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New
York Sporting Events and Tickets - We can get you there!!
New
York is famous for its world class sports teams including the
New York Yankees, the New York Mets,
the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers,
the New York Giants and the New York
Jets. New York is the sports capitol of the world and
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York sporting events. There is nothing like the
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New York City Sports
The Sporting News
voted NYC the Best Sports City in America in 2001 for good reason.
New Yorkers are passionate about sports, both as participants
and as spectators. Did you know you can go rock-climbing, sailing,
kayaking, and golfing in New York City? Also see the Sporting
Life, Parks, Biking. And did you know, NYC won the national bid
to host the 2012 Olympics?
Participant Sports
The city's greatest sports
center is the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex,
a state-of-the-art, 30-acre athletic temple with facilities for
jogging, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, rock-climbing, swimming,
golf, and much more. Golfers can swing a club at seven different
courses throughout the boroughs courtesy of American Golf, the
world's largest golf course management company. Bowlers try for
strikes at the Bowlmor Lanes, NYC's hip bowling Mecca. Prefer
gliding across the ice? Skate at Central Park's Wollman Rink or
Lasker Rink, uptown. Chelsea Piers has two year-round indoor ice
rinks, two outdoor roller rinks, and an extreme skate park. And
of course, there's the famous rink in Rockefeller Center. Joggers
and runners can contact the New York Road Runners Club for information
about participating in the world-famous NYC Marathon in November
or any of their many organized runs. If a 4-legged trot along
a tree-lined path is more your style, Central Park is home to
the Claremont Riding Academy (212/724-5100), the oldest continuously
operated stable in the United States. Primarily a riding school,
Claremont also hires out horses for enjoyment on the six miles
of bridle paths in Central Park. If "riding" means by
bicycle to you, at Central Park Bicycle Tours you can join a group,
or rent a bikes by the hour and explore solo. Keep in mind that
Central Park is just one of the city's vast web of 1,700 parks
and playgrounds. In fact, Manhattan's famed green oasis is number
five on the list of the city's ten largest parks! You can also
enjoy running, jogging, in-line skating, basketball, softball,
and soccer - not to mention great special events and festivals
- at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, the Greenbelt on Staten Island,
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, Brooklyn's Prospect Park,
and many more. You can even go bird watching in New York City!
Central Park and the Bronx's New York Botanical Garden offer guided
bird walks, and spring in Queens brings thousands of migrating
shore birds to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Center's 10,000 acres.
Learn more about NYC's parks.
Spectator Sports
Sports fans who prefer to
sit and root for the home team have it made in New York. There
are hundreds of opportunities to see professional sports played
at some of the world's best venues. See below for details and
directions. Yankee (Yankees) and Shea stadiums (Mets) for major
league baseball; Madison Square Garden (the Knicks and the Liberty)
for basketball, boxing, ice hockey (Rangers), and wrestling (WWF/World
Wrestling Federation); the Giants and Jets (football), the Nets
(basketball), and the Metro Stars (soccer) are across the river
at New Jersey's Giants Stadium and Continental Airlines Arena,
part of the Meadowlands complex. In late August, fans flock to
the U.S. Open Tennis Center in Queens; and there's thoroughbred
racing year-round at the world-famous Aqueduct and Belmont racetracks,
also in Queens. The Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones,
Class A minor league teams of the New York Yankees and New York
Mets, played their first seasons in 2001 in fabulous new ballparks.
The USBL minor league basketball team the Brooklyn Kings play
in surprise! Brooklyn.
Aqueduct Race
Track
Rockaway Blvd. & 108th
St., Ozone Park, Queens, New York; Racing Association 718/641-4700
Home of Thoroughbred racing
in the metropolitan area, mid-October-May. From Manhattan, take
the A subway line to the Old Aqueduct Station. Courtesy Bus service
is available to the admission gate.
Belmont Park Race
Track
Elmont, Queens, NY; Racing
Association 718/641-4700 Largest Thoroughbred racing facility
in North America; live racing May-July and Sept.-Oct. Beautiful
grounds and picnic areas. From Manhattan, take the F subway to
169th street or 179th street then take the N6 or the Q2 bus to
Belmont, or take the E train to Jamaica Center (Parsons Blvd.)
and then take the Q10 bus to Belmont. You can also take the LIRR
at Penn Station to Woodside or Jamaica.
Brooklyn Cyclones
Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf
Ave & Riegelmann Boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 718/449-8497
Class A minor league baseball
(major team is the Mets). To reach KeySpan Park by subway, you
take the Q local, W, F, or N train. All trains stop at Stillwell
Avenue/Coney Island, which is the last stop. Exit the station
towards Stillwell and Surf Avenues (walk toward Nathan's); KeySpan
Park is two blocks away.
Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Plaza (7th
Ave. at 31st-33rd Sts.), NYC, 212/465-6741 or TicketMaster 212/307-7171
You can get tickets at this
sports and entertainment complex for the Knicks, Rangers, Liberty,
World Wrestling Federation, boxing events.
Shea Stadium
126th St. & Roosevelt
Ave., Flushing, Queens, 718/507-8499
Home of the New York Mets.
Season runs April-October. To get to the stadium by subway: 7
subway to Willets Point/Shea Stadium. From Penn Station in Manhattan,
the LIRR serves Shea Stadium on the Port Washington line on game
days only. Another option is taking the Baseball by Boat ferry
shuttle (Manhattan & NJ departures). Cost is between $10 and
$14 round trip.
Yankee Stadium
161st St at River Ave.,
Bronx, 718/293-6000
Home of the New York Yankees
baseball team, Yankee Stadium is a famous outdoor facility for
sports and entertainment events. Season runs April-October. To
get to the stadium from Manhattan via subway (the Yankee Stadium
subway stop is right outside the stadium at the corner of 161st
St. and River Ave.), take the 4, the B (weekdays only), or D train
to 161st St./Yankee Stadium. The ride takes about 25 minutes from
midtown. By bus: BX 6, BX 13 and BX 55 buses stop at 161st St./Grand
Concourse, a short walk from the Stadium. Another option is taking
the Baseball by Boat ferry shuttle (Manhattan & NJ departures).
Cost is between $10 and $14 round trip.
Staten Island Yankees
Richmond Country Bank Ballpark
at St. George, next to Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island,
718/720-9265
New York Yankees minor league
affiliate, featuring Yankees prospects playing in a new stadium,
overlooking New York Harbor. To get there from Manhattan by subway,
take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green or the N or R to Whitehall Station,
then the free Staten Island Ferry. Exit the ferry from the lower
deck; the ballpark is on your right. The ferry departs every 15
minutes weekdays 5-7 PM, and every 30 minutes weekends 11:30am-7:30pm.
For holiday schedule call 718/815-BOAT.
U.S. Open Tennis
Championships
USTA National Tennis Center,
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, 718/760-6200; tickets, 888/673-6849
One of the four Grand Slam
events of professional tennis. From Manhattan by subway, take
the 7 subway to the Shea Stadium/Willets Point Station. The USTA
National Tennis Center is a short walk down the ramp from the
station. The ride takes about 30 minutes from midtown.
Meadowlands Sports
Complex
East Rutherford, NJ; general
information 201/935-3900; New York Jets 201/560-8200; New York
Giants 201/460-4370; New York Metro Stars 201/583-7000 Continental
Airlines Arena, along with Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands
racetrack, make up this sports complex. It cost $450 million to
build and is considered one of the greatest sports complexes in
the world. The Port Authority bus terminal offers load-and-go,
round-trip bus service for all events at the Meadowlands (a 20
minute ride). Advance-purchase ticket required; fare is $3.25
one-way for adults when purchased at the Port Authority ticket
window ($4 when purchased on board the bus at the Meadowlands
only); $6.50 round trip.
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