Jets new training digs (1 Viewer)

[Bri]

Jets select Florham Park for new HQ

3/30/2006, 4:36 p.m. ET

By JANET FRANKSTON

The Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets will build their new training facility and corporate headquarters in Florham Park, officials said Thursday.

"I'm gratified and excited that Florham Park will be come the future home for the New York Jets," Mayor Frank Tinari said.

The team decided on using the New Jersey site of the former Exxon headquarters after considering locations in Jersey City, Wood-Ridge, Berkeley Heights and Millburn.

As part of the deal to jointly build a new stadium at the Meadowlands with the New York Giants, the Jets agreed to move their headquarters to the Garden State from Hofstra University on Long Island.

The Jets sought land that would be easy to develop within 20 miles of the Meadowlands and Newark Liberty International Airport, yet accessible to Manhattan and near a range of housing, hotels and medical facilities.

The move from Hempstead, N.Y., is expected to generate more than $10 million each year in new taxes for New Jersey, according to the Jets.

 

[Kiddnets]

10 minutes from my office! Gonna be catching lots of training camps!

Anyone know a timetable on this and if Corzine will screw it up?

 

[Chase Stuart]

10 minutes from my office! Gonna be catching lots of training camps!

Anyone know a timetable on this and if Corzine will screw it up?

I haven't heard but I'd guess 2009.

 

[Bri]

Last stadium didn't go over too well, hard to have high hopes for this plan

 

[Chase Stuart]

Last stadium didn't go over too well, hard to have high hopes for this plan

 

[Bri]

Last stadium didn't go over too well, hard to have high hopes for this plan

that one that was planned in NYC and Dolan(?) of MSG was fighting it and all....that shpeal

 

[timintey]

Giants, Jets get revised stadium deal

By Janet Frankston, The Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. — The New York Giants and Jets moved a step closer to their new home in the Meadowlands.

Officials from New Jersey, the Giants and the Jets said Friday they've made several changes to an agreement signed last fall that will create a new, $1 billion football stadium in East Rutherford.

Under the updated stadium agreement, the state would not be required to pay for $30 million of infrastructure costs around the stadium, said Gary Rose, chief of the governor's office of economic growth.

The stadium is expected to open for the 2010 season and will seat about 81,000.

The new stadium agreement comes after Gov. Jon S. Corzine earlier this month questioned the financial terms of the original deal, brokered by his predecessor, former Gov. Richard J. Codey.

The teams would also be allowed to collect money for naming rights to the stadium and the complex as a whole, with the exception of the Continental Airlines Arena and a new entertainment and retail development that is being built there.

The state also would drop its pursuit of a retractable dome for the new arena, Rose said. Team owners had said they would kill the earlier agreement if the state forced them to pay for a roof.

"Governor Codey made a tremendous effort to keep the Giants and Jets in New Jersey and today's announcement confirms the partnership that has been fostered between New Jersey and the teams," Corzine said in a statement. "The stadium that will be built will be a world-class facility that will set a new standard for football venues."

The owners of the teams said in a joint statement that they are pleased with the updated agreement.

"We are very grateful to the governor for recognizing the importance of this project," said Woody Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of the Jets. "We are looking forward to moving ahead and beginning work on the new stadium as planned."

In September, the Giants and Jets agreed to jointly finance the new stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

While the Giants will build their own training facility on a site within the Meadowlands, the Jets will move their headquarters and practice facility to Florham Park from Hempstead, N.Y., in the summer of 2007.

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