Rentschler Field

Rentschler Field is a stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of Connecticut Huskies. The newest facility in NCAA Division I-A college football, it opened in 2003 and holds 40,000 people.

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Stadium - East Hartford, Connecticut - American football - University of Connecticut - NCAA - Division I-A - College football - 2003

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Rentschler Field was originally the name of the company airfield for Pratt & Whitney that formerly occupied the site. The airfield, which began operations in 1931, was named after Frederick Brant Rentschler, who founded both the aircraft arm of Pratt & Whitney and its current parent company, United Technologies. It was originally used for test flights and maintenance operations, and later for corporate aviation. The 75 acre (304,000 m²) site was decommissioned as an airport in the 1990s, and donated to the state of Connecticut by United Technologies in 1999. The company's contributions were not restricted to the airfield; it also allows the use of 100 acres (405,000 m²) of its corporate campus in East Hartford for game-day parking.

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Pratt & Whitney - 1931 - Frederick Brant Rentschler - United Technologies - Acre - Connecticut - 1999

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The stadium also hosts major concerts, and international soccer and rugby matches. It is owned by the state of Connecticut, but operated by Madison Square Garden.

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Soccer - Rugby - Madison Square Garden

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