We showcase the stadiums and arenas of the New York Metro Area. We have set a capacity cut off point of 10 000 for American Football and 5 000 for everything else. Thanks for watching!
I've been to one game at Yankees Stadium and half a dozen Devils games and two concerts at Prudential Center. I've driven past Rutgers' football stadium many times since I live in New Brunswick.
Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ is in the process of being renovated to host the Indy League New Jersey Jackals. The Jackals announced their move to Paterson last week and the venue will still be used by the Paterson school system.
You spelled the city wrong. There is only ONE "T". It is Paterson, New Jersey. There is also William Paterson University, located in Wayne Township, New Jersey.
20:20 The census bureau actually does consider Trenton/Princeton its own separate metropolitan area. What you're probably looking at is New York's combined statistical area (CSA), which is a census grouping that adds a few cities that, despite being their own metro area, are nonetheless economically or culturally linked to New York. I agree with including Trenton in the video for completion's sake, though. It's nice to see a beautiful ballpark get a spotlight!
14:24 - 14:50: Fans of Wes Anderson's films might be familiar with Forest Hills Stadium. A few scenes for his 2001 THE ROYAL TENNANBAUMS were shot there. Probably the funniest is when Gene Hackman is driving around the stadium in a go-cart!
I understand the need for the attendance cutoff, but it would've been nice to see Fordham's Rose Hill Gymnasium on this list. It's one of the oldest arenas, if not the oldest, in all of NCAA Division I basketball (built in 1925). It's also a pretty nice-looking building, particularly the exterior.
Very informative video with great arial photography. My only wish is that you added the city/town of each facility. Many of us in the NYC metro area are not familiar with more than a few of these stadiums/arenas. Thanks for posting.
For the last two years, the County Center has been used as a vaccination site for COVID, and therefore, the WC Knicks moved to Webster Bank Arena, as you've noted. I had season tickets to the first year of the Westchetser Knicks in 2014, went to a ton of high school games there, and also got my COVID vaccine there, which is pretty cool.
Been waiting for this, which is somewhat ridiculous since I live here and I know what our stadiums, at least the big ones, look like already. It's a little like excitedly opening your school yearbook to look for your own picture. Anyway, here we go... (Edit: I just want to point out the Harlem River is not man-made as a whole. Only the very northern part of it where it meets the Hudson River, adjacent to Columbia's Wien Stadium and also known by its Dutch name Spuyten Duyvil, was rerouted in the 19th century to make it friendlier to shipping. The legal boundaries of Manhattan were defined when the Harlem River still followed its natural course in that area, so there is a small area of what now appears to be the Bronx because it's now on the opposite side of the river, called Marble Hill, that is legally part of Manhattan)
Delighted to see you included Hinchliffe Stadium. Played b-ball there in the 60's for the Paterson city leagues and Kennedy HS. Thanksgiving Day between Central (later Kennedy) and Eastside High School was a major event at this venue.
Bridgeport made it (Total Mortgage Arena) made it. There also use to be a baseball stadium for the Bluefish next to it but they moved. Its now a amphitheater.
Patriots Stadium is where Monty Brewster pitched against the Yankees for the Hackensack Bulls in Brewster's Millions. Nice to see the train tracks don't go through the outfield anymore.
The New Jersey Jackals’ new home after they moved out of Yogi Berra Stadium is actually Hinchliffe Stadium. The stadium has gone through extensive renovations and like Yogi Berra will also feature a small museum this time about the history of Hinchliffe. In the same structure will house a concession area and a few other possible goodies. I’m glad that they revived an old stadium that was falling apart and would almost become a relic of history, but the Jackals and the people of Paterson were able to save it. The only complaint I’ll make is that the stadium doesn’t really look like it would be suitable for baseball, but however they can make it work.
I think Michie Stadium in West Point is technically still NY metro area, but otherwise excellent job. I live here and have never heard of some of these stadiums.
Do Upsate NY next please!! Syracuse, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester all have good stadiums. Utica, Watertown, Binghamton, Ithaca, Cooperstown, Glens Falls to name a few more places!
Agree was going to request upstate NY one. I grew up in Southern Ontario and spent a few summer holidays camping in the Finger Lakes and also Allegheny State Park. Beautiful area and I have a soft spot for Syracuse U!!!
@@bobbyboy1439 ha! OK I will, I haven't watched college sports for years I see they are not in the AP top 25 but they received some votes! The big memory for year is 1987 when they had Don McPherson as option QB and they went undefeated and tied Auburn in the Sugar Bowl! Carrier Dome sounded loud on my tv that year. Jim Boeheim was the legendary basketball coach at that time. Good memories, US college sports was really exciting in the 80s and early 90s, I miss those days.
@@neilwhitaker6284 Jim Boeheim is still the SU bball coach! Unfortunately, I don't think Cuse will be able to reach that level of greatness as they did in 1987 any time soon..
It was great to see my Alma mater, Montclair, represented not once but twice. There’s also a football stadium (Sprague Field aka Sam Mills Stadium, 6000 seats) there that saw HOF great Sam Mills play there in the 80’s.
I played football a bunch of time at the Newark spots stadium against Barringer High School. Also, My first job was at the yogi Berra stadium concession stand
The NY Islanders actually left Nassau Coliseum in 2015 to play in Barclays Center. The layout for hockey was totally unsuitable, as it meant the scoreboard was actually not over center ice, and many fans from Long Island didn’t follow the team to Brooklyn. The Islanders returned to Nassau Coliseum to split their home games between there and Barclays Center in 2018. The Islanders quit Barclays for good in the 2020-21 season while the new UBS Arena at nearby Belmont Park was finished.
Yeah, my school's stadium was nowhere near the cutoff point, I have to admit. I think we estimated that at WT Clarke High School, my alma mater and Chuck D's, Rams Stadium (Now Coach Jack Boyle Memorial Stadium) had a capacity of about 1500, and no lights. I've heard they're looking at turf at least, to save on the upkeep costs (which would help, there was gravel kicking up when I was _marching_ on the field with my French horn, to say nothing of the football team).
Newark Schools Stadium was renovated. Once it was made like a horseshoe. Once where the archers are was seats. Hintchclife Stadium is/was being renovated.
Fun fact about Meadowlands Arena and the Prudential Center. The Metropolitan Riveters are moving from The Prudential Center's practice arena (they didn't play in the actual arena) to the American Dream Ice Rink in the Meadowlands Complex. Right next to the Meadowlands Arena. Which used to host hockey. Why the Mall didn't use the Arena for their hockey rink, and why the Riveters are playing in the Mall and not the Arena, I have no idea
21:10 Oh, you mean Brendan Byrne Arena. I'm sitting here thinking about listing all the Grateful Dead shows in these arenas. Meadowlands, MSG, Nassau, Rutgers, Princeton, Stoney Brook...that's like 200 shows at least.
You missed several. All the St Johns University facilities. Jack Kaiser Stadium (baseball), Belson Stadium (soccer, lacrosse). And while the basketball team uses Madison Square Garden for events, they have a basketball arena on campus called Carnesecca Arena. And if you did Wall Stadium which does Motorsports, you could of mentioned Riverhead Raceway.
No gaelic park ,the Gaelic Athletic stadium in NY.The cut off is 5000 ,yes the stated capacity is 2000 in wikepedia however last week there was 9000 there
Nice job. I live about an hour south in the Philly suburbs. Disappointed you didn’t include two hockey venues in Nee Jersey: Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (might be in Philly metro technically but it’s halfway between) is a 10,000 seater art deco style built in 1929 and also hosts the Miss America pageant. Baker Rink at Princeton only holds 2,100 but I believe is the 2nd oldest hockey arena in the world still in use today. I played there a few times in high school and has the best ice I’ve ever skated on.
