City of Kingston: Dietz Stadium Open House Event
Name:
City of Kingston: Dietz Stadium Open House Event
Date:
May 3, 2025
Time:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
In celebration of the completion of the $22 million renovation project at the Robert H. Dietz Memorial Stadium, the City of Kingston and partners will host an Open House on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
The Open House event will begin at 1:00pm on Saturday, May 3, and will include a look inside the grandstand interiors at the new locker rooms and other amenities, a ribbon cutting at 1:30pm, and Hole in the Wall Donuts’ food truck will be on site.
The Dietz Stadium improvements included:
The Open House event will begin at 1:00pm on Saturday, May 3, and will include a look inside the grandstand interiors at the new locker rooms and other amenities, a ribbon cutting at 1:30pm, and Hole in the Wall Donuts’ food truck will be on site.
The Dietz Stadium improvements included:
- Exterior renovations of the grandstand, including improved ADA access, a 50-yard line access tunnel to the locker rooms, new benches, and press box upgrades
- Interior renovations of the grandstand, including upgrades to the restrooms, new locker rooms, new mechanical/ electrical services, coaches offices, training room, and improved storage facilities
- New track surfacing, new turf field, and new LED stadium lighting
- New scoreboard with large screen broadcasting
- All new underground utilities: water, sewer, storm, electric & communications
- Removal of the old concession building and admin building and construction of a new 100’ x 36’ open-air pavilion with food truck hook-ups, concession booth, and referee locker room
- Visitor side concession area with two restrooms
- Expanded grassed practice area with a track & field equipment storage building
- New gated ticket booth grandstand entrance
- Bus parking at stadium entrance, new parking lots with green infrastructure
- Improved access loop road and sidewalks around the stadium
- Two-way access/egress to Hurley Avenue as well as Joys Lane
- Relocated basketball court with benches and lighting
- Pedestrian access/egress walk to Joys Lane near Kingstone Insurance
- New stadium perimeter fencing
- Improved Wi-Fi and security cameras
- Landscaping, including 120+ new trees
Dietz Stadium was originally founded by the Fairgrounds Company in 1921 as a baseball field. In 1937, a WPA project created a running track and football field. In 1954, the municipal stadium was renamed Dietz Memorial Stadium in honor of the late Sargent Robert H. Dietz, who was a World War II hero awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, a Kingston resident and Kingston High School graduate.
