WII-4 Ducks Stadium
Posted by: Wayfarer II
N 40° 45.873 W 073° 11.586
18T E 652506 N 4514190
Citibank Park, located in Central Islip, is a 6,002 seat state-of-the-art facility that is home to the Long Island Ducks. Among its many features are 20 luxury suites, spacious seating, and an indoor batting tunnel.
Waymark Code: WM2GN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2005
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The Long
Island Ducks, 2004 Atlantic League champions, play at Citibank Park, located in
Central Islip, N.Y. The 22 million dollar facility seats 6,002 fans, and is home
to Long Island's first professional baseball team. The Ducks principal owner is
long-time Brightwaters resident Frank Boulton. Frank has owned and operated many
successful minor league franchises, including the Prince William Cannons, the
Albany-Colony Yankees (Class-A and AA affiliates of the New York Yankees), the
Wilmington Blue Rocks (Class-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals) and the
Atlantic City Surf. He is also the principal owner of the Long Island Rough
Riders Professional Soccer Team. Frank is the founder and chairman of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
The Ducks
are also owned by former Mets shortstop and current Vice President of Player
Development, Bud Harrelson. Bud was a key member of the 1969 World Champion and
1973 National League champion New York Mets. In 1971, he won the Gold Glove for
his outstanding defensive play at shortstop for the Mets. Following his playing
career, Bud stayed within the Mets organization as a minor league coach and
manager, before taking over the managerial reigns of the team from Davey Johnson
during the 1990 season. He has also been involved with the ownership of the
Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball team (Class-A affiliate of the Kansas City
Royals).
The Ducks
currently own the independent minor league baseball single-season attendance
record of 443,142 fans. They reached this plateau in the summer of 2001,
surpassing the previous record of 436,361 fans which was held by...the Long
Island Ducks in 2000.