"The Sandcastle" redirects here. For the novel by Iris Murdoch, see The Sandcastle (novel)
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Bernie Robbins Stadium
is a 5,500-seat baseball-only stadium in Atlantic City, New Jersey that opened in 1998. It was built as the home of the Atlantic City Surf baseball team.
The stadium is located on Albany Avenue, near the eastern terminus of U.S. Routes 40 and 322 and several blocks inland from the famous Boardwalk and casino strip. The casinos are clearly visible from the seating areas and create a particularly attractive view at night.
Seating is in two primary sections, split by a "cross aisle". Luxury boxes are also available above the main seating bowl.
When the park first opened, the seating sections were named for the various properties on the U.S. version of the Monopoly board, which took its names from the streets of Atlantic City and surrounding towns. However, saying "I'm sitting in Pacific Avenue" was not sufficiently descriptive, and so the seating sections have now been assigned numbers, as at most other stadiums.
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History
Originally the stadium was known as
The Sandcastle
. In 2006, the Bernie Robbins jewelry chain purchased the naming rights.
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Bernie Robbins Stadium has played host to the Atlantic League All-Star Game in 1998 and 2005 as well as to various amateur baseball events and concerts. In October 2006, it was the venue for
Atlantic regional qualifying for the
2008 Rugby League World Cup.
War At The Shore
In May of 2008, former
NFL player
Vai Sikahema accepted an open challenge from former
MLB player
Jose Canseco to fight him in a celebrity boxing match for $5,000. Canseco claims to have earned black belts in
Kung Fu,
Taekwondo, and
Muay Thai, while Sikahema, who grew up wanting to be a professional boxer, had once fought in a National Golden Gloves Championship that was eventually won by
Sugar Ray Leonard. The fight (dubbed the War At The Shore) took place on
July 12,
2008, and was hosted by Philadelphia-native adult film personality Steven Sheaffer. Sikahema won by knockout in the first round.
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References
- Bernie Robbins Buys Naming Rights
- "Vai Wins War At The Shore", NBC10.com, July 13, 2008. Accessed July 13, 2008.