Hersheypark Arena

Hershey Bears ( AHL, 1936-2002 ) Hershey Impact ( NPSL; 1988-1991) Lebanon Valley College Ice Hockey ( ACHA Div I, since 1988. ) Shippensburg University Ice Hockey ( ACHA Div. III)

The Hersheypark Arena (formerly Hershey Sports Arena ) is a multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania ( USA), which was built in 1936 and can accommodate up to 8,000 spectators. Operators of the stadium is the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company.

History

Under the name Hershey Sports Arena, the stadium was originally built for the American Hockey League franchise Hershey Bears as pure ice rink. It was only in 2002 settled the Hershey Bears to neighboring, larger and more advanced Giant Center and Hersheypark Arena since the use only as a training hall.

In the arena three AHL All- Star Games (1954, 1959 and 1996) and 18 Calder Cup Final series have been discharged and is now the home of the unterklassigen Lebanon Vally College Ice Hockey and Shippensburg University Ice Hockey collegiate teams as well as the Hershey Junior Bears, one of the Hershey Bears supported junior team. In autumn and winter, the arena is usually for public skating on the weekends.

Basketball was played in the arena as well, such as the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association championship or even the NBA games where Wilt Chamberlain on March 2, 1962 at the jersey of the Philadelphia Warriors in a game against the New York Knicks as much as 100 points in a professional basketball to this day unmatched record, was able to achieve. More discharged into the stadium sports are boxing, wrestling or football, where the Hershey Impact fought out their home games out of the hall Soccer League NPSL from 1988 to 1991.

In addition to sporting events but also other events at Hersheypark Arena will be played, as was, for example, on October 13, 1953 hosted a big birthday celebration for former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as it resided on his farm in the nearby small town of Gettysburg. Also music concerts some well-known and well-known artists have hitherto been held in the stadium, for example, by Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Elton John, Britney Spears, the bands Kiss, Aerosmith and A- Teens.