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Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, originally simply Riverfront Stadium, was a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey built in 1999. It was the home field of the Newark Bears, who played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league.
The Bears inaugurated their new park, Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, in Newark on July 16, 1999. Over the years, the Bears attracted star talent to their club. Ozzie Canseco played for the Bears in 2000 and 2001, and his brother José Canseco was with the team for part of 2001 as well.
A new ballpark was built, originally named Davids' Stadium after Charles L. Davids, owner of the Newark Bears, [2] it was home to the minor league Newark Bears of the International League from 1926 to 1949, and to the Negro leagues Newark Stars in 1926 and Newark Eagles from 1936 to 1948.
The Bears played in the stadium until World War II; the Newark Bombers would play in the same league and stadium in 1946 after the war ended. In 1963, another Bears franchise would arrive when the Paterson Miners of the Atlantic Coast Football League moved to Newark, took on the Bears name, and played through 1965; its last year in Newark was ...
The station opened on July 17, 2006, when an extension from Newark Penn Station opened to Broad Street station. [4] Riverfront Stadium station attained its name from the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, an independent baseball league ballpark. The station was located next to the entrance to Gate C; however, the stadium closed in 2013, and the ...
Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. Home of: Newark Bears - Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (1999-2013) Location: 450 Broad Street, Newark (west, first base); Division Street (north, third base); Bridge Street (south, right field); Highway 21 and Passaic River (east, left field) Currently: demolished, land being redeveloped
The Chicago Bears are hoping to greet expected first overall draft pick and Heisman trophy winner Caleb Williams with a new, domed stadium. Pushing a partially-taxpayer funded proposal through the ...
The original Newark Bears, a farm team for the New York Yankees played in the International League until the 1949 season playing at Ruppert Stadium. [25] They shared the stadium in the Ironbound with the Negro league's Newark Eagles, managed by Effa Manley. The Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium is named for the teams.