Marina Auto Park

Location

460 Oak Street, Rochester NY, 14608

Phone/Fax

585 454 5425/585 454 5453

Email

<info AT rhinossoccer DOT com>

Website

http://www.paetecpark.com/

At the halftime for the Rhinos' homeopener against the Montreal Impact, held May 30th, 2009, it was announced that Marina Dodge had won the naming rights out of a pool of 320 entries. They chose the name Marina Auto Park, which will remain the name for the entirety of the 2009 season.¹

PAETEC Park (named for PAETEC) is the former stadium name for the Rochester Rhinos soccer club, who compete in the USL 1st Division. The Rochester Rattlers outdoor lacrosse team, a founding member of the MLL, also played its home games at PAETEC. On December 11, 2008 it was announced that PAETEC Holding Corp. would not renew their naming rights agreement when the contract expires in April 2009.

PAETEC Park is a new stadium which opened on June 3, 2006. The stadium, located only a few blocks from the Rhinos' old home at Frontier Field, was built to serve the local teams and fans of sports played on a rectangular surface. Ample public financing from New York State made the construction of PAETEC Park very controversial, especially in light of the private ownership of the park. However, the former brownfield site in a struggling part of the city is now on the tax rolls and expects to host over 60 events per year.

In addition to soccer and lacrosse matches, the stadium is scheduled to host football games, drum and bugle competitions, charity walks, concerts and Section V high school competition. Moreover, the Rhinos management is confident that PAETEC Park makes it much easier to host international soccer friendlies and Men's and Women's National Team matches.

Home teams: Rhinos and Rattlers

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2009-06-02 06:48:32   The park is currently listed as Rhino Stadium on the Rhino's website. See also the details of the naming actions on Wikipedia Rochester Rhinos Stadium —BradMandell