Built in 1932, Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson is one of a handful of ballparks still standing where Negro Leagues played. See inside the massive renovation.
the historic venue near the Paterson Great Falls national park that is set to reopen as a monument to the storied days of the Negro Baseball League and the new home of the New Jersey Jackals minor-league team.
The stadium that once held 10,000 cheering fans stood silent and empty, holding only memories. Now those days are gone. “Hinchliffe Stadium is a national treasure and tells the story of the struggle for racial justice and American integration,” said Sayegh, who assembled the restoration plan. “It is a real field of dreams where legends once played, and our youth will carry on their legacy.”
Doby, a star at Eastside High School, tried out for the Newark Eagles at Hinchliffe in 1942 at the beginning of his historic journey to the Major Leagues. The restoration of Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson is approaching completion and reopening as the home field of the New Jersey Jackals. The stadium opened in 1932 and was condemned in 1997. It served as the home of two Negro Baseball League teams before the integration of Major League Baseball.LoPinto, 44, was a student at William Paterson University in 1997, when the Paterson Board of Education shut Hinchliffe after a section of the playing field collapsed into a sinkhole.
“I figured, let’s do the next logical thing, and get Hinchliffe placed on the National Register of Historic Places,” LoPinto said. The restoration of Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson is approaching completion and reopening as the home field of the New Jersey Jackals. The stadium opened in 1932 and was condemned in 1997. It served as the home of two Negro Baseball League teams before the integration of Major League Baseball.One of the developers, Baye Adofo-Wilson, grew up in Paterson and ran track at Hinchliffe when he was a student at Passaic County Technical Institute.
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