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Arute Field

Arute Field in New Britain, CT, home of Central Connecticut. Capacity 5,500. Opened November 11, 2000.

Arute Field in New Britain, CT
Arute Field, New Britain, CTPhoto: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
5,500
Opened
2000
Surface
Field Turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
135 ft
Central Connecticut here
72–⁠41 games on file since 2003

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Arute Field by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k2003: 1,678 a game over 1 games; biggest 1,6782004: 2,981 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,9952005: 2,670 a game over 1 games; biggest 2,6702006: 2,772 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,9562007: 2,212 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,0642008: 3,968 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,8122009: 2,756 a game over 4 games; biggest 3,6982010: 3,177 a game over 5 games; biggest 3,9572011: 3,170 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,0582012: 4,184 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,0982013: 3,650 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,1222014: 3,078 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,1502015: 3,427 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,0772016: 2,945 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1172017: 3,260 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,9172018: 4,174 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,1172019: 4,135 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,1142021: 3,617 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,1172022: 2,845 a game over 4 games; biggest 4,5142023: 3,839 a game over 3 games; biggest 5,0952024: 3,600 a game over 5 games; biggest 4,1522025: 2,622 a game over 6 games; biggest 4,0192026: 3,778 a game over 2 games; biggest 4,22220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

5,122Holy Cross at Central Connecticut2013
5,117Sacred Heart at Central Connecticut2018
5,114Merrimack at Central Connecticut2019
5,098Lehigh at Central Connecticut2012
5,095American International at Central Connecticut2023

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Central Connecticut’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
November 11, 2000
Architect
Bernard J. Lombardi
Surface over the years
Field Turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Arute Field.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Central Connecticut 51, American International 14
Oct 3, 2026Central Connecticut 45, Wagner 14
Nov 22, 2025Central Connecticut 35, Mercyhurst 28
Nov 8, 2025Central Connecticut 40, Stonehill 10
Nov 1, 2025Central Connecticut 10, Long Island University 7
Oct 4, 2025Central Connecticut 42, Sacred Heart 35
Sep 27, 2025Dartmouth 35, Central Connecticut 28
Sep 13, 2025Central Connecticut 31, Saint Francis 7
Sep 6, 2025Central Connecticut 34, American International 7
Nov 23, 2024Central Connecticut 21, Duquesne 14
Nov 16, 2024Central Connecticut 35, Robert Morris 33
Nov 2, 2024Central Connecticut 24, Wagner 14