SportsEvents Magazine

SEP 2013

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www.sportseventsmagazine.com GUIDE SEE THE LIGHT Activated in 1868, the Sheffield Island Lighthouse in Fairfield County was in service for 34 years until it was retired in 1902. Today, visitors can take a ferry ride to the picturesque lighthouse and tour the 10-room facility that's still furnished with period furniture and get a glimpse of what life was like for families of 19th century light keepers. The site is operated seasonally (May through September) and is accessible only by boat. www.newengland lighthouses.net/ MUST SEE! Western CT CVB squash, sporting events of all sizes are Training Center has a Little League field. held in New Haven. The southern Mohawk Mountain is a ski area that's Connecticut city, which was the first popular for skiing and snowboarding. planned city in America, boasts numerDanbury Arena offers facilities for ous college facilities, the most notable of skating and hockey. which is Yale University. Contact: Western CT CVB, Hotel rooms: 1,400 www.litchfieldhills.com. Major facilities: George C. Smith of New Fairfield County Beckerman Athletic Haven's Bradley-Smith SWEET! Candy In southwest Center houses a gym Company Connecticut, Fairfield with space for three created the County encompasses a collegiate-sized basketfirst lollipop in 1892. number of cities and ball courts and a natatoritowns, including three um with a 25-yard, sixof the state's largest cities: Bridgeport, lane competition pool. The 75,000Stamford and Norwalk. The Taconic square-foot Connecticut Sportsplex is a Mountains and the Berkshire Mountains, five-field outdoor venue that hosts many both ranges of the Appalachian baseball and softball tournaments. The Mountains, run through the county, along Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale with many rivers. University consists of 22 outdoor Deco Hotel rooms: 6,365 Turf II courts, five outdoor clay courts, Major facilities: Chelsea Piers offers four indoor Deco Turf II surfaces and a facilities for gymnastics, swimming, 15,000-seat tennis stadium. Ingalls Rink squash, hockey, baseball, basketball, field at Yale University, called the "Yale hockey, figure skating, football, soccer, Whale" because of its humpbacked roof lacrosse, tennis, triathlons and volleyball. and arching, underwent a $23.5 million Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard has renovation a few years ago. a 23,000-square-foot arena floor, a conContact: Visit New Haven, course with 16,000 square feet of usable www.visitnewhaven.com. space and seating for up to 10,000. Northwest Connecticut Contact: Western CT CVB, Within the Northwest Connecticut region www.visitfairfieldcountyct.com. ■ are several municipalities, including Bristol, Danbury, Litchfield, New Hartford, Newtown, Norfolk, Waterbury and Winchester. The area is about two hours from metro New ESPN is headquartered York. The SPORTS in Bristol. region is TOWN! known for its scenic, natural beauty with rolling hills and river valleys. In fact, the town of Kent was voted as the best New England town for fall foliage. The region was chosen by National Geographic as one of the 50 best places in the country for a scenic drive. Hotel rooms: 4,206 Webster Bank Arena at Major facilities: Muzzy Field is a Harbor Yard seats 10,000 4,900-seat baseball park. The A. Bartlett for a variety of events. Giamatti Little League Leadership SELECTION ▼ SITE September 2013 37

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