Mitchel Athletic Complex

The Mitchel Athletic Complex is part of the Mitchel Field complex, located in Uniondale, New York, in the United States. Mitchel Athletic Complex was built in 1984 and renovated in 1997; it hosted track and field events during the 1998 Goodwill Games. Mitchel Athletic Complex (also called Mitchel Park and Mitchel Field) is currently home to the Long Island Rough Riders pro soccer team and the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. The 2003 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game was held at Mitchel. It was also the home of WUSA’s New York Power.

Michie Stadium

Location West Point, New York
Broke ground 1924
Opened 1924
Closed Still In Use
Demolished N/A
Owner United States Military Academy
Operator United States Military Academy
Surface AstroPlay
Construction cost $300,000 USD
Architect N/A
Former names
N/A
Tenants
Army Black Knights (NCAA) (1924-Present)
Seats
Current: 39,929
Largest crowd: 41,123

Michie Stadium is located on the campus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. It is the home stadium for the Academy’s football team. Seating capacity is 39,929 and the playing surface, installed in 2001, is AstroPlay. (more…)

Meadowlands Sports Complex

The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, New Jersey owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA). The site currently consists of three venues: Giants Stadium, the Meadowlands Racetrack (aka The Big M), and the Continental Airlines Arena (formerly the Brendan Byrne Arena).

History

In the mid-1960s, civic leaders in New Jersey began calling for a sports complex in the New Jersey Meadowlands that would be able to lure a National Football League team from New York. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Law was passed by the New Jersey Legislature in 1971 and signed by then-Governor of New Jersey William T. Cahill. (more…)

Manley Field House

Location Comstock Ave & E. Colvin St
Syracuse, NY 13244
Opened 1962
Owner Syracuse University
Operator Syracuse University
Surface Hard maple (basketball)
Tartan turf (track)
Tenants
Syracuse Orange
(basketball, volleyball & wrestling)
Seats
9,500

Manley Field House is a multi-purpose arena in Syracuse, New York. The arena opened in 1962 and holds 9,500 people. (more…)

Madison Square Garden

The current Madison Square Garden is located at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets.
Location 4 Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, New York 10001
Opened 1968
Owner Cablevision (through Madison Square Garden L.P.)
Operator Cablevision
Construction cost $123 million USD
Architect Charles Luckman
Associates, Ellerbe Becket
Tenants
New York Knicks (NBA) (1968-present)
New York Liberty (WNBA) (1997-present)
New York Rangers (NHL) (1968-present)
New York Titans (NLL) (2007-present)
New York Knights (AFL) (1988)
New York CityHawks (AFL) (1997-1998)
Seats
Basketball: 19,673
Hockey: 18,200

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. It is also the name of the entity which owns the arena and several of the professional sports franchises which play there. There have been four incarnations of the arena. The first two were located at Madison Square, thus the name. Subsequently a new 20,000-seat Garden was built at 50th Street and 8th Avenue, and the current Garden is at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station. The present arena is informally known to some by its advertising slogan, “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. (more…)

Madison Square Garden

The current Madison Square Garden is located at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets.
Location 4 Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, New York 10001
Opened 1968
Owner Cablevision (through Madison Square Garden L.P.)
Operator Cablevision
Construction cost $123 million USD
Architect Charles Luckman
Associates, Ellerbe Becket
Tenants
New York Knicks (NBA) (1968-present)
New York Liberty (WNBA) (1997-present)
New York Rangers (NHL) (1968-present)
New York Titans (NLL) (2007-present)
New York Knights (AFL) (1988)
New York CityHawks (AFL) (1997-1998)
Seats
Basketball: 19,673
Hockey: 18,200

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. It is also the name of the entity which owns the arena and several of the professional sports franchises which play there. There have been four incarnations of the arena. The first two were located at Madison Square, thus the name. Subsequently a new 20,000-seat Garden was built at 50th Street and 8th Avenue, and the current Garden is at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station. The present arena is informally known to some by its advertising slogan, “The World’s Most Famous Arena”. (more…)

Lynah Rink

Location Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Broke ground June 5, 1956
Opened March 21, 1957
Expanded 2007
Owner Cornell University
Operator Cornell University
Surface 200×85 ft (hockey)
Architect Von Storch, Evans & Burkavage
Tenants
Cornell Big Red Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey
Seats
4,267 (hockey)

Lynah Rink is a 4,267-seat hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, that opened in 1957. Named after James Lynah, Class of 1905, who was the director of Cornell athletics from 1935-1943, it is home to the Big Red men’s and women’s ice hockey teams. Lynah has been home to hockey greats such as Ken Dryden, Joe Nieuwendyk and Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Antal. (more…)

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Louis Armstrong Stadium is the second tennis stadium of the U.S. Open, the last of each year’s four Grand Slam tournaments. It is located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens. The stadium was named after the famous African American jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.

The Singer Bowl opened on the site in 1964 for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, sponsored by the Singer Corporation. In 1977, the US Open moved to Flushing from Forest Hills. The Singer Bowl was heavily renovated to host the Open, essentially being divided into two new stadia, Louis Armstrong Stadium and the adjacent grandstand. The stadium held close to 18,000 at its peak usage. (more…)

KeySpan Park

KeySpan Park is a minor league baseball stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City. The home team is the New York Mets-affiliated Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York - Penn League. Official seating capacity is 7,500.

Features include a concourse with free-standing concession buildings and overhanging fluorescent lamps in different colors, evoking an amusement park atmosphere. In addition, the park overlooks the Atlantic Ocean as well as the famous Parachute Jump. KeySpan Park was built on the old site of Steeplechase Park, an old-time Coney Island amusement park that closed in 1964 amid crime and general deterioration of Coney Island and the subways that run to the area. (more…)

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

LaValle Stadium

The Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium is the main stadium for the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, New York, USA. Construction began in 2000 at a cost of approximately $22 million. With a capacity of approximately 8,300 people, it is the largest outdoor facility in Suffolk County. The stadium is home to the Division I Seawolves, including soccer, lacrosse, and football teams. The stadium opened on September 14, 2002. On October 19, 2002, it was officially named after Kenneth P. LaValle, the New York state senator who was instrumental in getting the legislative funding available for the construction of the stadium.