Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, Troy, N.Y.

The Joe

Exterior of Bruno Stadium, Jul-2005.

Here, the press and luxury boxes are located in a building completely behind the concourse.

The field is in an otherwise undeveloped corner of a junior college campus.

Quick Facts:

Location: Hudson Valley Community College, Route 4, Troy, N.Y.
Opened: 2002
Home team: Tri-City Valley Cats, New York-Penn League (2002-present)
Capacity: 4,500

Rating: 3 baseballs

In 2000, New York state senator Joseph L. Bruno announced that he had secured funding for a new ballpark to be built in Troy, best known as the Home of Uncle Sam and also for the Troy Haymakers of the National Association, the first major league, in 1871 and 1872. The city also hosted the National League’s Troy Trojans from 1879 to 1882, as well as minor league teams through 1916. However, most of the pro ball in the Capital District was centered in Albany and Schenectady, the larger of the Tri-Cities, both on the west bank of the Hudson River.

By the spring of 2001, ground had been broken for the park that would bring baseball back to Troy. The park was dedicated to Senator Bruno in the spring of 2002, and opened that summer for the short-season Tri-City Valley Cats, who had relocated from historic Wahconah Park in Pittsfield.

The park is the latest to feature a scoreboard with red light-emitting diodes forming the numbers; LEDs, which are also used in modern traffic signal lights, burn brighter and last longer than conventional bulbs.

Otherwise, the park is conventional for its era, featuring 14 rows of seats stretching well along each base line, below a wide main concourse. This produces a comfortable effect which is admired by the locals.

Game #	Date	League	Level	Result
528	7-Jul-2002	NY-Penn	A	Oneonta 2, TRI-CITY 0
752	17-Jul-2005	NY-Penn	A	Aberdeen 1, TRI-CITY 0

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