Submitted by bluenephalem35 t3_124whx3 in Connecticut
To those who have been to Rentschler Field at Pratt and Whitney Stadium, whether to watch a game/event or if you have worked there before/currently, what are your thoughts and experiences about this place?
They did host bigger concerts there for a number of years, I saw Springsteen and Rolling Stones there at two different shows circa 2005 or so. No idea why they stopped because now I don’t think it gets used much outside of a rare event during football offseason, seems like it would be a boon to local economy to get people in for concerts.
neighbors complained about noise levels. The Police played there in 2007 i think that was the last show.
it’s a good stadium really not a bad seat in the house ample parking pretty easy in and out just needs some upkeep which i believe is in process of securing funding.
Makes sense I guess that people around complained but it’s kind of one of those things where “what did you think was gonna happen buying a house next to a stadium?!” I have more understanding if they were there before the venue was built I guess.
At least to me it doesn’t seem like there any houses immediately next door and it’s way off from the street so who knows.
It’s also one of those situations where ,if you were a neighbor, you should see some benefit to your town with the influx of money from the venue plus the really close people could get $$ from yard parking and the stadium isn’t covered so it’s only during warm months there would even be a concert there
I went to that show. It was the only show I went to there, and I was on the floor, but I thought the sound was excellent.
Neat! I was there for the last show.
The problem is that it doesn’t seat that many people. For a concert, once you account for seats that would be blocked for production, you’re looking at roughly the same number of tickets the Xfinity Theater can hold down the road
The place has 40,000 seats. Let’s say you take up the end zone near the flag poles that isn’t double decker but than add in field seating/general admission, that should more than make up for that lost area of seats. That’s 40,000+ compared to The Meadows’ 30,000
That's the thing, it doesn't equal out. Once you take everything into account, they're probably not gonna put more than 25 to 27 in there for a concert that can't be the day before or the day after a football game for logistics reasons, and for that you might as well use the actual concert venue with better amenities for the artist and crew.
Yeah but the Rent has 40,000 seats, Meadows only has 7500 seats the rest are lawn tix. Even if only 60% of those are usable due to stage setup, that is still 24,000 seats. Add in GA floor tickets on the field and you have similar capacity vs the Meadows just inverse seating vs GA ratios. That being said I don't think East Hartford wants concerts there. State should demolish it and rebuild in Storrs where it belongs. Or cancel the football program altogether.
I've been once and while the facility is nice the seats I had were trash. Basic bleacher seats that, if I knew better, would have required one of those "bring your own seat with a back to strap onto the bleacher" devices. I was uncomfortable for the entire game.
that’s extremely common for college football stadiums, there is a smaller section of chair backs and the rest are bleachers. i think the only ones that are all chairbacks are those that are shared with NFL teams (USF, Pitt, Temple).
Enjoy anything Pratt & Whitney associates themselves with They deserve more commendations throughout our state Need more concerts there but neighborhood does not like the noise
Dinglemeshivers t1_je16sd1 wrote
It’s a good football stadium and would be really nice as a concert venue. Unfortunately they don’t host many concerts there and I have no idea why. It’s bigger than The Meadows and could be used to bring bigger acts to CT like Metallica or Bruce Springsteen.