The UConn women's basketball team is facing off with teams across the country at the recently re-named Total Mortgage Arena at the NCAA Division I tournament in Bridgeport starting this weekend.
Teams from Indiana and North Carolina will make their way to Connecticut.
If you're in Bridgeport this weekend with your kids and find yourself facing a lull during a break in the action, never fear.
We've got a list of local attractions to keep everyone in the family happy this weekend in Bridgeport.
This World War II-era Corsair is being restored so it can be properly displayed in an expanded Connecticut Air & Space Center in Stratford.
There are plenty of museums to entertain the kiddos during an afternoon in Bridgeport. The Discovery Museum and Planetarium offers exhibits such as the Hall of Space, Science at Play and “Teddy Bear Triage.” Then there’s the nearby Helicopter Museum and the Connecticut Air and Space Center, both in Stratford, for plane and space enthusiasts and the Housatonic Art Museum for little artists.
A woman and child make their way across the jetty towards the Fayerweather Island Lighthouse at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, March 19, 2018. In the distance at left is Fairfield's Penfield Reef Light, marking the outer end of the Penfield Reef, a hazard to navigation.
Enjoy the salt air and sun at some of Bridgeport’s seaside attractions. Seaside Park is made up of 325 acres, with three miles of coastline and plenty of lawn space and sports fields. The park also has bike paths and hiking trails. Captain’s Cove Seaport, in the Black Rock neighborhood, is a kitschy nautical hangout with little boardwalk shops, an indoor-outdoor bar and a restaurant overlooking a marina.
Rockin’ Jump in nearby Trumbull is lined wall to wall with trampolines, swings and foam pits. Kids can play dodgeball, practice their basketball skills in the slam dunk zone, and test their limits with a rock wall and a warp wall. There’s also a ninja obstacle course, a drop zone and an open-jump area.
The 20-acre Connecticut Sports Center in Shelton has activities to last for hours, including mini golf, bowling, batting cages, paint ball, lazer tag and a golf range. The center also offers free skate time, ice skating lessons, hockey lessons and clinics. Check the website for skate hours and COVID restrictions.