Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium is a baseball stadium in Newark, New Jersey. It has a seating capacity of 6,200. It is the home of the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, as well as to the college baseball teams of the Newark campus of Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball within a zone over home plate while a player on the other team (the batter) attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat that can... The Athens Olympic Stadium A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. ... Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ... Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ... The Newark Bears are an American baseball team located in Newark, New Jersey. ... The Atlantic League has operated since 1998 The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Inc. ... Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... New Jersey Institute of Technology (subsuming the Newark College of Engineering) is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. ...

Riverfront Stadium opened for business July 16, 1999, with a game against the Lehigh Valley Black Diamonds, in which the Bears won 9-8. The Bears had joined the league at its founding in 1998, but played their "home" games at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut during that first season. They played several "home" games at Skylands Park in Augusta, New Jersey during the first half of the 1999 season, but came home to Newark to open the second half. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Ballpark at Harbor Yard is a multi-purpose stadium in Bridgeport, Connecticut. ... Nickname: The Park City Official website: www. ... Skylands Park is a baseball stadium located in Augusta, New Jersey. ... Augusta is a unincorporated hamlet located in Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. ...

The Bears have nicknamed the stadium "The Den", representing the home of a bear.

Originally, the stadium was to be built along the Passaic River, perhaps at or near Riverbank Park, but the eventual site was at Broad and Orange Streets, a block from the New Jersey Transit Broad Street Station. A block of Orange Street, between Broad Street and McCarter Highway, was vacated to allow for the ballpark to be built. The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey The Passaic River is a tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long), in northern New Jersey in the United States. ... New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ New Jersey Transit RTS-06 in Newark, NJ The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Route 21 is a highway in northern New Jersey. ...

In 2001, the Bears added "Bears and Eagles" to the name of the park, to reflect the heritage represented by both the International League's Bears, and the Negro National League Newark Eagles, both of whom had played at Ruppert Stadium (demolished in 1967) in the area now called the Ironbound. Also, the team mascot is called Rip'n Ruppert. The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ... The second Negro National League was established in 1933, two years after the first Negro National League had disbanded. ... The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro League baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

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