Note:
The above teams play their home games at the New Jersey Meadowlands
Sports Complex (Continental Airlines Arena and Giants Stadium),
located approximately 20+ minutes north of the NJIT campus. Other
nearby major league professional teams accessible by public transportation
include the New York Mets
(MLB) at Shea Stadium; New
York Yankees (MLB)
at Yankee Stadium; and the
New York Rangers (NHL),
New York Knicks (NBA),
and New York Liberty (WNBA) at Madison Square Garden. New
Jersey also has six minor league baseball teams: Trenton
Thunder (Trenton),
New Jersey Cardinals (Augusta), Somerset
Patriots (Bridgewater), Atlantic
Surf (Atlantic City),
New Jersey Jackals (Upper Montclair),
and the Newark Bears
(Newark), located just minutes from the NJIT campus. The United
States Equestrian Team (USET) is based
in Gladstone, New Jersey.
The New Jersey Devils are expected to move to a new arena in downtown Newark in 2007-2008. The New Jersey Nets are expected to move to Brooklyn, New York around 2010.
Youth soccer programs in
New Jersey are regulated by the New
Jersey Youth Soccer Association.
revised August 21,
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