017
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2011
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This is definitely a family friendly place geared towards children. The atmosphere is very personal and a lot of fun. There are songs, sing a longs, races, kid announcers and foul balls by the dozens. We had a wonderful time AND had front row seats over the York Revolution's dugout. Terrific seats. This is definitely an attraction worth seeing. Parking was a snap and we felt pretty safe the entire time. This ballpark is comparable to the one we have in Camden, which coincidentally, was the team York played...the Camden Riversharks. Small World.
And now, a word from WIkipedia: Sovereign Bank Stadium is a 5,200-seat baseball park in York, Pennsylvania that hosted its first regular season baseball game on June 16, 2007, as the tenants of the facility, the York Revolution, defeated the Newark Bears, 9-6. Located on Codorus Creek, the facility had been in the planning stages since 2003, but local politics and funding temporarily halted the plans. The city of York demolished 20 buildings in the Arch Street neighborhood in June 2006, with construction beginning in September 2006. Due to inclement weather, Sovereign Bank Stadium opened one month later than originally planned. The naming rights were purchased by Sovereign Bank, a banking institution based in nearby Reading, for $2.7 million over ten years.
Sovereign Bank Stadium was honored as the Ballpark of the Year by the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball following the end of its 2008 regular season. The award recognizes the efforts of the Revolution staff and groundskeepers, judging such criteria as field conditions, stadium operations, cleanliness, and atmosphere.