Frontier Field was completed with much anticipation in July of 1996. The long awaited replacement to the 67 year old Silver Stadium was finally completed and opened July 11th, 1996 to a sold out crowd to see a Beach Boys concert along with a fireworks show. Then the first ever sporting event took place the next evening in front of an overflow crowd of 14,800 fans to see the Rhinos defeat Montreal. The Rhinos went on to average extremely well, with over 12,000 fans coming on an average night. The first year was a huge success, with many events drawing well, but a new leaf will be turned April 11th, when the Wings open in Frontier Field! A sold out crowd (which has been since the first day they went on sale) will be on hand!
Frontier Field has an impressive array of features that are almost second to none in most minor league stadiums. This $33 million stadium includes the following features:
These are just some of the impressive features that our new stadium displays. The impressive look of the stadium, good location (next to the High Falls Distract, which is a quickly growing entertainment distract, so the stadium will be a helpful addition there, and during the games you will be able to see the fireworks going off at the laser light shows in High Falls!) and wealth of parking (Kodak Lots, High Falls Garage, Sister Cities Garage among several ground lots make this aspect very nice, there were no problems with parking with 15,000 people on hand at some of the Rhinos games.) add to what will be a very positive stadium situation! The Wings enjoyed an extremely successful year one, drawing over 550,000 at Frontier and it lived up to the high expectations set forth. Here is looking forward to many more successful seasons at one of the finest stadiums in minor league baseball!