Hersheypark Stadium
Stadium located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Hersheypark Stadium is a stadium located in Hershey, Pennsylvania , on the grounds of Hersheypark . It opened on May 18, 1939.
It is used as a sporting facility, concert venue and location for various other large functions (including a birthday gala for President Dwight D. Eisenhower ). In addition, it hosted the 2004 Presidential Race Campaign stop for President George W. Bush .
It also hosts the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship marching band competition, every November. It formerly hosted the Cavalcade of Bands championship competition.
The stadium hosted the final round of the 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics .[2] Two berths were afforded for the Olympics for CONCACAF members, and the United States and Honduras qualified by winning their semifinal matches in the qualification tournament.[3] The stadium has hosted the U.S. men's national soccer team on one occasion, a 3–1 victory over Poland on May 9, 1990.
Ice hockey
Hersheypark Stadium hosted the fourth annual AHL Outdoor Classic in 2013, with the local Hershey Bears facing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins . The "Baby Pens" defeated the Bears in front of a capacity crowd of 17,311 fans by a score of 2–1.[4]
International soccer
Date
Teams
Competition
Attendance
May 9, 1990
United States 3–0 Poland
International Friendly
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April 22, 1999
United States 2–1 China
Women's International Friendly
15,257
April 21, 2000
United States 3–0 Honduras
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D
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April 23, 2000
Canada 0–2 Honduras
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D
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April 25, 2000
Canada 0–0 United States
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Group D
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April 28, 2000
United States 3–0 Guatemala
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Semifinals
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April 28, 2000
Honduras 0–0 Mexico (5–4 p )
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Semifinals
-
April 30, 2000
Guatemala 0–5 Mexico
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Third Place
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April 30, 2000
United States 1–2 Honduras
2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament Final
-
June 23, 2000
United States 11–0 Trinidad and Tobago
2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
10,483
Events
List of events held at the Stadium
Artist
Event
Date
Opening act(s)
10,000 Maniacs
Our Time in Eden Tour
June 29, 1993
World Party
Aerosmith
Back in the Saddle Tour
January 3, 1985
Poison Dollies
Done with Mirrors Tour
April 10, 1986
Ted Nugent
Pump Tour
January 28, 1990
Skid Row
Get a Grip Tour
August 10, 1994
Jackyl
Nine Lives Tour
July 31, 1997
Jonny Lang
Just Push Play Tour
June 22, 2001
Fuel
Girls of Summer Tour
August 17, 2002
Kid Rock & Run–D.M.C.
Honkin' on Bobo Tour
June 26, 2004
Cheap Trick
Alabama
Farewell Tour
August 15, 2003
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Alanis Morissette
Can't Not Tour
August 26, 1996
Radiohead
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All That! Music and More Festival
August 20, 2000
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Ariana Grande
The Honeymoon Tour
July 26, 2015
Prince Royce
Backstreet Boys
Black & Blue Tour
July 5, 2001
Shaggy & Krystal Harris
DNA World Tour
August 18, 2019 1 September 16, 2019
Baylee Littrell
Barry Manilow
Big Fun Tour de Force
August 12, 1988
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The Beach Boys
Love You Tour
August 30, 1977
Ricci Martin
The Beach Boys Tour
July 29, 1985
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
1991 Tour
July 28, 1991
The Everly Brothers
Beyoncé
The Formation World Tour
June 12, 2016
DJ Khaled
Big Time Rush & Victoria Justice
Summer Break Tour
July 19, 2013
Jackson Guthy & Olivia Somerlyn
Billy Joel
2008 Tour
July 10, 2008
—
Black Sabbath
1999 Reunion Tour
August 12, 1999
Godsmack & Drain STH
Blink-182
Blink-182 in Concert
August 12, 2009
Fall Out Boy , Panic! at the Disco & Chester French
World Tour 2023/2024
May 27, 2023
Turnstile & White Reaper
Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance
10th Annual Honda Civic Tour
August 13, 2011
Manchester Orchestra
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet Tour
July 23, 1987
Keel
New Jersey Syndicate Tour
June 17, 1989
Skid Row
One Wild Night Tour
July 22, 2001
Eve 6
The Circle Tour
May 19, 2010
Fuel & Charm City Devils
Breaking Benjamin , Chevelle , Three Days Grace , Dorothy , & Diamante
105.7 The X Summerfest
July 27, 2019
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Britney Spears
Oops!... I Did It Again Tour
June 24, 2000
A-Teens , BBMak & Innosense
Brooks & Dunn
Waitin' on Sundown Tour
July 5, 1994
Faith Hill & Wade Hayes
Tight Rope Tour
July 28, 2000
Lonestar & Andy Griggs
Neon Circus & Wild West Show Tour
July 27, 2002
Dwight Yoakam , Gary Allan , Chris Cagle & Trick Pony
July 11, 2003
Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley , Aaron Lines & Jeff Bates
September 24, 2005
Big & Rich , The Warren Brothers & Cowboy Troy
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Magic Tour
August 19, 2008
—
Working on a Dream Tour
May 15, 2009
High Hopes Tour
May 14, 2014
Bruno Mars
The Moonshine Jungle Tour
July 12, 2014
Aloe Blacc
Bush
Razorblade Suitcase Tour
July 4, 1997
Veruca Salt , The Jesus Lizard & Souls
Chris Stapleton
All-American Road Show Tour
August 27, 2022
Elle King & Morgan Wade
Coldplay
Viva la Vida Tour
May 24, 2009
Pete Yorn & Howling Bells
Counting Crows
Recovering the Satellites Tour
July 15, 1997
The Wallflowers
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Tour
August 5, 2008
Maroon 5 & Sara Bareilles
August 6, 2008
Counting Crows & Live
25 Years and Counting Tour
August 10, 2018
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Creed
Human Clay Tour
May 21, 2000
Sevendust & Finger Eleven
Weathered Tour
August 24, 2002
Jerry Cantrell & 12 Stones
Full Circle Reunion Tour
August 9, 2009
Skillet & Like a Storm
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Daylight Again Tour
August 10, 1982
Kansas
1987 Tour
July 3, 1987
—
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Freedom of Speech Tour
August 25, 2006
—
Dave Matthews Band
Crash Tour
September 29, 1996
Soul Coughing
Before These Crowded Streets Tour
July 29, 1998
Agents of Good Roots
1999 Tour
August 4, 1999
Boy Wonder
2000 Tour
August 23, 2000
The Getaway People
Everyday Tour
August 1, 2001
Corey Harris & The 5x5
Busted Stuff Tour
July 21, 2002
Norah Jones
2003 Tour
September 11, 2003
North Mississippi Allstars
2004 Tour
July 10, 2004
Galactic
Stand Up Tour
June 25, 2005
Blue Merle
2006 Tour
June 23, 2006
O.A.R.
2008 Tour
June 27, 2008
The Black Crowes
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King Tour
July 24, 2009
Jason Mraz
2010 Tour
July 9, 2010
Zac Brown Band
Away from the World Tour
June 29, 2012
The Head and the Heart
2013 Tour
July 13, 2013
Kool & the Gang
David Bowie
Serious Moonlight Tour
August 29, 1983
—
David Bowie & Nine Inch Nails
Dissonance/Outside Tour Tour
September 17, 1995
Prick
Def Leppard
Yeah! Tour
July 3, 2006
Journey & Stoll Vaughan
Downstage Thrust Tour
August 12, 2007
Styx & Foreigner
Mirrorball Tour
July 3, 2011
Heart & Evan Watson
Rock of Ages Tour
August 15, 2012
Poison & Lita Ford
Def Leppard & Journey
Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
May 25, 2018
—
The Summer Stadium Tour
July 25, 2024
Steve Miller Band
Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe
The Stadium Tour
July 12, 2022
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts & Poison
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas
Future Now Tour
July 16, 2016
Mike Posner
Destiny's Child
Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It
August 7, 2005
Mario , Amerie & Tyra Bolling
Disturbed
The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour
August 1, 2020
Staind & Bad Wolves
Eagles
Hell Freezes Over Reunion Tour
September 14, 1994
—
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Emerson, Lake & Powell Tour
September 25, 1986
—
Fall Out Boy
Mania Tour
September 1, 2018
Machine Gun Kelly Against the Current
Fall Out Boy & Paramore
Monumentour
July 19, 2014
New Politics
—
Farm Aid
September 22, 2012
—
Fleetwood Mac
Say You Will Tour
June 12, 2004
—
Florida Georgia Line
Smooth Tour
July 22, 2017
Chris Lane , & Morgan Wallen
Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour
August 17, 2019
Dan + Shay , Morgan Wallen , & Canaan Smith
Foo Fighters
Everything or Nothing at All Tour
July 23, 2024
The Hives Amyl and the Sniffers
—
Further Festival
July 11, 1997
—
George Strait
It Just Comes Natural Tour
January 18, 2007
Ronnie Milsap & Taylor Swift
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Maverick Tour
August 2, 1985
Johnny Winter
George Thorogood and The Destroyers & Little Feat
1992 Tour
August 11, 1992
—
Gin Blossoms
1994 Tour
July 18, 1994
Cracker & Vinx
Gloria Estefan
Into the Light Tour
September 8, 1991
—
Grateful Dead
1985 Tour
June 28, 1985
—
Green Day & The Smashing Pumpkins
The Saviors Tour
August 10, 2024
Rancid The Linda Lindas
Green Day , Fall Out Boy , & Weezer
Hella Mega Tour
August 13, 2021
The Interrupters
Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion Tour
June 11, 1991
Skid Row
Not in This Lifetime... Tour
August 13, 2017
Live
Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour
July 31, 2021
Mammoth WVH
Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour
August 11, 2023
The Pretenders
—
H.O.R.D.E.
August 23, 1996
—
Hanson
Albertane Tour
August 15, 1998
Admiral Twin
Harry Styles
Harry Styles: Live on Tour
June 14, 2018
Kacey Musgraves
Hootie & The Blowfish
Group Therapy Tour
August 30, 2019
Barenaked Ladies
Imagine Dragons
Evolve World Tour
June 16, 2018
Grace VanderWaal
Mercury World Tour
August 12, 2022
Macklemore & Kings Elliot
Janet Jackson
Janet World Tour
July 3, 1994
—
State of the World Tour
July 20, 2018
—
Together Again
July 6, 2024
Nelly
Jason Aldean
Night Train Tour
August 10, 2013
Jake Owen , Thomas Rhett & DeeJay Silver
Burn It Down Tour
May 30, 2015
Cole Swindell , Tyler Farr , & DeeJay Silver
Six String Circus Tour
September 15, 2017
Thomas Rhett , A Thousand Horses & Dee Jay Silver
Jay Z & Justin Timberlake
Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour
August 4, 2013
DJ Cassidy
John Mayer
Continuum Tour
July 21, 2007
Ben Folds & James Morrison
Battle Studies World Tour
August 5, 2010
Train
John Mellencamp
Cuttin' Heads Tour
September 15, 2001
The Wallflowers
Jonas Brothers
2010 World Tour
August 14, 2010
Demi Lovato
Happiness Begins Tour
August 31, 2019
Bebe Rexha & Jordan McGraw
Remember This Tour
September 24, 2021
Kelsea Ballerini & Jordan McGraw
Journey
Classic Rock's Main Event Tour
August 1, 2003
Styx & REO Speedwagon
Revelation Tour
August 28, 2008
Cheap Trick & Heart
Eclipse Tour
August 16, 2011
Foreigner & Night Ranger
Judas Priest
Mercenaries of Metal Tour
August 10, 1988
Cinderella
Justin Timberlake
The Forget Tomorrow World Tour
July 4, 2024
Kelly Clarkson
Piece by Piece Tour
July 11, 2015
Pentatonix , Eric Hutchinson & Abi Ann
Kendrick Lamar
The Championship Tour
June 2, 2018
Top Dawg Entertainment Artists
Kenny Chesney
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Tour
June 21, 2002
Montgomery Gentry , Jamie O'Neal & Phil Vassar
The Road and the Radio Tour
May 28, 2006
Uncle Kracker , Sugarland & Jake Owen
Kesha & Macklemore
The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore
July 21, 2018
—
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker
Rock 'n' Rebels II Tour
July 31, 2009
Lynyrd Skynyrd & Black Stone Cherry
Born Free Part II Tour
July 10, 2011
Sheryl Crow
KISS
Kiss Farewell Tour
July 5, 2000
Ted Nugent & Skid Row
Rock the Nation Tour
July 18, 2004
Poison & ZO2
The Hottest Show on Earth Tour
July 31, 2010
The Academy Is... & The Feens
End of the Road World Tour
August 21, 2019
—
KISS & Aerosmith
AeroKiss Tour
August 31, 2003
Saliva
—
Lilith Fair
August 10, 1998
—
July 31, 1999
Lady Gaga
The Chromatica Ball
August 28, 2022
—
Linkin Park
One More Light World Tour
July 30, 2017 Cancelled – see death of Chester Bennginton
Blink-182 & Machine Gun Kelly
Live
Throwing Copper Tour
July 21, 1995
Catherine Wheel & Buffalo Tom
Secret Samadhi Tour
July 25, 1997
Luscious Jackson & The Jellybricks
The Distance to Here Tour
August 26, 2000
Counting Crows & Galactic
Luke Bryan
Kill The Lights Tour
June 4, 2016
Little Big Town & Dustin Lynch
Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Tour
June 23, 2017
Brett Eldredge & Lauren Alaina
Sunset Repeat Tour
June 6, 2019
Cole Swindell & Jon Langston
Lynyrd Skynyrd
2006 Tour
July 16, 2006
3 Doors Down & Shooter Jennings
The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour
July 28, 2018
Blackberry Smoke Tom Hambridge Hank Williams Jr.
Maroon 5
Maroon V Tour
August 15, 2015
Nick Jonas Matt McAndrew
2021 Tour
September 5, 2021
blackbear Ava Max
Matchbox 20
Mad Season Tour
August 15, 2001
Train & Seven Mary Three
Matchbox 20 & Counting Crows
A Brief History Of Everything Tour
August 28, 2017
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Megadeth
Cryptic Writings Tour
March 16, 1998
Life of Agony & Coal Chamber
Michael Bolton
My Secret Passion: The Arias Tour
June 12, 1998
Wynonna Judd
The Moody Blues
Octave Tour
November 24, 1978
Jimmie Spheeris
Sur la Mer Tour
August 5, 1988
John Kilzer Band
Morgan Wallen
One Night At A Time World Tour[5]
May 9, 2024
Ernest & Bailey Zimmerman
*NSYNC
Boys of Summer Tour
July 23, 1999
Jordan Knight & The Sugarhill Gang
No Strings Attached Tour
July 30, 2000
Sisqó & P!nk
PopOdyssey Tour
May 26, 2001
3LW , BBMak & Tonya Mitchell
May 28, 2001
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Broken Arrow Tour
August 23, 1996
—
Neil Young & The Friends and Relatives
Silver & Gold Tour
August 11, 2000
The Pretenders & Tegan and Sara
New Kids on The Block
Mixtape Tour
July 6, 2019
Salt-N-Pepa , Tiffany , Debbie Gibson , & Naughty By Nature
Nickelback
All the Right Reasons Tour
July 14, 2007
Staind & Daughtry
Dark Horse Tour
July 17, 2009
Hinder , Papa Roach & Saving Abel
September 25, 2010
Three Days Grace & Buckcherry
Here and Now Tour
July 14, 2012
Bush, Seether & My Darkest Days
Feed The Machine Tour
August 5, 2017
Daughtry & Shaman's Harvest
NKOTBSB
NKOTBSB Tour
July 30, 2011
Matthew Morrison
One Direction
Take Me Home Tour
July 5, 2013
5 Seconds of Summer
July 6, 2013
—
Outlaw Music Festival
September 10, 2017
—
Paul McCartney
One on One Tour
July 19, 2016
—
Pearl Jam
Riot Act Tour
July 12, 2003
Sleater-Kinney
Pentatonix
PTX Summer Tour 2018
September 2, 2018
Echosmith Calum Scott
Phil Collins
Both Sides of the World Tour
July 9, 1994
—
Phish
Billy Breathes Tour
August 14, 1996
—
Farmhouse Tour
September 15, 2000
Joy Tour
June 13, 2010
Pink
P!NK: Summer Carnival
October 1, 2024
Sheryl Crow KidCutUpThe Script
Poison
Flesh & Blood Tour
June 7, 1991
Slaughter & BulletBoys
20th Anniversary Tour
July 20, 2006
Cinderella & Endeverafter
The Police
The Police Reunion Tour
July 20, 2007
Fiction Plane
R.E.M.
Monster Tour
September 30, 1995
Radiohead
Rascal Flatts
American Living Unstoppable Tour
August 29, 2009
Darius Rucker
Rascal Flatts & Journey
Live & Loud Tour
August 1, 2013
The Band Perry & Cassadee Pope
Rascal Flatts & Rick Springfield
Riot Tour
August 22, 2015 Cancelled
Ashley Monroe
Reba McEntire & Martina McBride
Girl's Night Out Tour
August 6, 2001
Sara Evans , Jamie O'Neal 8& Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication Tour
July 17, 2000
Foo Fighters & Blonde Redhead
REO Speedwagon
Wheels Are Turnin' Tour
June 19, 1985
Cheap Trick
Rihanna
Last Girl on Earth Tour
August 21, 2010
Kesha & Travie McCoy
Robert Plant
Now and Zen Tour
July 24, 1988
Cheap Trick (scheduled)
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Rock Allegiance Festival
September 1, 2012
—
Rod Stewart
Out of Order Tour
June 9, 1989
Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers
A Night to Remember Tour
September 28, 1993
Patti Smith
A Spanner in the Works Tour
May 18, 1996
—
Human Tour
July 28, 2001
The Rolling Stones
A Bigger Bang Tour
October 1, 2005
Beck
Rush
Snakes & Arrows Tour
July 17, 2008
—
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
Heavyweight Champs of Rock 'n' Roll Tour
August 14, 2002
David Lee Roth
Shania Twain
Come on Over Tour
May 30, 1999
Leahy
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow Tour
August 1, 1997
Wilco
—
Southern Ground Music Festival
August 30, 2014[6]
—
August 31, 2014[7]
Spin Doctors
1993 Tour
July 16, 1993
Soul Asylum & Screaming Trees
Staind
Chapter V Tour
July 20, 2005
3 Doors Down, Breaking Benjamin & No Address
The Illusion of Progress Tour
July 26, 2008
3 Doors Down, Hinder & Jet Black Stare
July 27, 2008
Sting
Brand New Day Tour
September 10, 2000
Jonny Lang
Sacred Love Tour
July 28, 2004
Dominic Miller & Annie Lennox
Styx
Return to Paradise Tour
June 21, 1996
Kansas
—
Summer MixTape Festival
August 17, 2012
—
August 18, 2012
July 26, 2013
July 27, 2013
Thomas Rhett
Very Hot Summer Tour
July 20, 2019
Dustin Lynch , Russell Dickerson , & Rhett Akins
Three Days Grace & Breaking Benjamin
One-X Tour
September 22, 2007
Live, Collective Soul & Seether
Tina Turner
Private Dancer Tour
August 10, 1985
Glenn Frey
Train
Play That Song Tour
June 17, 2017
O.A.R. & Natasha Bedingfield
Twenty One Pilots
Emotional Roadshow World Tour
June 19, 2016
Mutemath & Chef'Special
Toby Keith
Shock'n Y'all Tour
September 5, 2003
Blake Shelton
Big Throwdown Tour
September 3, 2004
Terri Clark & Scotty Emerick
Big Throwdown II Tour
August 26, 2005
Lee Ann Womack & Shooter Jennings
White Trash with Money Tour
August 27, 2006
Joe Nichols & Rushlow Harris
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Echo Tour
July 5, 1999
Lucinda Williams
The Last DJ Tour
July 14, 2002
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
U2
Zoo TV Tour
August 7, 1992
—
Usher
8701 Evolution Tour
June 28, 2002
Nas , Faith Evans & Mr. Cheeks
Van Halen
2004 North American Tour
June 13, 2004
Silvertide
Whitney Houston
Moment of Truth World Tour
August 13, 1987
Kenny G
The Who
2002 North American Tour
July 29, 2002
Robert Plant
ZZ Top
Recycler World Tour
February 7, 1991
The Black Crowes
Zac Brown Band
Jekyll + Hyde Tour
September 5, 2015
Gregg Allman
Welcome Home Tour
September 3, 2017
Darrell Scott
Down the Rabbit Hole Live
June 22, 2018
The Owl Tour
August 29, 2019
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
The Comeback Tour
August 21, 2021
Ashland Craft & Teddy Swims
5 Seconds of Summer
Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour
August 29, 2015
Hey Violet
Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour
July 2, 2016
Hey Violet & One Ok Rock
1 Concert rescheduled due to thunderstorm evacuation.[8]
See also
References
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