The Hartford Yard Goats’ stadium woes are continuing.
with DoNo Hartford LLC and Centerplan Cos., the developers of the $63 million Dunkin Donuts Park, according to The Hartford Courant.
“At that point, we simply lost confidence in DoNo and Centerplan’s capacity to complete this project and their capacity to provide a schedule that is reliable and sound,” Mayor Luke Bronin said to the Courant.
The new home for the Rockies’ Double-A affiliate originally was scheduled to be open April 7, but delays forced the date to be postponed to May 31. That date was pushed again back after the developers told the city that it would be at least two months before the stadium would meet city codes.
“There were a number of things that our inspectors found that were simply not done right, that were not done to code,” Bronin told The Courant.
Centerplan says the city is responsible for the delays, claiming that Hartford has ordered more than 100 design changes since January. One change order called for 50 more TVs, and another sought a “barn door” for one of the luxury suites, Centerplan president Jason Rudnick told The Courant.
Yard Goats owner Josh Solomon said: “We are going to be in Hartford for 25 years, and we will not accept anything less than the ballpark that was promised to us, whether it has to get delivered by Centerplan or the insurance company. The city is owed that, and we stand with the city to make sure that promise gets delivered.”
On Solomon, Rudnick added, “If you don’t think he’s been manipulating this the whole time, you’re fooling yourself.”
Since May 12, the Yard Goats have been playing their home games at nearby Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Conn.
Subcontractors , according to The Courant.
