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in dollars) | architect = Ellerbe Becket | structural engineer = BVH Integrated Services〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bvhis.com/bvhsite/portfolio/destination/projects/destination_06.html )〕 | services engineer = Diversified Technology Consultants | general_contractor = Hunt-Gilbane Joint Venture | record_attendance = 42,704 (Sept. 2013) | seating_capacity = 40,642 | tenants = Connecticut Huskies football (NCAA) (2003–present) Hartford Colonials (UFL) (2009–2010) }} Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field is a stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. It is primarily used for football and soccer, and is the home field of the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. In the fall of 2010, it was home to the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League. The stadium, which opened in 2003, was the first stadium used primarily by an NCAA Division I-A (now FBS) team to open in the 21st century. The permanent stadium capacity is 40,642 consisting of 38,110 permanent seats with an additional 2,532 standing room in the scoreboard plaza. It also has a game day capability to add approximately 2,000 temporary seats as it did for UConn football vs. Michigan in 2014. Connecticut played on campus at Memorial Stadium in Storrs, before 2003. 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 the aircraft arm of Pratt & Whitney and later founded its current parent company, United Technologies. It was originally used for test flights and maintenance operations, and later for corporate aviation. The site was decommissioned as an airport in the 1990s, and donated to the state of Connecticut by United Technologies in 1999. A subsequent 65-acre donation by United Technologies in 2009 allowed for the construction of additional grass parking lots adjacent to the Stadium. Pursuant to a lease agreement with the State, UConn plays all its home football games at Rentschler Field. ==History== The New England Patriots considered moving to Connecticut and sharing a stadium with the UConn football team, in the mid-1990s. The new stadium was supposed to be built on the Connecticut Convention Center site in downtown Hartford. However, when the Patriots completed the deal for Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, the Hartford stadium plan was scaled down and the location was moved to East Hartford. The current capacity of 40,642 was designed with structure in place to expand to a 50,000-seat stadium or more, with limited rehabilitation. Rentschler Field is owned by the State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management, while operations are overseen by the quasi-public Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA). Global Spectrum, L.P. has managed the building on behalf of CRDA since 2013. Previously, the Stadium was managed by Bushnell Management Services (2011-2013), Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)(2007-2011) and Madison Square Garden L.P. (2003-2007). In 2006, the Bollywood movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna used the field as the location of the soccer game in the opening scene of the movie. The stadium has hosted a number of major concerts, including Bruce Springsteen (the first artist to play the stadium, in 2003), The Rolling Stones (2005) and The Police (2007). On July 16, 2015, it was announced that Rentschler Field had been renamed Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in a deal between Pratt & Whitney and UConn.〔(Rent Being Renamed Pratt & Whitney Stadium At Rentschler Field )〕 In return, Pratt and Whitney donated additional land that will be used for game day parking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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