Arute Field

{{Short description|Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = Arute Field | nickname = | image = | location = 1615 Stanley Street<br>New Britain, CT 06050 | broke_ground = November 13, 1998<ref>{{cite news |title=Football Complex Ceremony Is Today|url=https://www.courant.com/1998/11/13/football-complex-ceremony-is-today/|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=November 13, 1998|access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> | built = | opened = November 11, 2000<ref name="opening">{{cite news |title=Fix Your Eyes On This|first=Woody|last=Anderson|url=https://www.courant.com/2000/11/09/fix-your-eyes-on-this/|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=November 9, 2000|access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> | demolished = | owner = Central Connecticut State University | operator = Central Connecticut State University | surface = Field Turf | construction_cost = $5 million<ref name="opening"/><br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|5000000|2000}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) | architect = Bernard J. Lombardi<ref>{{cite web|title=Projects |url=http://www.lombardiarchitect.com/projects.cfm |publisher=Bernardi J. Lombardi |access-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915151105/http://lombardiarchitect.com/projects.cfm |archive-date=September 15, 2013 }}</ref> | general_contractor = LTC Construction<ref name="opening"/> | former_names = | tenants = Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (NCAA) (1969–present) <br> Connecticut Constitution (AUDL) (2012) | seating_capacity = 5,500 (2012–present)<br>3,000 (2000–2011) }} '''Arute Field''' is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. It is home to the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils Football and Men's and Women's Lacrosse teams.

The first incarnation of Arute Field was on land now occupied by the Elihu Burritt Library. The field was moved to its current location in the late 1960s. Jack Arute Sr., the owner of what was then one of the state's largest construction businesses, built the first field to bear his family's name.

The second incarnation of the stadium was built in 1970 and demolished in 1998. The third and current version of the stadium was built on the same site of the second one, and opened in November 2000.<ref name="opening"/> Before the 2012 season, 2,500 seats were added to the east side of the stadium as well as a new state-of-the-art video board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Football Set for Home Opener|url=http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/201209074n01uk|publisher=Central Connecticut State Athletics|date=September 7, 2012|access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/facilities/arute/index Central Connecticut State Blue Devils - Arute Field]

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