Clover Stadium is a baseball park in Pomona, New York. It is the home field of the New York Boulders of the independent Frontier League. It has a seating capacity of 6,362 and it opened on June 16, 2011.[4] The stadium is also home to two college baseball teams: the St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans baseball team (NCAA Division II), who began playing all their home games at the venue in the spring of 2012;[5] and the Manhattan College Jaspers men's baseball team since 2022.[6][7][8]
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| Former names | Palisades Credit Union Park (2016–2021) Provident Bank Park (2011–2016) |
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| Location | Pomona, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°10′12″N 74°02′13″W / 41.170°N 74.037°W |
| Owner | Ramapo Local Development Corp |
| Operator | New York Boulders |
| Capacity | 4,506 (2011–2020) 6,580 (2020–2021) 6,362 (2021–present)[1] |
| Record attendance | 7,336 (August 26, 2018)[2] |
| 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:312 ft (95 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 10, 2010 |
| Built | 2010–2011 |
| Opened | June 16, 2011[4] |
| Construction cost | US$38 million[3] |
| Architect | DLR Group |
| Builder | Holt Construction Corp, Pearl River, NY |
| Tenants | |
| New York Boulders (FL) 2011–present Dominican College (NCAA) 2012–present St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (NCAA) 2012–present Nyack College (NCAA) 2012–2022 Manhattan Jaspers (NCAA) 2022–present | |
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.[9] Originally named Provident Bank Park, naming rights were sold to Palisades Federal Credit Union in April 2016[10] and to Fiserv in January 2022 who renamed it Clover Stadium for the company's Clover point-of-sale-platform.[11]
Notable events
edit- 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.[12]
- IceFest 2016 was hosted by the stadium on February 28, 2016. There was an ice rink installed inside the stadium, and 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 the stadium.
- Other ice hockey teams that took the ice at the outdoor rink also included Nyack/Tappan Zee High School and Clarkstown North High School.
- The park hosted the 2019 Can-Am League/Frontier League Home Run Derby on July 9, 2019, and the Can-Am League/Frontier League All-Star Game on July 10, 2019.
References
edit- ^ "Clover Stadium A-to-Z". NY Boulders Baseball. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge (September 9, 2018). "Rockland Boulders break Can Am League attendance record". The Journal News. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ Brennan, John (June 15, 2011). "New Jersey Residents Have a New Baseball Option in Rockland". The Record. Bergen County. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Demarest, William (June 16, 2011). "Boulders Win Opening Game At New Stadium". New City Patch. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
- ^ "Spartans Sign Contract with State of the Art Stadium". St. Thomas Aquinas College. July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
- ^ McCarthy, Caroline (February 3, 2022). "Jaspers In Search of a Home Base". The Quadrangle. Manhattan College. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Gary (June 18, 2023). "The end of an era for promising AD". Riverdale Press. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Clover Stadium". Manhattan College Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Ward House Award". ASCE Metropolitan Section. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ Brum, Robert (April 25, 2016). "Rockland Boulders' stadium renamed Palisades Credit Union Park". The Journal News. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Boulders' Home Park Renamed Clover Stadium". OurSports Central (Press release). January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Phelan, Kevin (October 19, 2015). "Field of Screams brings scares to Provident Bank Park". The Journal News. Retrieved September 3, 2016.