{"id":1150,"date":"2017-07-20T17:35:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/\/map\/?post_type=location&#038;p=1150"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:21:47","slug":"henni-kantor-kessler-john-h-kessler-stadium","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/location\/henni-kantor-kessler-john-h-kessler-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Henni Kantor Kessler &amp; John H. Kessler Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"description\">Description<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>The Henni Kantor Kessler &amp; John H. Kessler Stadium serves as the home field for Monmouth&#8217;s football, lacrosse, and track &amp; field programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/templates\/NewsDetail.aspx?id=40802215642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This $16-million sports ground<\/a> offers seating for up to 4,200 patrons and includes a full-concourse with concession stands. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/monmouthhawks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monmouth Hawks website<\/a> for more information about the stadium and to see schedules for upcoming games.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history\">History<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Monmouth&#8217;s prior home field, Kessler Field, bore a similar name to this location. Both stadium and field memorialized substantial donations from former University trustee&nbsp;Henni Kessler &#8217;68 and trustee emeritus John Kessler &#8217;69. Throughout the school&#8217;s history, the couple contributed to Monmouth both financially and athletically\u2014Henni led the school&#8217;s cheerleading team as captain, while John played for the baseball team. The Hawks played on Kessler Field from Sept. 1993 until Oct. 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/monmouthhawks.com\/facilities\/?id=3\">Learn More on the Monmouth Hawks Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1388,"template":"","map_type":[5],"class_list":["post-1150","location","type-location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","map_type-athletic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/location"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location\/1150\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"map_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/map\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/map_type?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}