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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 5099795, member: 1737"] While doing a google search, I found a very interesting article about Rentschler Field that goes back to when it was first built and was a state of the art facility. It also goes into the history of the airfield. It is well worth a read. I won't copy everything but note the following: [JUSTIFY]Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug. 30, 2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member Indiana, 34-10. UConn has now played 19 games in the facility over the past three seasons and has posted an impressive 15-4 record at Rentschler Field. The six home wins there in 2004 set a UConn single-season record. The Huskies played before sellouts crowds in all six of their home games in 2005 with the Syracuse game televised live nationally by ESPN and the South Florida game marked UConn’s first appearance on ABC Television. The 2004 football season at Rentschler Field saw the Huskies play before sold out crowds of 40,000 in six of seven games with two of those contests televised nationally before a primetime audience. UConn sold 24,000 season tickets for football at Rentschler Field for the 2004 season and finished the season ranked 26th in the nation - and first in the BIG EAST - in attendance based on percentage of capacity. [URL unfurl="true"]http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Connecticut/index.htm[/URL][/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]