Palisades Credit Union Park

Palisades Credit Union Park

Former names Provident Bank Park (2011-2016)
Location Pomona, New York
Coordinates 41°10′12″N 74°02′13″W / 41.170°N 74.037°W / 41.170; -74.037Coordinates: 41°10′12″N 74°02′13″W / 41.170°N 74.037°W / 41.170; -74.037
Owner Ramapo Local Development Corp
Operator Rockland Boulders
Capacity 4,506[1]
Field size Left field:323 ft (98 m)
Left-center:383 ft (117 m)
Center field:403 ft (123 m)
Right-center:383 ft (117 m)
Right field:313 ft (95 m)
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground September 10, 2010
Built 2010–2011
Opened June 16, 2011[2]
Construction cost US$38 million[1]
Architect DLR Group
Builder Holt Construction Corp, Pearl River, NY
Tenants

Palisades Credit Union Park, formerly Provident Bank Park is a stadium in Pomona, New York. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Rockland Boulders of the independent Can–Am League. It opened on June 16, 2011.[2] The stadium is also home to the St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team (NCAA Division II), who began playing all their home games at the venue in the spring of 2012.[3] The Spartans are the 2014 and 2017 NCAA East Region Champions. Namings were purchased by Provident Bank of New York.

In 2012, the project to design and build the stadium received the Ward House Award from the Lower Hudson Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers.[4] On April 25, 2016, it was announced that the naming rights had been sold to Palisades Federal Credit Union.

Notable events

  • The park hosted games 3, 4, and 5 of the 2014 Can-Am League Championship Round, featuring the Rockland Boulders and the New Jersey Jackals. It was the first time in the stadium's history that championship games were played. It did such again in 2016, this time with the Boulders hosting the Ottawa Champions. It hosted again in 2017, with the Boulders hosting the Quebec Capitales.
  • Field of Screams, a Halloween themed event for children that is held every October since 2015.[5]
  • IceFest 2016 was hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas College on February 28, 2016. There was an ice rink installed inside the ball park of the stadium. The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's ice hockey team played against Columbia University that day. This event marked the first time that another sport other than baseball was played in Palisades Credit Union Park.
  • Other ice hockey teams that took the ice at the outdoor rink also included Nyack/Tappan Zee High School and Clarkstown North High School.

References

  1. 1 2 Brennan, John (June 15, 2011). "New Jersey Residents Have a New Baseball Option in Rockland". The Record. Bergen County. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Demarest, William (June 16, 2011). "Boulders Win Opening Game At New Stadium". New City Patch. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Spartans Sign Contract with State of the Art Stadium". St. Thomas Aquinas College. July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ward House Award". ASCE Metropolitan Section. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ Field of Screams brings scares to Provident Bank Park LoHud. Accessed September 3, 2016.
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