Trenton Thunder - Page One
Mercer County WaterFront Park
One Thunder Rd
Trenton, NJ  08611
809-394-3300

Eastern League
AA Boston Red Sox

Date visited: 7/24/02

Ease of getting in and out:   Traffic was horrendous getting out of the park.  The roads in Trenton are not easy to figure out if you're not from the area. 

Directions: Here's a link to get the directions (that's easier than typing it all here).  Directions to ballpark

Host Hotel: There are no hotels in Trenton.  According to the website, the host hotel is McIntosh Inn, Lawrenceville, NJ  609-896-3700.  I didn't stay there so can't comment.

Customer Service: Good.  They allowed me in before the game to take photos and watch the grounds crew.  Nice. 

Other things to do in area:

New Jersey State House
Website: It's okay.  I've seen worse; I've seen better.  Lots of things flashing.  If I see another bobblehead advertisement, I'm just going to scream.  7/2008 - I actually like it now.  It's different.  Not the 'standard' minor league website lay out.  Nice job.

Official Website: www.trentonthunder.com
Personal Notes:

I had a great time here.  I met some hockey friends for this game.  I think just watching a game with someone I knew made it great. 

Jerry Salzano plays for the Thunder.  He's a former G-Brave.  He plays left field for the Thunder; he played third base when he was in Greenville. 

The Thunder had a unique game for all fans to play.  It was a baseball bingo game.  Each square on the bingo card represented a play that could happen in the game, e.g., 2nd baseman strikes out is O71, right fielder doubles is G58.

The game itself was exciting.  It was 0-0 in the bottom of the 9th inning, 2 outs, 2 strikes, 2 on base.  The batter (Andy Dominique) got a hit and drove in the only and winning run of the game.  Trenton beat the B-Mets 1-0.

Waterfront Park is one of the nicest minor league ballparks I've been to.  It's right on the Delaware River (you can see the river from the stands.)  There's a boat dock where one can drive their boat to the game. 

There are two levels of seating with a small walkway between.  The concourse is on top of the seating and you can see the game from the concourse.
Here's the outside of WaterFront Park.  It was nicely landscaped.  This photo is awful.  If I ever get back to this stadium, I'll take a better photo.
Scroll down to see one photo, then click on logo above this box to see more photos of WaterFront Park.
Posted:  8/10/02
7/2008 - Added website comment