In 1996, New Britain Stadium replaced old, dilapidated Beehive Field, a mostly wooden park that is fine for the high school baseball it now hosts, but not much more.  Compared to the "Beehive", this new stadium is baseball heaven.  It's built out of concrete, for one thing, so you don't have to walk on any wooden planks that feel like they're going to give way at any moment, an experience I had while surveying the old park.  It's also got a much higher seat-to-bleacher ratio, a handsome (though weather-stained) brick facade, a spacious concourse, and picnic areas down each line along the top of the stands.  

Favorable comparisons to "The Hive" notwithstanding, the park does have a few drawbacks.   For example, due to the physical orientation of the field, fans sitting along the first base side on clear nights will get an eye full of sun for the first few innings.  The sound effects and music are a bit oppressive, to the point of being played not only between at bats, but during them.  The mascot, like most in this league, was little more than a costume that knew how to wave and give high fives.  My biggest complaint of  all,  however, is over something I witnessed in the ninth inning.  With only a few outs left to play, I turned my head and saw a beer vendor making a sale.  To be fair, we were there on a fireworks night, and they may have figured that they had some extra time until everyone left, but it just seems irresponsible to me that they would sell alcohol that late in the game, when most stadiums stop after the seventh inning.  

I would not rate it at the top of the league, but New Britain Stadium is worth a look-see.  The staff and administration are very friendly.  The between inning promotions, though geared mostly to kids, are energetic and fairly original.  All in all, it is a decent park that provides a solid night of baseball.