After two years of transformative redevelopment, a historic 90-year-old stadium will soon reopen to the public.
Hinchliffe Stadium is one of two remaining fields in the country that hosted the Negro League and is reopening soon after years of restoration. Anthony Johnson has the story.After two years of transformative redevelopment, a historic 90-year-old baseball stadium will soon reopen to the public in New Jersey.
"This is why we have to continue to insist that no history be erased," Goldberg said. "Anything that's happened in this country should never be erased from books of any kind because we need to know, we need to remember. Little kids need to know, and they need to understand. There's not a color in this country that doesn't participate in our collective history."
"I don't know if any of the old people that have ever been here to see an event, when they see this, they are blown away," owner of the Jackels Al Dorso said. The $106 million project includes senior housing with a great view of the ballpark and there is a huge parking garage.The work continues on a year-round concession area and the East Coast version of a Negro League museum. Those will open in September.
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