PARSIPPANY, NJ— Developer Pravin Patel opened the second franchised Wingate Inn hotel in Maryland, and has established the property as the Official Team Hotel of the Aberdeen IronBirds, Cal Ripkens Class A Baltimore Orioles minor league affiliate in the NY-Penn League. Patel signed a three-year contract to house all teams that come to play the Aberdeen IronBirds. The three-story, 107-room Wingate at 1326 Policy Drive in Riverside is located only five miles from the Aberdeen Baseball Complex, home of the Aberdeen IronBirds, 5,900-seat Ripken Stadium, Ripken Professional Baseball LLC and state-of-the-art youth baseball academy. Facilities at the hotel include an indoor pool, seven whirlpool suites, free guestroom high-speed Internet access, a free 24-hour business center and other amenities. Keith Pierce, Wingate Inn president & chief executive officer, said the opening of the hotel and the agreement with Aberdeen IronBirds “is excellent for both Pravin and the brand. Were not only adding another open Wingate Inn hotel to the state of Maryland, were affiliating the Wingate Inn name with the Ripken name, one of the most recognizable and respected in the United States.”
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