Harold Alfond Sports Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Orono, Maine . The stadium hosts Morse Field, and the Beckett Family Track and Field Complex. It is the home of the University of Maine Black Bears football team .
7-451: The stadium opened as Alumni Field in 1947 and underwent extensive renovations from 1996 to 1998. The wood and steel grandstands, built in the 1940s, were condemned and demolished in 1996, replaced with the current east grandstand, along with a temporary structure on the west side, adjacent to Alfond Sports Arena . The current west grandstand, lights, press, and luxury levels, as well as concessions and restroom amenities, were completed prior to
14-526: A 20-by-32-foot (6.1 m × 9.8 m) HD video-board replaced the matrix display installed in 1998, and a contemporary scoreboard was installed on the north end. This article about a baseball venue in Maine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alfond Sports Arena Harold Alfond Sports Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Orono, Maine , United States. The arena opened in 1977. It
21-633: Is home to the University of Maine Black Bears ice hockey teams. It is recognizable for its distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid architecture. The multi-angular roof design can also be found at Pavilion at Villanova University , the Brown University Smith Swim Center and the Flynn Recreation Complex at Boston College . It is named for Harold Alfond , a longtime Maine booster, whose name also adorns Alfond Sports Stadium ,
28-535: The 1998 season. The stadium was rededicated to Harold Alfond , a longtime Maine booster, at Maine's first home night game on September 12, 1998, a 52-28 win over New Hampshire in the Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket . The field is named for Phillip and Susan Morse, who donated the lights, original Astroturf and scoreboard. In the summer of 2008, new FieldTurf was installed to replace the old AstroTurf . In 2014,
35-641: The Maine Hockey Hall of Fame. The Grateful Dead played in The Alfond on April 19, 1983. Scott Hamilton's Stars on Ice opened in Alfond Sports Arena in 1986. Hillary Clinton appeared at the arena in 1994. It takes two hours to make the transition from basketball to hockey, and about 2½ from hockey to basketball. New, energy-efficient lighting was installed in late 2006 because of previous power outages and too much electricity consumption. A new scoreboard
42-554: The school's main outdoor stadium. It was expanded in 1992 from its original capacity of 3,800 in order to accommodate more spectators and bring the basketball team back from its temporary home at the Bangor Auditorium . More skyboxes have been added since then, so the arena's capacity has been reduced. As of the 2022-2023 season, the capacity was 5,125 for hockey. The arena includes the Bear Necessities Fan Shop and
49-514: Was installed during the summer of 2008. A new basketball floor was purchased in late 2009 to replace the original floor first used in 1992. A $ 4.8 million renovation project began in May 2011. The renovation included a new ice system along with dehumidifier equipment, new dasher boards and glass, and new lower-level seating. The Dalhousie Memorial Arena (1982–2012) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada
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