FirstEnergy Stadium
FirstEnergy Stadium is a multi purpose in Reading, United States that opened in 1951. Its recorded capacity is 10,000.
Key facts
FirstEnergy Stadium is a multi purpose in Reading, United States that opened in 1951. Its recorded capacity is 10,000. It is owned by Reading. It is operated by Reading Baseball G.P. and Reading Fightin Phils. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Reading Indians 1952–1961, Reading Red Sox 1963–1964, Reading Fightin Phils.
- Location
- Reading, United States
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 10,000
- Opened
- 1951
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Reading
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
FirstEnergy Stadium is at latitude 40.365833, longitude -75.933611, in Reading, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 40.365833 |
| Longitude | -75.933611 |
| City | Reading |
| Region | Reading |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
FirstEnergy Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. GPU Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present. Reading Municipal Memorial Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Reading | 1951 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Reading Fightin Phils | 1951 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Reading Baseball G.P. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Indians 1952–1961 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Reading Red Sox 1963–1964 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Reading Fightin Phils | Not mapped | 1951 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3915 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Reading Municipal Memorial Stadium | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | GPU Stadium | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 60146 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 60145 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 60144 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | capacity | 9000 | 10000 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1381284824 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | FirstEnergy_Stadium_(Reading,_Pennsylvania) | FirstEnergy Stadium (Reading, Pennsylvania) | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 53284 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 53283 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 53282 | 2026-10 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: