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Allentown is the former home of the Pennsylvania Stoners, a professional soccer team. From 1979-1983, the Stoners were members of the American Soccer League. The team had a five-year league record of 76-49-25, and won the league championship in 1980. [3] Due to increasing competition from other soccer leagues, and decreasing attendance, the ...
The Morning Call is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second-longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after The Express-Times. The newspaper is owned by Alden Global Capital, a New York City –based hedge fund . In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Allentown headquarters ...
19th century. Professional baseball premiered in Allentown in 1884, when the Allentown Dukes completed one season in the original Eastern League. Four years later, the city fielded a Central League team, the Allentown Peanuts, which also folded after a season. [citation needed] In the 1890s, a series of baseball clubs emerged in the city.
Lehigh Valley Phantoms take on Laval Rocket at PPL Center in Allentown, January 11, 2020 Lehigh Valley Phantoms play the Hartford Wolf Pack at PPL Center in Allentown, December 14, 2019. As of the 2023–24 season. Single season Goals: Greg Carey, 31 (2017–18) Assists: Phil Varone, 47 (2017–18) Points: Phil Varone, 70 (2017–18)
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. They are located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and they are named in reference to pig iron, used in the manufacturing of steel, for which the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania is well known.
PPL Center. / 40.60250°N 75.47278°W / 40.60250; -75.47278. The PPL Center is an 8,500 seat capacity indoor sports arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It opened on September 10, 2014. It is the home arena for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League, the primary development hockey team for the Philadelphia Flyers.
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1960 Allentown Red Sox game at Max Hess Stadium in Allentown, Pennsylvania. From 1939 through 1952, Allentown had hosted a Class B Interstate League franchise, the Cardinals—also the Dukes, FleetWings and Wings—and for much of that period, it was an affiliate of the namesake St. Louis Cardinals. When the Interstate loop folded, the ...