Hersheypark Stadium

Stadium located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Hersheypark Stadium
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Former namesHershey Sports Stadium
LocationHershey, Pennsylvania
OwnerHershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
OperatorHershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
Capacity15,641 Soccer & Football
30,000 Concerts
SurfaceA-Turf Premier XP
Construction
Broke ground1937
Built1937-1939
OpenedMay 18, 1939 (1939-05-18)[1]
Expanded1940
Construction cost$1.5 million[1]
Tenants
Hershey Wildcats (A-League) (1997–2001)
Hershey FC (NPSL) (2013–present)

Hersheypark Stadium is a stadium located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on the grounds of Hersheypark. It opened on May 18, 1939.

It is used as a sporting facility, concert venue and location for various other large functions (including a birthday gala for President Dwight D. Eisenhower). In addition, it hosted the 2004 Presidential Race Campaign stop for President George W. Bush.

It also hosts the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship marching band competition, every November. It formerly hosted the Cavalcade of Bands championship competition.

The stadium hosted the final round of the 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] Two berths were afforded for the Olympics for CONCACAF members, and the United States and Honduras qualified by winning their semifinal matches in the qualification tournament.[3] The stadium has hosted the U.S. men's national soccer team on one occasion, a 3–1 victory over Poland on May 9, 1990.

Ice hockey

Hersheypark Stadium hosted the fourth annual AHL Outdoor Classic in 2013, with the local Hershey Bears facing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The "Baby Pens" defeated the Bears in front of a capacity crowd of 17,311 fans by a score of 2–1.[4]

Date Away Team Score Home Team Attendance
January 20, 2013 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2–1 (OT) Hershey Bears 17,311
January 20, 2018 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5–2 Hershey Bears 13,091

International soccer

Date Teams Competition Attendance
May 9, 1990 United States  3–0  Poland International Friendly -
April 22, 1999 United States  2–1  China Women's International Friendly 15,257
April 21, 2000 United States  3–0  Honduras 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D -
April 23, 2000 Canada  0–2  Honduras 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D -
April 25, 2000 Canada  0–0  United States 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D -
April 28, 2000 United States  3–0  Guatemala 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Semifinals -
April 28, 2000 Honduras  0–0  Mexico
(5–4 p)
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Semifinals -
April 30, 2000 Guatemala  0–5  Mexico 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Third Place -
April 30, 2000 United States  1–2  Honduras 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Final -
June 23, 2000 United States  11–0  Trinidad and Tobago 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 10,483

Events

List of events held at the Stadium
Artist Event Date Opening act(s)
10,000 Maniacs Our Time in Eden Tour June 29, 1993 World Party
Aerosmith Back in the Saddle Tour January 3, 1985 Poison Dollies
Done with Mirrors Tour April 10, 1986 Ted Nugent
Pump Tour January 28, 1990 Skid Row
Get a Grip Tour August 10, 1994 Jackyl
Nine Lives Tour July 31, 1997 Jonny Lang
Just Push Play Tour June 22, 2001 Fuel
Girls of Summer Tour August 17, 2002 Kid Rock & Run–D.M.C.
Honkin' on Bobo Tour June 26, 2004 Cheap Trick
Alabama Farewell Tour August 15, 2003
Alanis Morissette Can't Not Tour August 26, 1996 Radiohead
All That! Music and More Festival August 20, 2000
Ariana Grande The Honeymoon Tour July 26, 2015 Prince Royce
Backstreet Boys Black & Blue Tour July 5, 2001 Shaggy & Krystal Harris
DNA World Tour August 18, 20191
September 16, 2019
Baylee Littrell
Barry Manilow Big Fun Tour de Force August 12, 1988
The Beach Boys Love You Tour August 30, 1977 Ricci Martin
The Beach Boys Tour July 29, 1985 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
1991 Tour July 28, 1991 The Everly Brothers
Beyoncé The Formation World Tour June 12, 2016 DJ Khaled
Big Time Rush & Victoria Justice Summer Break Tour July 19, 2013 Jackson Guthy & Olivia Somerlyn
Billy Joel 2008 Tour July 10, 2008
Black Sabbath 1999 Reunion Tour August 12, 1999 Godsmack & Drain STH
Blink-182 Blink-182 in Concert August 12, 2009 Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco & Chester French
World Tour 2023/2024 May 27, 2023 Turnstile & White Reaper
Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour August 13, 2011 Manchester Orchestra
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet Tour July 23, 1987 Keel
New Jersey Syndicate Tour June 17, 1989 Skid Row
One Wild Night Tour July 22, 2001 Eve 6
The Circle Tour May 19, 2010 Fuel & Charm City Devils
Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Dorothy, & Diamante 105.7 The X Summerfest July 27, 2019
Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again Tour June 24, 2000 A-Teens, BBMak & Innosense
Brooks & Dunn Waitin' on Sundown Tour July 5, 1994 Faith Hill & Wade Hayes
Tight Rope Tour July 28, 2000 Lonestar & Andy Griggs
Neon Circus & Wild West Show Tour July 27, 2002 Dwight Yoakam, Gary Allan,
Chris Cagle & Trick Pony
July 11, 2003 Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley,
Aaron Lines & Jeff Bates
September 24, 2005 Big & Rich, The Warren Brothers
& Cowboy Troy
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Magic Tour August 19, 2008
Working on a Dream Tour May 15, 2009
High Hopes Tour May 14, 2014
Bruno Mars The Moonshine Jungle Tour July 12, 2014 Aloe Blacc
Bush Razorblade Suitcase Tour July 4, 1997 Veruca Salt, The Jesus Lizard
& Souls
Chris Stapleton All-American Road Show Tour August 27, 2022 Elle King & Morgan Wade
Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour May 24, 2009 Pete Yorn & Howling Bells
Counting Crows Recovering the Satellites Tour July 15, 1997 The Wallflowers
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Tour August 5, 2008 Maroon 5 & Sara Bareilles
August 6, 2008
Counting Crows & Live 25 Years and Counting Tour August 10, 2018
Creed Human Clay Tour May 21, 2000 Sevendust & Finger Eleven
Weathered Tour August 24, 2002 Jerry Cantrell & 12 Stones
Full Circle Reunion Tour August 9, 2009 Skillet & Like a Storm
Crosby, Stills & Nash Daylight Again Tour August 10, 1982 Kansas
1987 Tour July 3, 1987
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Freedom of Speech Tour August 25, 2006
Dave Matthews Band Crash Tour September 29, 1996 Soul Coughing
Before These Crowded Streets Tour July 29, 1998 Agents of Good Roots
1999 Tour August 4, 1999 Boy Wonder
2000 Tour August 23, 2000 The Getaway People
Everyday Tour August 1, 2001 Corey Harris & The 5x5
Busted Stuff Tour July 21, 2002 Norah Jones
2003 Tour September 11, 2003 North Mississippi Allstars
2004 Tour July 10, 2004 Galactic
Stand Up Tour June 25, 2005 Blue Merle
2006 Tour June 23, 2006 O.A.R.
2008 Tour June 27, 2008 The Black Crowes
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King Tour July 24, 2009 Jason Mraz
2010 Tour July 9, 2010 Zac Brown Band
Away from the World Tour June 29, 2012 The Head and the Heart
2013 Tour July 13, 2013 Kool & the Gang
David Bowie Serious Moonlight Tour August 29, 1983
David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails Dissonance/Outside Tour Tour September 17, 1995 Prick
Def Leppard Yeah! Tour July 3, 2006 Journey & Stoll Vaughan
Downstage Thrust Tour August 12, 2007 Styx & Foreigner
Mirrorball Tour July 3, 2011 Heart & Evan Watson
Rock of Ages Tour August 15, 2012 Poison & Lita Ford
Def Leppard & Journey Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour May 25, 2018
The Summer Stadium Tour July 25, 2024 Steve Miller Band
Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe The Stadium Tour July 12, 2022 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts & Poison
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas Future Now Tour July 16, 2016 Mike Posner
Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It August 7, 2005 Mario, Amerie
& Tyra Bolling
Disturbed The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour August 1, 2020 Staind & Bad Wolves
Eagles Hell Freezes Over Reunion Tour September 14, 1994
Emerson, Lake & Powell Emerson, Lake & Powell Tour September 25, 1986
Fall Out Boy Mania Tour September 1, 2018 Machine Gun Kelly
Against the Current
Fall Out Boy & Paramore Monumentour July 19, 2014 New Politics
Farm Aid September 22, 2012
Fleetwood Mac Say You Will Tour June 12, 2004
Florida Georgia Line Smooth Tour July 22, 2017 Chris Lane, & Morgan Wallen
Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour August 17, 2019 Dan + Shay, Morgan Wallen, & Canaan Smith
Foo Fighters Everything or Nothing at All Tour July 23, 2024 The Hives
Amyl and the Sniffers
Further Festival July 11, 1997
George Strait It Just Comes Natural Tour January 18, 2007 Ronnie Milsap & Taylor Swift
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Maverick Tour August 2, 1985 Johnny Winter
George Thorogood and The Destroyers & Little Feat 1992 Tour August 11, 1992
Gin Blossoms 1994 Tour July 18, 1994 Cracker & Vinx
Gloria Estefan Into the Light Tour September 8, 1991
Grateful Dead 1985 Tour June 28, 1985
Green Day & The Smashing Pumpkins The Saviors Tour August 10, 2024 Rancid
The Linda Lindas
Green Day, Fall Out Boy, & Weezer Hella Mega Tour August 13, 2021 The Interrupters
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion Tour June 11, 1991 Skid Row
Not in This Lifetime... Tour August 13, 2017 Live
Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour July 31, 2021 Mammoth WVH
Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour August 11, 2023 The Pretenders
H.O.R.D.E. August 23, 1996
Hanson Albertane Tour August 15, 1998 Admiral Twin
Harry Styles Harry Styles: Live on Tour June 14, 2018 Kacey Musgraves
Hootie & The Blowfish Group Therapy Tour August 30, 2019 Barenaked Ladies
Imagine Dragons Evolve World Tour June 16, 2018 Grace VanderWaal
Mercury World Tour August 12, 2022 Macklemore & Kings Elliot
Janet Jackson Janet World Tour July 3, 1994
State of the World Tour July 20, 2018
Together Again July 6, 2024 Nelly
Jason Aldean Night Train Tour August 10, 2013 Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett & DeeJay Silver
Burn It Down Tour May 30, 2015 Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr, & DeeJay Silver
Six String Circus Tour September 15, 2017 Thomas Rhett, A Thousand Horses & Dee Jay Silver
Jay Z & Justin Timberlake Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour August 4, 2013 DJ Cassidy
John Mayer Continuum Tour July 21, 2007 Ben Folds & James Morrison
Battle Studies World Tour August 5, 2010 Train
John Mellencamp Cuttin' Heads Tour September 15, 2001 The Wallflowers
Jonas Brothers 2010 World Tour August 14, 2010 Demi Lovato
Happiness Begins Tour August 31, 2019 Bebe Rexha & Jordan McGraw
Remember This Tour September 24, 2021 Kelsea Ballerini & Jordan McGraw
Journey Classic Rock's Main Event Tour August 1, 2003 Styx & REO Speedwagon
Revelation Tour August 28, 2008 Cheap Trick & Heart
Eclipse Tour August 16, 2011 Foreigner & Night Ranger
Judas Priest Mercenaries of Metal Tour August 10, 1988 Cinderella
Justin Timberlake The Forget Tomorrow World Tour July 4, 2024
Kelly Clarkson Piece by Piece Tour July 11, 2015 Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson
& Abi Ann
Kendrick Lamar The Championship Tour June 2, 2018 Top Dawg Entertainment Artists
Kenny Chesney No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Tour June 21, 2002 Montgomery Gentry, Jamie O'Neal
& Phil Vassar
The Road and the Radio Tour May 28, 2006 Uncle Kracker, Sugarland & Jake Owen
Kesha & Macklemore The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore July 21, 2018
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker Rock 'n' Rebels II Tour July 31, 2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd & Black Stone Cherry
Born Free Part II Tour July 10, 2011 Sheryl Crow
KISS Kiss Farewell Tour July 5, 2000 Ted Nugent & Skid Row
Rock the Nation Tour July 18, 2004 Poison & ZO2
The Hottest Show on Earth Tour July 31, 2010 The Academy Is... & The Feens
End of the Road World Tour August 21, 2019
KISS & Aerosmith AeroKiss Tour August 31, 2003 Saliva
Lilith Fair August 10, 1998
July 31, 1999
Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball August 28, 2022
Linkin Park One More Light World Tour July 30, 2017
Cancelled – see death of Chester Bennginton
Blink-182 & Machine Gun Kelly
Live Throwing Copper Tour July 21, 1995 Catherine Wheel & Buffalo Tom
Secret Samadhi Tour July 25, 1997 Luscious Jackson & The Jellybricks
The Distance to Here Tour August 26, 2000 Counting Crows & Galactic
Luke Bryan Kill The Lights Tour June 4, 2016 Little Big Town & Dustin Lynch
Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Tour June 23, 2017 Brett Eldredge & Lauren Alaina
Sunset Repeat Tour June 6, 2019 Cole Swindell & Jon Langston
Lynyrd Skynyrd 2006 Tour July 16, 2006 3 Doors Down & Shooter Jennings
The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour July 28, 2018 Blackberry Smoke
Tom Hambridge
Hank Williams Jr.
Maroon 5 Maroon V Tour August 15, 2015 Nick Jonas
Matt McAndrew
2021 Tour September 5, 2021 blackbear
Ava Max
Matchbox 20 Mad Season Tour August 15, 2001 Train & Seven Mary Three
Matchbox 20 & Counting Crows A Brief History Of Everything Tour August 28, 2017
Megadeth Cryptic Writings Tour March 16, 1998 Life of Agony & Coal Chamber
Michael Bolton My Secret Passion: The Arias Tour June 12, 1998 Wynonna Judd
The Moody Blues Octave Tour November 24, 1978 Jimmie Spheeris
Sur la Mer Tour August 5, 1988 John Kilzer Band
Morgan Wallen One Night At A Time World Tour[5] May 9, 2024 Ernest & Bailey Zimmerman
*NSYNC Boys of Summer Tour July 23, 1999 Jordan Knight & The Sugarhill Gang
No Strings Attached Tour July 30, 2000 Sisqó & P!nk
PopOdyssey Tour May 26, 2001 3LW, BBMak & Tonya Mitchell
May 28, 2001
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Broken Arrow Tour August 23, 1996
Neil Young & The Friends and Relatives Silver & Gold Tour August 11, 2000 The Pretenders & Tegan and Sara
New Kids on The Block Mixtape Tour July 6, 2019 Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, & Naughty By Nature
Nickelback All the Right Reasons Tour July 14, 2007 Staind & Daughtry
Dark Horse Tour July 17, 2009 Hinder, Papa Roach
& Saving Abel
September 25, 2010 Three Days Grace & Buckcherry
Here and Now Tour July 14, 2012 Bush, Seether
& My Darkest Days
Feed The Machine Tour August 5, 2017 Daughtry & Shaman's Harvest
NKOTBSB NKOTBSB Tour July 30, 2011 Matthew Morrison
One Direction Take Me Home Tour July 5, 2013 5 Seconds of Summer
July 6, 2013
Outlaw Music Festival September 10, 2017
Paul McCartney One on One Tour July 19, 2016
Pearl Jam Riot Act Tour July 12, 2003 Sleater-Kinney
Pentatonix PTX Summer Tour 2018 September 2, 2018 Echosmith
Calum Scott
Phil Collins Both Sides of the World Tour July 9, 1994
Phish Billy Breathes Tour August 14, 1996
Farmhouse Tour September 15, 2000
Joy Tour June 13, 2010
Pink P!NK: Summer Carnival October 1, 2024 Sheryl Crow
KidCutUp
The Script
Poison Flesh & Blood Tour June 7, 1991 Slaughter & BulletBoys
20th Anniversary Tour July 20, 2006 Cinderella & Endeverafter
The Police The Police Reunion Tour July 20, 2007 Fiction Plane
R.E.M. Monster Tour September 30, 1995 Radiohead
Rascal Flatts American Living Unstoppable Tour August 29, 2009 Darius Rucker
Rascal Flatts & Journey Live & Loud Tour August 1, 2013 The Band Perry & Cassadee Pope
Rascal Flatts & Rick Springfield Riot Tour August 22, 2015
Cancelled
Ashley Monroe
Reba McEntire & Martina McBride Girl's Night Out Tour August 6, 2001 Sara Evans, Jamie O'Neal
8& Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication Tour July 17, 2000 Foo Fighters & Blonde Redhead
REO Speedwagon Wheels Are Turnin' Tour June 19, 1985 Cheap Trick
Rihanna Last Girl on Earth Tour August 21, 2010 Kesha & Travie McCoy
Robert Plant Now and Zen Tour July 24, 1988 Cheap Trick (scheduled)
Rock Allegiance Festival September 1, 2012
Rod Stewart Out of Order Tour June 9, 1989 Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers
A Night to Remember Tour September 28, 1993 Patti Smith
A Spanner in the Works Tour May 18, 1996
Human Tour July 28, 2001
The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour October 1, 2005 Beck
Rush Snakes & Arrows Tour July 17, 2008
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas Heavyweight Champs of Rock 'n' Roll Tour August 14, 2002 David Lee Roth
Shania Twain Come on Over Tour May 30, 1999 Leahy
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Tour August 1, 1997 Wilco
Southern Ground Music Festival August 30, 2014[6]
August 31, 2014[7]
Spin Doctors 1993 Tour July 16, 1993 Soul Asylum & Screaming Trees
Staind Chapter V Tour July 20, 2005 3 Doors Down, Breaking Benjamin & No Address
The Illusion of Progress Tour July 26, 2008 3 Doors Down, Hinder & Jet Black Stare
July 27, 2008
Sting Brand New Day Tour September 10, 2000 Jonny Lang
Sacred Love Tour July 28, 2004 Dominic Miller & Annie Lennox
Styx Return to Paradise Tour June 21, 1996 Kansas
Summer MixTape Festival August 17, 2012
August 18, 2012
July 26, 2013
July 27, 2013
Thomas Rhett Very Hot Summer Tour July 20, 2019 Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson, & Rhett Akins
Three Days Grace & Breaking Benjamin One-X Tour September 22, 2007 Live, Collective Soul & Seether
Tina Turner Private Dancer Tour August 10, 1985 Glenn Frey
Train Play That Song Tour June 17, 2017 O.A.R. & Natasha Bedingfield
Twenty One Pilots Emotional Roadshow World Tour June 19, 2016 Mutemath & Chef'Special
Toby Keith Shock'n Y'all Tour September 5, 2003 Blake Shelton
Big Throwdown Tour September 3, 2004 Terri Clark & Scotty Emerick
Big Throwdown II Tour August 26, 2005 Lee Ann Womack & Shooter Jennings
White Trash with Money Tour August 27, 2006 Joe Nichols & Rushlow Harris
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Echo Tour July 5, 1999 Lucinda Williams
The Last DJ Tour July 14, 2002 The Brian Setzer Orchestra
U2 Zoo TV Tour August 7, 1992
Usher 8701 Evolution Tour June 28, 2002 Nas, Faith Evans & Mr. Cheeks
Van Halen 2004 North American Tour June 13, 2004 Silvertide
Whitney Houston Moment of Truth World Tour August 13, 1987 Kenny G
The Who 2002 North American Tour July 29, 2002 Robert Plant
ZZ Top Recycler World Tour February 7, 1991 The Black Crowes
Zac Brown Band Jekyll + Hyde Tour September 5, 2015 Gregg Allman
Welcome Home Tour September 3, 2017 Darrell Scott
Down the Rabbit Hole Live June 22, 2018
The Owl Tour August 29, 2019 Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
The Comeback Tour August 21, 2021 Ashland Craft & Teddy Swims
5 Seconds of Summer Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour August 29, 2015 Hey Violet
Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour July 2, 2016 Hey Violet & One Ok Rock

1 Concert rescheduled due to thunderstorm evacuation.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Hershey Stadium To Be Opened Next Thursday". The Gettysburg Times. May 13, 1939. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Hershey To Host Olympic Soccer Qualifying The Concacaf Region Tournament Will Be Played In April. The United States Is An Automatic Entry. – Philly.com". Articles.philly.com. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  3. ^ "Olympic qualifying: U.S. advances to semis after tying Canada 0-0". Soccertimes.com. 2000-04-30. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  4. ^ Mace, Gregg. "Bears lose Outdoor Classic – abc27 WHTM". Abc27.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  5. ^ Patton, Alli (2022-12-01). "Morgan Wallen Announces 2023 World Tour". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  6. ^ "Hersheypark Stadium Events – Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey PA". hersheyparkstadium.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Hersheypark Stadium Events – Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey PA". hersheyparkstadium.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. ^ Adams, Sean (August 19, 2019). "Backstreet Boys concert postponed, Hersheypark Stadium evacuated due to thunderstorm". PennLive.com. The Patriot-News. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

External links

  • Official website (archived, 9 Nov 2013)

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