VISITING TEAM GUIDE 2016
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
East Hartford, Conn.
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CONTENTS
Athletic Staff Directory …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Facility Information ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Visiting Team Locker Room Facilities …………………………………………………………………………………
Game Day Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Bag Policy and Prohibited Items ………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Band …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Cheerleaders and Mascot …………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Family Post-Game Meeting Location ………………………………………………..………………………………
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Parking ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………
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Police Escorts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Post-Game Meal Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Pre-Game 105 Minute Meeting ……………………………………………………..…………………………………
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Sideline …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....
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Video Personnel ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Visiting Athletic Director’s Suite ………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Visiting Coaches’ Box ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Visiting Team Bench and Pre-Game Warm-Up Area ………………………………………………………….
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Credentials ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Athletic Operations ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Practice Requests & Visiting Team Travel Form
Communications …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Contact Information & Media Specifics
Sports Medicine ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Contact Information & Hospital Information
Ticket Information ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....
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Contact Information & Ticket Specifics
General Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………....
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Airport, Bus Lines, Car Rentals & Hotel Accomodations
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APPENDICES
Appendix A — Map of Lower ‘S’ Level of Rentschler Field ………... 17
Appendix B — Rentschler Field Stadium Layout ………………………..
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Appendix C — Rentschler Field Seating Map …………………………….
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Appendix D — Football Parking Map at Rentschler Field ………….
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Appendix E — 2016 Football Schedule ……………………………………...
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UCONN ATHLETICS
2095 Hillside Road
Storrs, CT 06269
www.uconnhuskies.com
ADMINISTRATION
HOME GAME ADMINISTRATOR
Senior Associate Director of Athletics/
Sport Administration & SWA
Beth Goetz
2095 Hillside Road
Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2725
[email protected]
Director of Event Management
Danielle Upham
Office: 860-486-0498
Cell: 860-771-8002
[email protected]
Associate Director of Athletics/Facilities
Evan Feinglass
Office: 860-486-1258
Cell: 860-992-7752
[email protected]
TICKET OFFICE
Director of Ticket Operations
Michelle Finley
Office: 860-486-1855
Cell: 617-458-9182
[email protected]
UCONN FOOTBALL
EQUIPMENT
Director of Football Operations
Sarah Lawless
Office: 860-486-3764
Cell: 860-208-8359
[email protected]
Head Football Equipment Manager
Jordan Hunt
Office: 860-486-0657
Cell: 860-208-7824
[email protected]
SPORTS MEDICINE
RENTSCHLER FIELD
Head Athletic Trainer
Bob Howard
Office: 860-486-3634
Cell:860-465-7643
[email protected]
Rentschler Field Stadium Operations
Derek Miles
Cell: 860-899-9785
[email protected]
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Tony Salvatore
Office: 860-486-1132
[email protected]
BAND
Assistant Director of Athletic Bands
Marvin McNeil
Office: 860-486-5437
[email protected]
UCONN POLICE
Police Escorts
Capt. Raymond LaChance
Office: 860-486-4800
Cell: 860-234-3495
[email protected]
Police Escorts
Marc Hanna
Office: 860-486-4800
Cell: 860-965-1090
[email protected]
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FACILITY INFORMATION
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field
615 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06118
The home of University of Connecticut football — Rentschler Field — happens to be both. The
stadium is one of the newest and most modern BCS college football stadiums in the country.
Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug. 30, 2003.
The building of the facility and its management was and is the result of incredible teamwork
and dedication between the state’s Office of Policy and Management, the town of East
Hartford, United Technologies Corporation and the assistance from numerous public and
private sector organizations. The result of this cooperation gives the people of Connecticut the
opportunity to view college football at its highest level in a world-class facility.
Rentschler Field features stadium seating, outdoor chairback seating, fully enclosed club seats
and luxury suites.
Rentschler Field is a facility that was built for Connecticut, by Connecticut. Through a
concerted effort, the stadium project far outpaced the state’s requirements to help small,
women and minority-owned companies grow with ongoing economic development. This
means contractors and individuals that may never before have been able to benefit from
projects of this scale helped build their skills, their companies and their careers while they help
build their community.
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VISITING TEAM LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES
The Visiting Team Locker Room is located at the bottom of the ramp between Gates
B and C. Security will be posted at access points and will remain in place until the
team has left the facility.
UConn will provide all Visiting Teams with the following accommodations:
• 65 full size lockers with large shower/bathroom facilities at the end of the area
• A separate, private room for coaches/staff
• Separate athletic training and equipment areas
In accordance with Conference policy, Visiting Team Locker Rooms will include the
following:
• 2 Dry erase boards with markers
• 300 Towels (a reasonable increase will be made in case of inclement weather)
• 8 Cases of chilled soft drinks (type will be requested by the visiting team)
• 100 Game programs
• Soap for showers
• Table for water station
• Ice (# of pounds depends on weather)
• 3-4 Taping stations
For inquires regarding equipment truck deliveries and locker room setup, please
contact Derek Miles who is responsible for Rentschler Field stadium operations, at
860-899-9785.
Please note that when sending equipment trucks to Rentschler Field, if at all
possible, please use trucks that don’t have under-bellies or wind flaps on the trailers
or all unloading will need to occur at the top of the ramp pre-game and post game.
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GAME DAY INFORMATION
BAG POLICY AND PROHIBITED ITEMS
BAND
Please ask your band director to contact the Assistant Director of Athletic Bands, Marvin McNeill at
860-486-5437 if your band is planning on attending. Also, please indicate on the Visiting Team
Travel Form that is included with this guide that the band will be coming to UCONN. Please note
that tickets for your school’s band must be taken from part of your team’s overall ticket allotment.
Visiting bands will be seated in section 135. For more information, please refer to the seating map at
Rentschler Field in Appendix C.
CHEERLEADERS AND MASCOT
Specific areas will be designated for the visiting team cheerleaders and mascot at Rentschler Field.
The visiting team cheerleaders & mascot locker room will be shared with the UCONN cheerleaders.
The locker room is located at the bottom of the ramp adjacent to the visiting team locker room.
FAMILY POST-GAME MEETING LOCATION
The post game meeting location for visiting team family and friends is at the team bus location in Lot
5 (Green Lot) adjacent to the stadium between Gates B and C. The buses are parked at the top of
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the ramp/service entrance at half time. Please see the map in Appendix A.
PARKING
VISITING TEAMS
Parking for all visiting teams is located in Lot 5 (Green Lot) adjacent to the stadium. Once your team
arrives please go down the stairs/ramp and your locker room will be on the right at the bottom of
the ramp/service entrance. After the game, your buses will be parked at the top of the ramp/service
entrance to the right.
The following parking permits will be sent in August 2016 to the Director of Athletics:
• 2 VIP White Lot (Numbered Lot)
• 8 VIP Tan Lot (Numbered Lot)
FAN PARKING
Visiting team fan parking is located in our Red Lot at Rentschler Field. Fans may use the Willow
Street Gate, Main Gate, or East Gate for access to the Red lot. Any visitors that require handicapped
parking should enter Main or East Gate to access the Handicap lots. Staff will be on site to direct
fans to the appropriate parking location. Parking lots will open four (4) hours prior to event start
time. Entry gates to the stadium open 90 minutes prior to event kick-off. The parking fee is $15 for
cars, $25 for RV’s and $30 for buses. Illegal parking on area roadways or streets will result in vehicles
being ticketed and towed. Overnight parking is not permitted. Please note parking lots close two
hours after day games and immediately after night games. Overnight parking is not permitted.
Please refer to Appendix D for a parking map.
POLICE ESCORTS
In accordance with conference policy, UCONN will make available a police escort for all Visiting
Teams for travel between the airport, stadium, and the team’s hotel both the day before and on
game day. To arrange a police escort for your team, please contact Captain Ray LaChance or Officer
Marc Hanna at 860-486-4800 of the UCONN Police Department.
POST-GAME MEAL INFORMATION
Post-game food deliveries should be directed to the visiting team locker room. Vendors should
access the stadium via the East Gate emergency lane. Parking attendants will direct the vendor to
the visiting team locker room location. The visiting team is responsible for designating a contact
person to coordinate and receive the vendor’s delivery.
Please indicate on the “Visiting Travel Form” the contact name of the person on your staff who is
designated to coordinate the delivery/pick-up, which vendor is providing your post-game meal, the
agreed upon delivery time, and the vendor’s phone number. Please note that the food must be
delivered at the end of the 3rd quarter/start of the 4th quarter to ensure that the vendor can get
into the venue prior to traffic exiting. For a list of preferred vendors, please contact Danielle Upham,
Director of Event Management, at 860-771-8002.
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PRE-GAME 105 MINUTE MEETING
The Pre-Game Management Meeting will be held in the Officials Locker Room, 105 minutes prior to
kickoff on game day. The meeting is conducted for all conference and non-conference games. The
meeting covers game day management concerns, referee concerns, conference concerns, security
issues, TV issues, weather report/procedures, emergency evacuation procedures and personnel, and
timing issues/clock malfunctions. Football Operations Directors from both the home and visiting
teams are required to attend. A member of the University of Connecticut game management staff
will escort the Visiting Football Operations Director to the meeting.
SIDELINE
COMMUNICATION NEEDS
Rentschler Field is able to accommodate your requests for sideline communications. Please
contact Derek Miles, at 860-899-9785 the week prior to your team’s departure.
Rentschler Field is an FCC Frequency Coordinated Venue for all UCONN home football games. Any
use of wireless devices such as microphones, IFB, intercoms and/or cameras by visiting teams,
media and/or radio must be coordinated by the onsite FCC representative. In order to make sure
you are compliant and to avoid frequency issues on game day, please email a complete list of your
frequencies to Derek Miles at [email protected] at least seven (7) days prior to the
game.
HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS
Please contact Danielle Upham, Director of Event Management, at 860-771-8002 for vendor
information regarding sideline heater/cooling systems in Connecticut.
VIDEO PERSONNEL
Rentschler Field is set-up to accommodate visiting team video personnel on the 6th floor roof level.
Access to the 6th floor is via the Tower B elevator which is located directly down the tunnel adjacent to
the visiting team locker room. The video location on the 6th floor is on the 50 yard line. Individuals
who will be working in this area are required to display the proper credential distributed by UCONN’s
game management team. Please contact Derek Miles, 860-899-9785 with any questions concerning
video on game day.
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VISITING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S SUITE
The Visiting Athletic Director’s Suite (Suite 510) is located on the 5th floor Press
Level. Suite 510 may be accessed from the elevator at either Tower A or Tower B.
VISITING COACHES’ BOX
The Visiting Coaches’ box (Box 517) is located on the 5th floor Press Level. In
accordance with Conference Policy, Visiting Team coaches will be escorted to and from
the coaches’ box by a member of the UCONN Police Department. Please contact
Derek Miles at 860-899-9785 with your team’s dry line and telecommunication needs.
The elevator at Tower B will be held 5 minutes prior to the end of each half and will be
restricted for exclusive use of the coaches. Per the NCAA policy, a television has been
provided in the visiting team coaches box for the purpose of viewing the television
broadcast. Please see the map in Appendix A that illustrates the team locker room and
elevator locations at field level.
VISITING TEAM BENCH AND PRE-GAME
WARM-UP AREA
The Visiting Team bench is located on the South/West side of Rentschler Field. The
field will be divided into 65-yard/35-yard segments until 40 minutes before game
time. At that point, the field will be re-divided into 45-yard/45-yard segments up until
the 20-minute mark on the game clock, when the field will clear.
UCONN BENCH
UCONN
TUNNEL
UCONN
VISITOR
UCONN LONG END
VISITOR LONG END
VISITOR
TUNNEL
VISITOR BENCH
MEDIA/SUITE TOWER
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CREDENTIALS
In compliance with conference policy, the following credentials will be sent in August
2016 to your Director of Athletics:
• Ten (10) All Access (AA)
▫ This includes 3 Passes for Sports Information/Media Relations Staff
▫ Please provide the 10 names to UCONN on the enclosed “Visiting Team Travel
Form”
• Fourteen (14) Coaches Box (CB)
▫ 8 Passes for Coaches Booth (5th floor press level)
▫ 4 Passes for Coaches Video (6th floor press level)
▫ 2 Passes for Coaches Phone
• Sixty (60) Bench Area Passes (V)
▫ No one under the age of 16 years old may receive a credential
• One (1) Field Staff Pass (C) – Cheerleading Coach
Please note that all individuals issued visiting team bench passes must remain inside
the team bench area. All guests with visiting team bench passes outside of this area
will be directed back to the bench area by stadium security.
Visiting team administrative staff may enter Rentschler Field with proper credentials
with the visiting team travel party. Working staff may not escort family members or
guests into the stadium, they must be ticketed. Visiting Team ticketed family members
and guests should enter through the gates when they open 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
All equipment and athletic training staff who arrive early on game day must have
proper credentials to receive access to Rentschler Field.
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ATHLETIC OPERATIONS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Name:
Danielle Upham
Director of Event Management
Mailing
Address:
2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173
Storrs, CT 06269
Office:
860-486-2839
Cell:
860-771-8002
Email:
[email protected]
VISITING TEAM TRAVEL FORM
FORM COMPLETION
This form will be emailed to the Director of Football Operations so that it can be filled
out electronically and emailed back to the UCONN Athletic Operations office. Once
the form is completed, please email it as an attachment to Danielle Upham at
[email protected].
PRACTICE REQUESTS
All practice requests must be included on the “Visiting Team Travel Form”. Your
confirmed practice time will be communicated to your Football Operations point of
contact by the Director of Event Management, Danielle Upham, prior to your team’s
departure for Connecticut.
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COMMUNICATIONS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Name:
Mike Enright
Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Communications
Mailing
Address:
2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173
Storrs, CT 06269
Office:
860-486-2241
Cell:
860-208-4756
Email:
[email protected]
MEDIA SPECIFICS
CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Media credential requests should be made via email to Mike Enright, Associate
Athletic Director for Communications. This request must be received by the UCONN
Communications department no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled game
date.
WILL CALL
The Media Will Call window is located at Gate B and opens 2.5 hours prior to kick-off.
Before a credential is issued, a photo ID must be presented and the individual’s name
must appear on the authorized list for credentials. It is prohibited to pick up
credentials for someone other than yourself for to transfer the credential to another
individual. All bags and equipment are subject to inspection upon entry.
POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
The visiting team press conference will be held in an area adjacent to the visiting team
locker room near the visiting team tunnel. This is a secured area, and only individuals
displaying game issued credentials will be granted access. Please see the map in
Appendix A.
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SPORTS MEDICINE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Name:
Bob Howard
Assistant Director of Athletics/Athletic Training
Mailing
Address:
505 Stadium Road, Unit 3204
Storrs, CT 06269
Office:
860-486-3634
Fax:
860-486-5277
Email:
[email protected]
HOSPITAL INFORMATION
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Medical Center Phone
114 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860-714-4000
DIRECTIONS
Head west on Silver Lane toward Gold Street. Take the 3rd right onto Roberts Street.
Merge onto 84 West towards Hartford. Take exit 48 Asylum St. From exit ramp, take
right onto Garden Street. At second traffic light, take a left onto Collins Street. Follow
Collins Street for five blocks and take a right onto Atwood St. and the first left onto
Ashley Street. The emergency room is in the John T. O’Connell Tower on the right
side of Ashley Street.
*Please note that a separate mailing will be sent directly to your football athletic
trainers with more specific information regarding sports medicine visiting team
information.
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TICKET INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Name:
Michelle Finley
Director of Ticket Operations
Mailing
Address:
2111 Hillside Road, Unit 1078
Storrs, CT 06269
Office:
860-486-1855
Cell:
617-458-9182
Fax:
860-486-9396
Email:
[email protected]
TICKET SPECIFICS
MAILING INFORMATION
Tickets are mailed to all visiting teams by the end of July.
WILL CALL
Visiting team will call is located at Gate D and opens 1.5 hours prior to kick-off.
SEAT LOCATIONS
Sections 134, 135, 136, 137, 234, 235, 236, 237 and 238. Please see the map in
Appendix C.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S BOX TICKETS
Twenty (20) tickets to the Visiting Team Athletic Director’s Box (Suite 510) will be
mailed in August.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
AIRPORT
Bradley International Airport
Schoephoester Road
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
(860) 292-2000
BUS LINES
Constitution Coach
Peter Pan
Phone: (800) 447-3287
Phone: (860) 289-1531
Dattco
Post Road Stages
Phone: (800) 229-4879
Phone: (860) 644-1531
CAR RENTALS
888-826-2893**
860-627-3850**
860-627-3500**
800-261-7331
860-627-3700**
860-627-3470**
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS
Name
Address
Phone Number
121 Pavilions Drive
Manchester, CT 06040
860-648-9796
Radisson Hotel Hartford
50 Morgan Street
Hartford, CT 06120
860-549-2400
Hartford Hilton
315 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103
860-728-5151
Hartford Marriott Downtown
200 Columbus Blvd.
Hartford, CT 06103
866-373-9806
Hartford Windsor Marriott
28 Day Hill Road
Windsor, CT 06095
860-688-7500
Fairfield Inn & Suites
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APPENDIX A
Map of Lower ‘S’ Level of Rentschler Field
(Locker Room Location)
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APPENDIX B
Rentschler Field Stadium Layout
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APPENDIX C
Rentschler Field Stadium Seating Map
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APPENDIX D
UCONN Football Parking at Rentschler Field
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APPENDIX E
2016 UCONN Football Schedule
DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
Thursday, September 1
Maine
7:00 PM
Saturday, September 10
@ Navy
3:30 PM
Saturday, September 17
Virginia
1:30 PM
Saturday, September 24
Syracuse
TBA
Thursday, September 29
@ Houston
8:00 PM
Saturday, October 8
Cincinnati
11:30 AM
Saturday, October 15
@ USF
TBA
Saturday, October 22
UCF
TBA
Saturday, October 29
@ East Carolina
TBA
Friday, November 4
Temple
7:00 PM
Saturday, November 19
@ Boston College
TBA
Saturday, November 26
Tulane
TBA
Note: Bolded games are home events
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