Under an agreement announced Thursday, Rentschler Field in East Hartford will soon be called Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.
The deal extends through 2030 Pratt’s naming rights to the stadium in exchange for a donation of 10 acres of land and a 15-acre easement for parking. Pratt President Paul Adams and UConn President Susan Herbst announced the naming agreement during a ground breaking ceremony for a new Pratt & Whitney headquarters, which is part of a long-term $400 million tax credit deal UTC signed with the state early last year.
Rentschler, home to UConn’s football team, was named after Pratt founder Frederick Rentschler as part of a 2000 agreement in which Pratt donated 75 acres of former airport land to the state to build the stadium. That deal, set to expire in 2018, required that the stadium’s name always include the phrase “at Rentschler Field.”
The new name officially takes effect at the UConn Huskies home opener on Sept. 3.
