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Brendan Byrne
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Brendan Thomas Byrne is an American Democratic Party politician who served for two terms as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. Elected in the wave of anti-Republican backlash arising from the Watergate scandal, he ushered in a period of reform of the state government, Byrne was born and raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He is the fourth of Francis A. Byrne and Genevieve Byrnes five children, in 1942, Byrne graduated from West Orange High School, where he had served as both the president of the debate club and senior class president. He briefly enrolled at Seton Hall University, only to leave in March the following year to join the U. S. Army, during World War II, Byrne served in the U. S. Army Air Corps, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals. By the time of his discharge from service in 1945. After the war, and thanks to the G. I, bill, Byrne attended Princeton University for two years, where he majored in Public and International Affairs. Due to the war, he spent only two years on campus, finishing his thesis while enrolled at Harvard Law School. He graduated from Princeton in 1949, and went on to obtain his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1951, on June 27,1953, he married Jean Featherly, with whom he had seven children. Jean and Brendan Byrne divorced in 1993, Byrne married his second wife, Ruth Zinn, in 1994. Former First Lady of New Jersey Jean Byrne died in 2015, prior to entering public service, Byrne worked as a private attorney, first for the Newark law firm of John W. McGeehan, Jr. and later for the East Orange firm of Teltser and Greenberg. In October 1955, Byrne was appointed an assistant counsel to Governor Robert B, Meyner, and the following year he became the Governors acting executive secretary. In 1958, Byrne was appointed the deputy attorney general responsible for the Essex County Prosecutors Office, the following year, Governor Meyner appointed him as the Essex County Prosecutor. Governor Hughes reappointed Byrne to this office in 1964 following the end of his first five-year term. From 1968 to 1970, Byrne served as the president of the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners, in 1970, Byrne was appointed by Governor William T. Cahill to the Superior Court. He served as the assignment judge for Morris, Sussex, in April 1973, Byrne resigned from the Superior court to run for governor. Byrne defeated Ann Klein and Ralph DeRose in the 1973 Democratic primary to win the nomination for governor. In the November general election, Byrne won by beating the Republican nominee Congressman Charles Sandman in a landslide, Sandman had defeated the incumbent Governor Cahill in the primary. Byrnes margin was so vast that it allowed Democrats to capture control of both chambers of the state legislature, on January 15,1974, Brendan Byrne was sworn in as the 47th governor of New Jersey
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Continental Airlines
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Continental Airlines was a major United States airline, founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers, Continental was a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operated under the Continental Express trade name but was a separately managed and public company. Chautauqua Airlines also flew under the Continental Express identity, and Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, Continental did not have any ownership interests in these companies. Continental started out as one of the carriers in the United States. Post 1978, Continental grew into one of the countrys largest carriers despite facing financial troubles and other issues, in May 2010, the airline announced that it would merge with UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, via a stock swap. Continentals shares were acquired by UAL Corporation, the acquisition was completed in October 2010, at which time the holding company was renamed United Continental Holdings. During the integration period, each ran a separate operation under the direction of a combined leadership team. The integration was completed on March 3,2012, the airline commenced operations with the Lockheed Vega, a single-engine plane that carried four passengers. Following cancellation of all domestic airmail contracts by the Roosevelt administration in 1934, Six learned of an opportunity to buy into the Southwest Division of Varney Speed Lines which needed money to handle its newly won Pueblo-El Paso route. Six was introduced to Louis Mueller, Mueller had helped found the Southwest Division of Varney in 1934 with Walter T. Varney. As an upshot of all this, Six bought into the airline with US$90,000, Varney was awarded a 17-cent-rate airmail contract between Pueblo and El Paso, it carried passengers as a sideline. The carrier was renamed Continental Air Lines on July 8,1937, Six relocated the airlines headquarters to Denver Union Airport in Denver in October 1937. Six changed the name to Continental because he wanted the name to reflect his desire to have the airline fly all directions throughout the United States. During World War II Continentals Denver maintenance base converted Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, profits from military transportation and aircraft conversion enabled Continental to contemplate expansion and acquisition of new airliners after the war. Among those were the Douglas DC-3, the Convair 240 and the Convair 340, the Convairs were Continentals first pressurized airliners. The airlines early route was El Paso to Denver, with routes being added during the war from Denver and Albuquerque across Kansas, Oklahoma, in 1946 Continental flew Denver to Kansas City, Tulsa, and to Oklahoma City, and from El Paso and Albuquerque to San Antonio. Each route included stops in several of 22 smaller cities, in 1955 Continental merged with Pioneer Airlines, gaining access to 16 more cities in Texas and New Mexico. Pioneers Executive Vice President Harding Luther Lawrence arrived at Continental as a result of the merger, Bob Six commented on more than on occasion that, the reason we bought Pioneer was to get Harding
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Izod
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Izod is a clothing company that produces dressy-casual clothing, sportswear for men, as well as footwear and accessories. It is part of PVH, forming part of its Heritage Brands division along with Van Heusen, Arrow, Warners, Olga, one variation is the IZ patch instead of crest. This shirt, along with Ralph Lauren Polo, was popular in the 1970s and 80s among the preppy, other Izod classics include the Harrington jacket G-9 model, also v-neck & cardigan sweaters. Today, the Izod brand competes with other similarly-priced brands such as Ralph Laurens Chaps brand, Nautica, in the late 1930s, Vincent dePaul Draddy, an American businessman employed by David Crystal Co. needed a strong name to associate with his quality merchandise for menswear. While vacationing with his family in London, he encountered Jack Izods tailoring boutique, Izod produced bespoke shirts and created the Windsor tie-knot for King George V, but was ready to retire, and accepted Draddys offer to purchase the rights to his distinctive name. Izod of London clothing company was introduced to the USA in 1938, Izod of London would become most notable for its pairing with the Lacoste shirt company from 1952 to 1993. Vincent Draddy began to license the Lacoste shirt to add prestige to the Izod line, but he couldnt find a market for the then-expensive $8.00 retail price. After Draddy began giving the shirts away to his famous friends, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bing Crosby, Daniel Platt, and John F. Kennedy, Izod of London became a brand known simply as Izod Lacoste. While the shirts were equally Izod and Lacoste, they became abbreviated and popularized as Izod shirts In 1964, significant company growth was seen under Bernards management. When he became president, around 300,000 Izod Lacoste products were sold annually, the Izod Lacoste brand reached its height of popularity in the US during the late 1970s and became the signature 1980s preppy wardrobe item, mentioned in the Official Preppy Handbook. The company also began to other products into their line including shorts, perfume, optical and sunglasses, tennis shoes, deck shoes, walking shoes, watches. Also, During this period Izods parent, Crystal Brands, came under the management of General Mills, during the early 1990s, Izod Lacoste struggled to maintain the market dominance it had enjoyed in previous decades. Eventually this tactic did not provide the financial gain Crystal had hoped, sportloisirs S. A. purchased the Lacoste brand entirely in 1993, while Izod was sold to Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation in 1995. PVH repositioned and restored some of Izods previous relevance while introducing a number of products lines, complete with an Izod crest logo, or patch. In addition to its sportswear, Izod designs a range of mens suits, shirts, neckties, shoes, outerwear and fragrances. Currently, within the PVH corp. the Izod branded shirt has become part of the biggest shirt company in the USA, march 15,2010, Izods parent company PVH purchased the Tommy Hilfiger brand. There has been speculation over the merging of both brands to increase exposure abroad. This move will not affect Izods growing wholesale business to department stores, as of 2015, Izod no longer makes and sells womens clothing except for the golf line
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New Jersey Route 120
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Route 120 is a state highway located in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It extends 2.65 mi from an interchange with Route 3 in East Rutherford to another interchange with Route 17 in Carlstadt, NJ120 serves the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which consists of MetLife Stadium, Meadowlands Racetrack, and the Izod Center. It heads north from Route 3 as a freeway through the sports complex to an interchange with the southern terminus of County Route 503. From here, Route 120 heads northwest along the edge of the sports complex as a four-lane divided at-grade Paterson Plank Road. In 1927, Route 3 was legislated along the Paterson Plank Road portion of present-day Route 120 and it was eventually designated along the entire portion of current Route 120. As this route was not connected to the mainline of Route 20, as a result of the construction of American Dream Meadowlands, the interchange between Route 3 and Route 120 was improved. An overpass between eastbound Route 3 and northbound Route 120 was completed in 2009 and a flyover from southbound Route 120 to eastbound Route 3 was completed in 2010. Route 120 begins at an interchange with Route 3 in East Rutherford, the freeway heads north-northeast into the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Here, MetLife Stadium is on the west side of the road while the Izod Center, here, the route becomes a 40 mph freeway that has two interchanges that provide access to the sports complex. Meanwhile, County Route 503 continues north-northeast to head into the part of Carlstadt. The route has an exit and entrance to the Meadowlands Sports Complex before it crosses Berrys Creek. Upon crossing the creek, Route 120 continues northwest through industrial and commercial areas, a short distance past this intersection, the road becomes a four-lane undivided road that crosses New Jersey Transit’s Pascack Valley Line before coming to an interchange with Route 17. Here, Route 120 ends and County Route 120 continues to the west as Paterson Avenue, after crossing the Passaic River into Bergen County, the road is called Paterson Avenue and designated as County Route 120, in Wallington, in a residential and light-density commercial area. The road becomes the border between Wallington to the north and East Rutherford to the south, at the end of Wallington, Paterson Avenue is the border between Carlstadt and East Rutherford for a short distance but then the road dips into East Rutherford to avoid a hill. The road returns to the Carlstadt/East Rutherford border at Route 17 which it crosses over via an overpass, and is then designated as Route 120 and Paterson Plank Road for a distance. In the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 3 was legislated to run along the Paterson Plank Road portion of today’s Route 120 as part of its route between Secaucus and Greenwood Lake. By 1947, Route 3 had been designated along the alignment of current Route 120. When New Jersey renumbered its highways in 1953, Route 3 was moved to a new freeway alignment that was Route S3
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East Rutherford, New Jersey
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East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is an suburb of New York City, located 7 miles west of Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17,1889, the new township took its name from a spring in the community. On March 28,1894, the Borough of East Rutherford was created, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day, while there was no change in its borders, the name and form of government were changed. The borough was the second formed during the Boroughitis phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium, and was previously the location of Giants Stadium. MetLife Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, Giants Stadium, which hosted the Giants and Jets until 2009, was also the original home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. East Rutherford is the municipality with fewer than 10,000 residents to have been home to five professional sports teams simultaneously. The borough is the site of the American Dream Meadowlands project, if it were to be completed it would be the second largest mall in the state behind the Westfield Garden State Plaza. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had an area of 4.052 square miles. The Passaic River is the boundary, and the Hackensack River is the eastern boundary. The area in which East Rutherford is located is the valley of the Passaic, carlton Hill is an unincorporated community located within the township. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,913 people,3,792 households, the population density was 2,403.2 per square mile. There were 4,018 housing units at a density of 1,083.4 per square mile. [[Hispanic |Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17. 54% of the population,33. 5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the family size was 3.06. In the borough, the population was out with 18. 1% under the age of 18,8. 6% from 18 to 24,33. 2% from 25 to 44,26. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37.8 years, for every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 92.5 males, the Census Bureaus 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that median household income was $62,471 and the median family income was $71,357
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Meadowlands station
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The station is situated equidistant between Meadowlands Racetrack, American Dream Meadowlands, and MetLife Stadium to which there is a direct aerial connection. There is one platform and one side platform each approximately 950 feet in length and have an enclosed passenger overpass. NJ Transit operates the Meadowlands Rail Line to the station for stadium events when 50,000 or more attendees are expected, the station is expected to operate daily once the American Dream Meadowlands complex is completed. The station officially opened to the public on July 26,2009 for the game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament between the United States and Mexico. As many as 6,000 of the 80,000 attendees at the game arrived at the complex using the station. Some concertgoers had to wait up to two hours to board trains after the show, as the line can only accommodate a maximum capacity of 10,000 people per hour. Meadowlands Railroad and Roadway Improvement Project
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Meadowlands Rail Line
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Meadowlands Rail Line is a rail line in New Jersey, United States, operated by New Jersey Transit. Trains run between the Meadowlands Sports Complex and Secaucus Junction, some with continuing service to Hoboken Terminal, there is a limited service on the line, with trains only operating in conjunction with major events. Upon its opening on July 20,2009, it became the newest route of New Jersey Transit rail operations and it is represented on NJT maps with the color white, unlike other lines, it does not have a logo. It was built at a cost of $185 million, NJ Transit runs trains along the Meadowlands Rail Line for events where 50,000 or more attendees are expected, including New York Jets and New York Giants games. Trains begin running 3 1⁄2 hours before an event and stop up to two hours after its conclusion, travel time between Meadowlands Station and Secaucus Junction is 10 to 13 minutes, a trip to or from Hoboken Terminal takes about 23 minutes. The agency considers full capacity to be 10,000 passengers per hour, NJT officials have said they will begin daily service when the American Dream Meadowlands retail and entertainment complex opens. Secaucus Junction is a interchange station for NJ Transit where all. At its eastern terminus Hoboken Terminal connections to PATH trains, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, New York Waterway ferries, the Train to the Game is an excursion train operated jointly by Metro-North Railroad and NJ Transit, for Sunday football games starting at 1 pm. Trains running as part of this service originate at New Haven and they travel through southwestern Connecticut and Westchester County, cross Manhattan via New York Penn and continue through the North River Tunnels as regular NJT trains to Secaucus Junction. When the service first began, three trains operated in each direction, however, this was reduced to one train in each direction starting with the 2010 Football Season. In 2012, New Jersey Transit began introducing online ticketing service by offering tickets from New York Penn Station to Met Life Stadium during the 2012 NFL season. The Meadowlands Sports Complex, which opened in 1976, was until 2009 accessible only via automobile or bus, the decision to build a rail line to it was welcome but the route was a source of controversy. A portion of the line is a 2. 3-mile-long spur line connected via a new wye connection to the existing network, the line as built is a spur off the Pascack Valley Line, which travels further than if it had branched directly off the Bergen County Line. The decision to spend $6.2 million to acquire a right-of-way that travels through a federal Superfund site was also contentious, the opening ceremonies for the line took place on July 20,2009. The station opened to the public on July 26,2009 and it is estimated that 6,000 arrived via the new rail line. Ridership to National Football League games increased by 50 percent in the lines second year of operation. In 2010, about 10,500 attendees at New York Jets games and 8,000 attendees at New York Giants games arrived by train, after the game ended there were more delays as demanded exceeded the Meadowlands stations regular operating capacity. At one point, fans were asked to remain inside the stadium until more trains were dispatched to load passengers from the station, in total 28,301 riders arrived at the stadium and 35,264 left via train
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Seating capacity
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Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats hundreds of thousands of people. The International Fire Code, portions of which have adopted by many jurisdictions, is directed more towards the use of a facility than the construction. It specifies, For areas having fixed seating without dividing arms and it also requires that every public venue submit a detailed site plan to the local fire code official, including details of the means of egress, seating capacity, arrangement of the seating. Once safety considerations have been satisfied, determinations of seating capacity turn on the size of the venue. For sports venues, the decision on maximum seating capacity is determined by several factors, chief among these are the primary sports program and the size of the market area. Seating capacity of venues also plays a role in what media they are able to provide, in contracting to permit performers to use a theatre or other performing space, the seating capacity of the performance facility must be disclosed. Seating capacity may influence the kind of contract to be used, the seating capacity must also be disclosed to the copyright owner in seeking a license for the copyrighted work to be performed in that venue. Venues that may be leased for private functions such as ballrooms and auditoriums generally advertise their seating capacity, seating capacity is also an important consideration in the construction and use of sports venues such as stadiums and arenas. The seating capacity for restaurants is reported as covers, a restaurant that can seat 99 is said to have 99 covers, seating capacity differs from total capacity, which describes the total number of people who can fit in a venue or in a vehicle either sitting or standing. Use of the term public capacity indicates that a venue is allowed to more people than it can actually seat. Again, the total number of people can refer to either the physical space available or limitations set by law
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George A. Fuller
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George A. Fuller was an architect often credited as being the inventor of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system. Fuller was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, near Worcester, through Fullers hard work and diligence, at the age of twenty-five he was made a partner and placed in charge of Peabody & Stearns New York office. Fuller also designed the United Bank Building, a building at Wall Street and Broadway, although he left Peabody & Stearns shortly after construction began. He then raised $50,000 and set up the George A. Fuller Company in 1882, in this way, Fuller created the modern concept of the general contractor. One of the new firms first jobs was the Chicago Opera House, designed by Henry Ives Cobb, very little is really known today of the properties of steel. Fullers firm built the Tacoma Building in Chicago designed by Holabird & Roche and completed in 1889, by using Bessemer steel beams, Fuller created steel cages that supported all the buildings weight. Fullers firm also built the Rookery Building, the Rand McNally Building, the Pontiac Building and the Monadnock Building in Chicago, with the success of his firm, Fuller became a multimillionaire, and his wife and daughters entered Chicago society. Post to design a home on Drexel Boulevard on the South Side of Chicago and his daughter, Allon, married Harry S. Black in 1894, and Fuller took him into the company as vice president, despite the fact that Black was neither an architect nor an engineer. This change prompted Fuller to open an office in New York in 1896, Fuller died suddenly on December 14,1900 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, leaving a $3 million estate. His tomb at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, designed by New York architect Bruce Price, is one of the largest in the cemetery. Following the death of Fuller, Harry S. former New York City mayor – and Tammany Hall man – Hugh J. Grant, and banker James Stillman and creating what became known as the skyscraper trust. Black announced, The new company will undoubtedly enter foreign fields, with the view of introducing steel construction in cities like London, Paris, indeed, Black had constructed the new companys board of directors with an eye for its need for steel and rail transport. Since Black had put together U. S, U. S. Realtys stock never performed as expected, although the members of the board did receive substantial salaries and large dividends on the stock they owned, even as the company was underperforming. When the Fuller Company was implicated in the corruption of the trades union leader, Samuel Parks. Board members dumped their stock and left the company, but Fuller was buying up stock at the same time and he took control of the company, naming a new board which made Black president. Among the many constructed by the Fuller Company under Black were the Pennsylvania Station. In Chicago, Fuller built the Stevens Hotel, designed by Holabird & Roche, the Fuller Company was liquidated and sold in 1970. Notes Bibliography Alexiou, Alice Sparberg, The Flatiron, The New York Landmark, martins, ISBN 978-0-312-38468-5 Biography at Chicago Encyclopedia Grave at Oak Woods Cemetery The History of Skyscrapers By Mary Bellis Obituary in New York Times George A. Fuller at Find a Grave
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Brooklyn Nets
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The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City, the other are the New York Knicks, the team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBAs rival league, the American Basketball Association. They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968, during this time, the Nets won two ABA championships. In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams, in 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012. During this time, the Nets won two consecutive Eastern Conference championships, but failed to win a league title, in the summer of 2012, the team moved to Barclays Center, and took its current geographic name. The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, in its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas there as the New York Nets. Led by Hall of Famer Julius Dr. J Erving, the Nets won two ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four ABA teams to be admitted into the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The team then moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and became the New Jersey Nets, the Boston Celtics were once rivals of the Nets during the early 2000s because of their respective locations and their burgeoning stars. The Nets were led by Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, while the Celtics were experiencing newfound success behind Paul Pierce, the rivalry began to heat up in the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals, which was preceded by trash-talking from the Celtics who claimed Martin was a fake tough guy. Things progressed as the series started, and on-court tensions seemed to spill into the stands, celtic fans berated Kidd and his family with chants of Wife Beater. in response to Kidds 2001 domestic abuse charge. When the series returned to New Jersey, Nets fans responded, referring to a night club incident in 2000 in which Pierce was stabbed 11 times. When asked about the fan barbs being traded, Kenyon Martin stated, Our fans hate them, rondo was suspended for two games in the aftermath, while Wallace and Kevin Garnett were fined. The story was revisited on December 25, when Wallace grabbed Garnetts shorts and this move was billed as a merger of the two Atlantic Division teams. Celtics announcer Sean Grande said Its almost as if you found a home for these guys. You couldnt have found a better place and these guys will be in the New York market, theyll be on a competitive team, theyll stay on national TV. Its funny, because the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so with Celtics fans feeling the way they do about the Heat, feeling the way they do about the Knicks, the Nets are going to become almost the second team now
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National Basketball Association
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The National Basketball Association is the major mens professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier mens professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams, and is a member of USA Basketball. The NBA is one of the four professional sports leagues in the United States. NBA players are the worlds best paid athletes by average annual salary per player, the league was founded in New York City on June 6,1946, as the Basketball Association of America. The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3,1949, the leagues several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, the Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1,1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that leagues 1948 title, Following the 1948–49 season, the BAA took in the remainder of the NBL, Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, and Waterloo. The new league had seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as arenas and smaller gymnasiums. The process of contraction saw the leagues smaller-city franchises move to larger cities, the Hawks shifted from the Tri-Cities to Milwaukee in 1951, and then to St. Louis in 1955. The Rochester Royals moved from Rochester, New York, to Cincinnati in 1957, japanese-American Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season when he played for the New York Knicks. He remained the only player in league history prior to the first African-American, Harold Hunter. During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships, to encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a goal within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped. In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became a dominant individual star of the 1960s, russells rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of American team sports. The 1960s were dominated by the Celtics, led by Russell, Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966
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New Jersey Devils
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The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, the club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974. The Scouts moved to Denver, Colorado in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies, in 1982, they moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey and took their current name. For their first 25 seasons in New Jersey, the Devils were based at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, beginning with the 2007–08 season, the Devils relocated to Newark and now play their home games at the Prudential Center. Their fortunes began to turn following the hiring of president. They have won the Atlantic Division regular season title nine times, most recently in 2009–10, the Devils have reached the Stanley Cup Finals five times, winning in 1994–95, 1999–00 and 2002–03. The Devils were known for their defense-first approach throughout their years of Cup contention, the Devils have a rivalry with their cross-Hudson River neighbor, the New York Rangers, as well as a rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers. The Devils are one of three NHL teams in the New York metropolitan area, the two teams are the New York Islanders and New York Rangers. The franchise is the major league team in any sport that explicitly identifies itself as a New Jersey team. In 1972, the NHL announced plans to add two teams, including one in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwin G. Thompson led the group that purchased ownership of the team, with 41 points in their inaugural season, the Scouts finished last in the Smythe Division, only the Capitals had fewer points in the NHL. Kansas City fell to 36 points the season, and had a 27-game losing streak. The Scouts had difficulty drawing fans to games, and National Hockey League Players Association leader Alan Eagleson publicly expressed concerns about whether Scouts players would be paid. After two seasons in Kansas City, the moved to Denver and was renamed the Colorado Rockies it played at the McNichols Sports Arena. The team won its first game as the Rockies, 4–2, the Rockies were in position to qualify for the playoffs 60 games into the 1976–77 season, but a streak of 18 games without a win caused them to fall from contention. The Rockies ended the campaign last in the division with a 20–46–14 record and 54 points, despite having the sixth-worst record in the League, the Rockies beat-out the Vancouver Canucks for second in the Division by two points and gained a playoff berth. The Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the Rockies from the playoffs in the preliminary rounds, a lack of stability continually plagued the team. The franchise never won more than 22 games and did not return to the playoffs after 1977–78 in its six seasons in Colorado
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National Hockey League
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Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the playoff champion at the end of each season. At its inception, the NHL had four teams—all in Canada, the league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of American and Canadian teams. After a labour-management dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, in 2009, the NHL enjoyed record highs in terms of sponsorships, attendance, and television audiences. The league draws many highly skilled players from all over the world, canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of American and European players in recent seasons. The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association, founded in 1909, the NHA began play one year later with seven teams in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey. Realizing the NHA constitution left them unable to force Livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the NHA, frank Calder was chosen as its first president, serving until his death in 1943. The Bulldogs were unable to play, and the remaining owners created a new team in Toronto, the first games were played on December 19,1917. The Montreal Arena burned down in January 1918, causing the Wanderers to cease operations, the NHL replaced the NHA as one of the leagues that competed for the Stanley Cup, which was an interleague competition back then. Toronto won the first NHL title, and then defeated the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association for the 1918 Stanley Cup. The Canadiens won the title in 1919, however their Stanley Cup Final against the PCHAs Seattle Metropolitans was abandoned as a result of the Spanish Flu epidemic. Montreal in 1924 won their first Stanley Cup as a member of the NHL, the Hamilton Tigers, won the regular season title in 1924–25 but refused to play in the championship series unless they were given a C$200 bonus. The league refused and declared the Canadiens the league champion after defeated the Toronto St. Patricks in the semi-final. Montreal was then defeated by the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League for the 1925 Stanley Cup and it was the last time a non-NHL team won the trophy, as the Stanley Cup became the de facto NHL championship in 1926 after the WCHL ceased operation. The National Hockey League embarked on rapid expansion in the 1920s, adding the Montreal Maroons, the Bruins were the first American team in the league. The New York Americans began play in 1925 after purchasing the assets of the Hamilton Tigers, the New York Rangers were added in 1926. The Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars were also added after the league purchased the assets of the defunct WCHL, a group purchased the Toronto St. Patricks in 1927 and immediately renamed them the Maple Leafs. The first NHL All-Star Game was held in 1934 to benefit Ace Bailey, the second was held in 1937 in support of Howie Morenzs family when he died of a coronary embolism after breaking his leg during a game
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Seton Hall Pirates
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The Seton Hall Pirates are the athletic teams representing Seton Hall University. They compete as a member of the NCAA Division I level, Seton Hall canceled football in 1982. On December 15,2012, Seton Hall and the other seven Catholic, the schools athletic director is Patrick Lyons. The programs mascot is The Pirate and colors are blue, gray, the university first sponsored mens basketball in 1903. The program won the National Invitation Tournament in 1953 and lost in the finals of the 1989 NCAA Tournament to Michigan, in 2014, the Pirates made their first trip to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and finished as runners-up in the BIG EAST Conference. The school sponsored football from 1882-1932 and 1973-1982, the sports second stint at the school came in Division III. The sport was dropped in 1982 due to the teams past losing season, inadequate facilities, decreased attendance and a general lack of support for the program
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a non-profit association which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals. It also organizes the programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue. 80 to 90% of this revenue was due to the Division I Mens Basketball Tournament and this revenue is then distributed back into various organizations and institutions across the United States. In August 1973, the current three-division setup of Division I, Division II, under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships, generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. Division I football was divided into I-A and I-AA in 1978. Subsequently, the term Division I-AAA was briefly added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all, in 2006, Divisions I-A and I-AA were respectively renamed the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision. Inter-collegiate sports began in the US in 1852 when crews from Harvard University, as other sports emerged, notably football and basketball, many of these same concepts and standards were adopted. Football, in particular, began to emerge as a marquee sport, the IAAUS was officially established on March 31,1906, and took its present name, the NCAA, in 1910. For several years, the NCAA was a group and rules-making body, but in 1921, the first NCAA national championship was conducted. Gradually, more rules committees were formed and more championships were created, a series of crises brought the NCAA to a crossroads after World War II. The Sanity Code – adopted to establish guidelines for recruiting and financial aid – failed to curb abuses, postseason football games were multiplying with little control, and member schools were increasingly concerned about how the new medium of television would affect football attendance. The complexity of problems and the growth in membership and championships demonstrated the need for full-time professional leadership. Walter Byers, previously an executive assistant, was named executive director in 1951. Byers wasted no time placing his stamp on the Association, as college athletics grew, the scope of the nations athletics programs diverged, forcing the NCAA to create a structure that recognized varying levels of emphasis. In 1973, the Associations membership was divided into three legislative and competitive divisions – I, II, and III, five years later in 1978, Division I members voted to create subdivisions I-A and I-AA in football. Until the 1980s, the association did not offer womens athletics, instead, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, with nearly 1000 member schools, governed womens collegiate sports in the United States
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National Lacrosse League
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The National Lacrosse League is a mens professional box lacrosse league in North America. Headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, the NLL currently has 9 teams with 5 in the United States and 4 in Canada, unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring, from January to June. Each year, the teams battle for the Champions Cup. The NLL has averaged between 9,400 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004, the version of lacrosse played in the NLL is box lacrosse otherwise known as indoor lacrosse. The NLL plays four 15-minute quarters with 2-minute breaks between the 1st and 2nd quarters and between the 3rd and 4th quarters, the clock does not run when play is stopped. The team that has scored the most goals at the end of time is declared the winner. If a game is tied after regulation, the two teams play sudden death overtime periods of up to 15 minutes each where the team to score wins the game. Each team dresses 18 players of whom 2 are goaltenders, the remaining 16 are called runners, each team in the NLL plays 18 games during the regular season,9 at home and 9 away. The teams are divided into 2 divisions, the East Division, each team plays at least 12 of its 18 regular season games against division opponents. The regular season begins in late December and ends in April, at the end of the regular season, the top 3 teams in each of the East Division and West Division make the playoffs to compete for the Champions Cup. The 2 regular season division champions earn a bye as top seeds. The 2nd seed hosts the 3rd seed in their division for the single-game elimination Division Semifinal in the 1st round. In 2014, the Division Finals and Championship expanded to a 2-game series from the previous single-game elimination setup, whoever won both games would win the 2-game series. In the event of a split with both teams winning one game, a 10-minute mini-game period would be played, if still tied, multiple 10-minute overtime periods thereafter. The mini-game was played following the conclusion of the second contest to determine the winner of the playoff series. In 2015, the format changed once again, expanding the Finals to a best-of-3 series. The first two playoff rounds remained the same, with the Division Semi-finals as an elimination. All NLL games are played on weekends, save for the occasional Friday night game, the National Lacrosse League currently plays an 18-game regular season with three teams from each division qualifying for postseason play
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Cleveland Gladiators
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The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, who play in the Arena Football League as part of the AFL National Conference. The franchise was based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Gladiators have qualified for the eight times in their history. The New Jersey Red Dogs entered the Arena Football League in 1997, along with the Nashville Kats and the New York CityHawks. Their ownership group, which was led by New Jersey radio entrepreneur E. Burke Ross, also included several players, such as Joe Morris, Carl Banks. The name Red Dogs reflected the sponsorship of the Miller Brewing Company, the Red Dogs played at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The AFLs intention was to add only New Jersey and Nashville for 1997, however, well after the awarding of the Red Dogs and Kats franchises, the owners of Madison Square Garden in New York City requested a franchise of their own, and the league granted this request. And so the CityHawks also began play in 1997 and this affected the Red Dogs, in that the league then prevented the Red Dogs from advertising in New York. While North Jersey itself is very populous in its own right, despite this setback, the Red Dogs management built a good team, which opened its history in memorable fashion. The Red Dogs were led by head coach John Hufnagel, who had been a quarterback, after his time with the Red Dogs, Hufnagel went on to be an offensive coach for several National Football League teams, including the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. He then became the coach of the CFLs Stampeders for the 2008 season. Hufnagel brought in players with CFL experience to the Red Dogs, including QB Rickey Foggie. The teams other main receiver was Alvin Ashley, a player whose small size made him unlikely to play in the NFL but suited the more compact Arena game. The Red Dogs slumped late in their first season, losing 4 of their final 5 games to finish 9–5, the Red Dogs finished 8–6 in 1998, their second season, and won their first playoff game in Albany against the Firebirds. Hufnagel left the Red Dogs after the 1998 season for a job with the NFLs Cleveland Browns, and he was replaced by Frank Mattiace, a former defensive lineman for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL. Star Larry Ray Willis was traded to the Milwaukee Mustangs Following those losses, the Red Dogs made a significant trade following the 1999 season, a trade they never got to benefit from. New Jersey sent Alvin Ashley to the Orlando Predators for wide receiver/defensive back Barry Wagner, however, soon after the trade, the league and its players agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement that resulted in several veteran players—including Wagner—gaining free agency. Wagner then signed with the San Jose SaberCats, in 2000, the Red Dogs, without Wagner, Ashley, and offensive mainstay Chad Lindsey, fell to 4–10
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Arena Football League
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The Arena Football League is a professional indoor American football league in the United States. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Foster, an executive of the United States Football League. From 2000 to 2009, the AFL had its own developmental league, the AFL played 22 seasons from 1987 to 2008, internal issues caused the league to cancel its 2009 season, though the af2 did play. Later that year both the AFL and af2 were dissolved and reorganized as a new corporation comprising teams from both leagues, and the AFL returned in 2010, the Arena Football League has its headquarters in Las Vegas. The leagues average attendance since returning in 2010 has been approximately 9,500. After the 2016 season, continuing a pattern of contraction over recent seasons. Jim Foster, a manager with the National Football League. While at the game, he wrote his idea on a 9 x 12 envelope, with sketches of the field and he presented the idea to a few friends at the NFL offices, where he received praise and encouragement for his concept. After solidifying the rules and a plan, and supplemented with sketches by a professional artist. He reached an agreement with NBC for a test game, plans for arena football were put on hold in 1982 as the United States Football League was launched. Foster left the NFL to accept a position in the USFL and he eventually became executive vice-president with the Chicago Blitz, where he returned to his concept of arena football. In 1983, he began organizing the test game in his time from his job with the Blitz. By 1985, the USFL had ceased operations and he began devoting all his time to arena football. The test game was played in Rockford, Illinois, April 27,1986 at the Rockford MetroCentre, interest was high enough following the initial test game that Foster decided to put on a second, showcase, game. The second game was held on February 27,1987 at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago with a budget of $20,000, Foster also invited ESPN to send a film crew to the game, a highlights package aired on SportsCenter. Following the successes of his games, Foster moved ahead with his idea for arena football. He founded the Arena Football League with four teams, the Pittsburgh Gladiators, Denver Dynamite, Washington Commandos, Foster appointed legendary Darrel Mouse Davis, godfather of the run and shoot and modern pro offenses, as executive director of football operations
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Fordham Rams
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The Fordham Rams are the varsity sports teams for Fordham University. Their colors are maroon and white, the Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for all sports except football. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision, the University also supports a number of club sports, and a significant intramural sports program. The Universitys athletic booster clubs include the Sixth Man Club for basketball, Fordham University sports, though not part of the Ivy League, has nevertheless been credited with inspiring the term by comparison. The first usage of Ivy in reference to a group of colleges is from sportswriter Stanley Woodward, Morris writes that during the 1930s, the Fordham University football team was running roughshod over all its opponents. One day in the room at the Tribune, the merits of Fordhams football team was being compared to Princeton. Adams remarked disparagingly of the two, saying they were only Ivy League. Woodward, the editor of the Tribune, picked up the term. † = Squash is sanctioned by the College Squash Association, not by the NCAA, ¶ = The water polo team competes as a Northern Division member of the Collegiate Water Polo Association. Founded in the late 1850s, the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club of St. Johns College played against St. Francis Xavier College in the first ever nine-man-team college baseball game on November 3,1859, Fordham is the all time NCAA leader in wins. There have been 56 major leaguers who have played for Fordham, including All-Star pitcher Pete Harnisch, Frisch, a star athlete in four different sports at Fordham, was known as the Fordham Flash. Steve Bellán, first Latin American to play Major League Baseball, the team plays home games at Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field. Jack Coffey Field, a facility, is named after Jack Coffey, former athletic director. He amassed 817 wins as a baseball coach, Coffey is the only player to play with both Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth in the same season. The baseball portion of the field was renamed Houlihan Park after renovations completed in 2005, Fordham basketball teams have been members of the MAAC, Patriot League, and the Atlantic 10 Conference. Fordham began competing in basketball in 1902. They played their first game in Rose Hill Gymnasium on January 16,1925, on February 28,1940, Fordham hosted the University of Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden in the first ever televised basketball game. The game was televised by NBC, Fordham University enjoyed its best season in 1970–1971, when the squad went 26–3 under coach Digger Phelps and was ranked number nine in the nation in the AP poll
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American Dream Meadowlands
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American Dream Meadowlands is a stalled retail and entertainment complex under construction in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey that will contain over 500 stores. It was first proposed in 2003 by the Mills Corporation as the Meadowlands Xanadu, after the bankruptcy of that company in 2007, the project was taken over by Colony Capital. In May 2009, construction stalled due to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the Triple Five Group announced intent to take over the mall in May 2011, and on July 31,2013, officially gained control of the mall and the surrounding site. After a series of hand-offs, financing issues, construction delays, as of March,2017, the construction site remains inactive, with the mall partially built. The project started in July 2002 with a request for proposal issued by the New Jersey Sports, the project was selected over alternatives proposed by Westfield and Hartz Mountain Industries. Ground was broken on the complex on September 29,2004, in November 2006, Colony Capital took control of the project from Mills Corp and pushed the projected opening to 2008. While developers stated the mall was 70% leased, it is unknown how many retailers stayed leased while the mall was delayed, in August 2009, Cabelas, a major anchor, announced that it did not plan to open its Meadowlands location until late 2010. Around the same time, the website was relaunched with the new Xanadu Meadowlands name. In 2010, Stephen Ross, owner of The Related Companies in Manhattan, stated that he could finish the project by the end of 2010, possibly with a new name and look. In May 2010, the NJSEA handed the project over to the Related Companies, on August 10,2010, Colony Capital surrendered control of the development of the mall to five lenders. A special governors commission on the gaming and entertainment industry is filed recommendations to Governor of New Jersey. Four parties were noted to be interested in redeveloping the project, the Wall Street Journal on December 24,2010, reported that Triple Five Group signed a letter of intent to invest in and finish the stalled mall. Triple Five proposed that the mall be expanded to include indoor amusement, developers cut a deal with Deutsche Bank to provide an approximately $700 million loan to finish the project. As such, the group has filed a claim, and once the weather turns warmer, it will assess the damages. The mall was delayed further by financing, permitting, and a lawsuit filed by the New York Giants and New York Jets over traffic concerns. Triple Five officially took ownership of the mall on July 31,2013, with construction set to start in late August of that year, construction officially began in November and the developer estimated it would take approximately 24 months to complete the project. On March 13,2014 the Triple Five Group announced a settlement was reached with the New York Giants, construction has been ongoing since November 2013 and was expected to pick up in early 2014. Although no timetable for completion was announced, the developer originally said it would take about 24 months to complete the project construction began
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Meadowlands Sports Complex
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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 City. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Law was passed by the New Jersey Legislature in 1971, the first chairman of the NJSEA was David A. Sonny Werblin, former president of the NFLs New York Jets. By years end, Werblin had secured a deal for the New York Giants, ground was broken on Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack on November 19,1972. To accommodate the new facility, access roads were improved, routes 3 and 20 also received improvements. On September 1,1976, the Meadowlands Racetrack became the first complex venue to open, the track drew a capacity crowd of 42,133 for its initial date. Giants Stadium opened on October 10,1976, as 76,042 fans watched the New York Giants lose to the Dallas Cowboys, by 1977, plans were in the works to expand the complex. A new arena was to be built on the side of Route 20 from the stadium and racetrack, connected by vehicle ramps. Brendan Byrne Arena, named for the governor, opened July 2,1981. The arena was renamed for its sponsor, Continental Airlines, in early 1996. Work came to a halt in 2009, and Triple Five, Giants Stadium closed in at the end of the 2009 NFL season and demolition started immediately. In September 2010, MetLife Stadium, then known as New Meadowlands Stadium, opened for its first game, a commuter train line and a training center for the Giants also opened at the same time. MetLife bought the rights for the stadium and the entire complex in August 2011. In addition to the three venues, the complex also hosts events in the MetLife Stadium parking lot, State Fair Meadowlands began in 1986 and has been operated by State Fair of Belleville since 2003. The parking lot is also the home of a flea market. The NJSEA hires in-house security and emergency services staff to serve the venues at the Sports Complex. Law enforcement is provided by the New Jersey State Police Sports Complex Unit. MetLife Stadium is the stadium for the New York Giants. The stadium opened in 2010, following the closing and demolition of the Giants, MetLife Stadium hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014
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MetLife Stadium
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MetLife Stadium is an American sports stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is part of the Meadowlands Sports Complex and serves as the stadium for two National Football League franchises, the New York Jets and the New York Giants. The stadium opened as New Meadowlands Stadium in 2010, in 2011, MetLife, an insurance company based in New York City, acquired the naming rights to the stadium. At a construction cost of approximately $1.6 billion, it is the most expensive ever built and is the second-largest stadium in the NFL in terms of seating capacity. MetLife Stadium is the only NFL stadium shared by two clubs, as Giants Stadium approached 30 years of age, it was becoming one of the older stadiums in the NFL. The Jets, who had been the tenants at the stadium, sought to have their own stadium built in Manhattan proper. Originally intended to be the 85, 000-seat main stadium for New Yorks bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, the West Side Stadium would have required significant public funding, which collapsed in 2005. The Jets then entered into a partnership with the Giants to build a new stadium in which the two teams would be equal partners. This idea originated at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, unlike Giants Stadium, MetLife Stadium can easily be converted from a Giants game to a Jets game or vice versa, within a matter of hours. The total linear length of louvers is exactly 50,000 meters or 163,681 feet, front row 50 yard line seats are 46 feet away from the sideline, which is the shortest distance of all NFL stadiums. To change the field decorations, two 4-person crews take appx,18 hours using forklifts and other machinery to remove the 40 sections of FieldTurf which make up the teams respective endzones. Unlike most NFL stadiums, the NFLs logo is painted at midfield, instead of the logo of one of the teams, also shortening the transition time. The replaceable team logos at midfield were removed in August 2010, unlike a number of other new NFL venues, MetLife Stadium does not have a roof, as proposals to include a roof failed, over a dispute for funding. Thus, indoor events such as the Final Four cannot be held at the facility,20 giant high-definition-ready light emitting diode pylons, located at the north and east entrances, display videos of the team currently in-house. The pylons measure approximately 54 feet high by 20 feet wide, inside, are four 30 feet by 116 feet high definition video displays, and hang from each corner of the upper deck. The new stadium has seating for 82,500 people, including 10,005 club seats and approximately 218 luxury suites, MetLife Stadium includes a total of four locker rooms, one each for the Giants and Jets, as well as 2 for visiting teams. The home teams have locker rooms on opposite ends of the stadium with a locker room adjacent to it. The two teams formed the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture, to build and operate the stadium
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Meadowlands Racetrack
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The Meadowlands Racetrack is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The track hosts both thoroughbred racing and harness racing, with the exception of the opening season of 1976, autumn has been dedicated to the thoroughbreds, while the rest of the year features standardbreds, or harness horses. More recent advertising campaigns have included a direct and catchy approach to attending live racing, with its sweeping curves and wide stretches, the Big M has been known for exceptional times for harness racing. Opening night at the featured the fastest harness mile run in New Jersey to that time,1. The world record for a mile by a standardbred,1, 46 4⁄5 by Holborn Hanover, the Meadowlands Racetrack has been the site of the Hambletonian, the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown, since 1981. Leading drivers in recent seasons have included Ron Pierce, Brian Sears, George Brennan, the track is operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, also the operator of Monmouth Park. Sam McKee and Ken Warkentin are the current race callers and announcers for the Meadowlands, McKee is the announcer on Fridays and Warkentin is the announcer on Saturdays. Veteran sportscaster Dave Johnson, the tracks lead public-address announcer from its opening until the early 2000s, in July 2009, the Meadowlands Rail Line opened for event service, but is expected to run daily upon completion of the nearby American Dream Meadowlands. His most recent of several attempts to purchase the track failed in the late 1990s, governor Christie has considered selling or leasing the racetrack to a private operator or closing it altogether. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority currently intends to privatize the racetrack, the privatization would include $100 million of improvements consisting of a new 2, 250-seat grandstand built on the site of the current backstretch. The existing grandstand would then be kept until at least 2014 so it could be used as an event space for Super Bowl XLVIII, the old Meadowlands grandstand closed for racing on November 2,2013. The new grandstand, which cost $88 million to build and can seat 2,200, like many racecourses in the United States, the main track at the Meadowlands has a 1-mile circumference, inside of this is a turf course which is 7 furlongs. The main track is 90 feet wide, while the width of the course is 80 feet. The track is equipped to race at night and most of its races are at night, in the middle of the track is a lake, intentioned to resemble the state of New Jersey
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Colorado Rockies (NHL)
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The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were founded as the Kansas City Scouts, a team that began play in the NHL in the 1974–75 season. The Scouts moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Denver for the 1976–77 season, the franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 1982–83 season and was renamed as the New Jersey Devils. The NHL did not return to Denver until the Quebec Nordiques moved there to become the Colorado Avalanche following the 1994–95 season, ivan Mullenix, owner of the Central Hockey Leagues Denver Spurs, had been awarded a conditional NHL franchise for the 1976–77 season. At the same time, the Pittsburgh Penguins would be sold to a Seattle-based group that had won a conditional franchise for that city. The proposed arrangement fell through, and with the continuing franchise difficulties, the Ottawa Civics lasted only two weeks before folding. The Seals ultimately relocated to Cleveland for the 1976–77 season, where played for two years as the Barons before merging with the Minnesota North Stars prior to the 1978–79 season. Meanwhile, the Scouts were on the verge of collapse despite having entered the NHL only two years earlier, although they suffered a 12 win season in 1975–76, they had fared somewhat better on the ice over their first two years than their expansion cousins, the Washington Capitals. However, their ownership group lacked the resources and patience to handle the typical struggles of an expansion team, additionally, the Scouts were hobbled by an economic downturn in the Midwest. Facing almost $1 million in debt, the Scouts mounted a season ticket drive to raise revenue, however, when they only managed to sell 2,000 tickets, the Scouts owners decided to pull up stakes and get out. The team was sold to a Denver-based group headed by Jack Vickers, the situation did not improve significantly. In six seasons in Denver, the Rockies made the Stanley Cup playoffs only once, even then, they finished with the sixth-worst record in the league,21 games under.500. However, the Smythe Division was so weak that year that the finished second behind the Chicago Black Hawks. This allowed them to edge out the Vancouver Canucks for the last playoff spot by two points. The Rockies went down rather meekly in the first round, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in a two-game sweep and they would not make the playoffs again until 1988 – their sixth year in New Jersey. They not only never had a record in their six years in Denver. The Rockies did have some star players for a short time, barry Beck set a record in his rookie year for goals by a rookie defenseman, and Lanny McDonald was traded to the Rockies by Toronto. In addition, the team at times had such players as Chico Resch, Wilf Paiement, Rene Robert, Rob Ramage
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Prudential Center
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Prudential Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey, United States. It was designed by HOK Sport, with the exterior designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, opened in 2007, it is the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and the Seton Hall Pirates mens basketball team from Seton Hall University. The arena seats 16,514 patrons for hockey and 18,711 for basketball, in December 2013, the arena ranked third nationally and ninth internationally for self-reported annual revenue. According to the Devils organization, the Prudential Center has played an important role in the revitalization of downtown Newark, for years, the New Jersey Devils had been rumored to be at least considering relocation. Even when the won the Stanley Cup in 1995, it was amidst rumors that the franchise would move to Nashville. A project to build a new 18,000 seat arena in Newark first received funding from Newarks city council in 2002, when the team was owned by Puck Holdings, a subsidiary of YankeeNets. In 2004, former Lehman Brothers executive Jeffrey Vanderbeek bought the team from Puck Holdings and he also stated that he believed the arena would take downtown Newark to a whole new level. After legal battles over both eminent domain and the financial participation in the arena project, the final deal was approved by council in October 2004. A seven-acre site for the arena in downtown Newark was selected, bordered by Edison Place on the north, Lafayette Street on the south, Mulberry Street on the east, the arena was designed by HOK Sport, with the exterior designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. Initial designs were released in early 2005 and referred to the arena as Newark Arena, groundbreaking began on October 3,2005 and a workforce of 2,725 union workers was employed to construct the arena. Financial issues, though, threatened to halt the deal, on January 24,2006, the Devils averted having the project canceled by submitting a guarantee in writing that the team would contribute $100 million to the arena, one day before their deadline. Though construction was underway, in late summer 2006, Cory Booker. The Devils paid for the remainder of the cost, thus, no new direct taxpayer funding was required for the construction of the arena. Some taxpayer dollars, however, were spent on infrastructure improvements and these improvements were necessary for both the new arena and proposed private development surrounding the arena. Prudential Financial purchased the rights to the arena in January 2007 for $105.3 million over 20 years. Prudential has chosen to call the arena the Prudential Center, even though this is also the name of numerous office complexes around the country, most notably in Boston. The arena had been referred to as Newark Arena prior to the deal, construction on the arena was completed in October 2007. The estimated final cost of the construction is $380 million
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Newark, New Jersey
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Newark is the most populous city in the U. S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County. For 2015, the Census Bureaus Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 281,944, Newark is the second largest city in the New York metropolitan area, located approximately 8 miles west of lower Manhattan. Settled in 1666 by Puritans from New Haven Colony, Newark is one of the oldest European cities in the United States and its location at the mouth of the Passaic River, has made the citys waterfront an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Today, Port Newark-Elizabeth is the container shipping terminal of the busiest seaport on the American East Coast. In addition, Newark Liberty International Airport was the first municipal airport in the United States. Several leading companies have their headquarters in Newark, including Prudential, PSEG, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Audible. com, IDT Corporation, the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey sits in the city as well. Local cultural venues include the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Symphony Hall, The Prudential Center and the Newark Museum. Newark is divided into five wards, the East, West, South, North and Central wards. Newarks Branch Brook Park is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nations largest collection of cherry blossom trees, Newark was settled in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony. It was conceived as an assembly of the faithful, though this did not last for long as new settlers came with different ideas. On October 31,1693 it was organized as a New Jersey township based on the Newark Tract, Newark was granted a Royal charter on April 27,1713. It was incorporated on February 21,1798 by the New Jersey Legislatures Township Act of 1798, during its time as a township, portions were taken to form Springfield Township, Caldwell Township, Orange Township, Bloomfield Township and Clinton Township. Newark was reincorporated as a city on April 11,1836, replacing Newark Township, the previously independent Vailsburg borough was annexed by Newark on January 1,1905. In 1926, South Orange Township changed its name to Maplewood, as a result of this, a portion of Maplewood known as Ivy Hill was re-annexed to Newarks Vailsburg. During the American Revolutionary War British troops made several raids into the town, the city has experienced revitalization since the 1990s. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had an area of 26.107 square miles. It has the third-smallest land area among the 100 most populous cities in the U. S. behind neighboring Jersey City and Hialeah, the citys altitude ranges from 0 in the east to approximately 230 feet above sea level in the western section of the city. Newark is essentially a large basin sloping towards the Passaic River, historically, Newarks high places have been its wealthier neighborhoods
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South Orange, New Jersey
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South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Seton Hall University is located in the township, other sources attribute the derivation for all of The Oranges to King William III, Prince of Orange. Of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey, South Orange Village is one of four with a village type of government. South Orange Village dates back to May 4,1869, when it was formed within South Orange Township, on March 4,1904, the Village of South Orange was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature and separated from South Orange Township. What is now South Orange was part of a territory purchased from the Lenape Native Americans in 1666 by Robert Treat, the unsettled areas north and west of Newark were at first referred to as the uplands. South Orange was called the Chestnut Hills for a time, there are two claimants to the first English settlement in present-day South Orange. In 1677 brothers Joseph and Thomas Brown began clearing land for a farm in the area northwest of the junction of two old trails that are now South Orange Avenue and Ridgewood Road, the phrasing shows that a stone house already existed near the property. Joseph Riggs had a house just south of the Browns house, at the northwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Ridgewood Road, the same road survey locates Edward Riggss residence near Millburn and Nathaniel Wheelers residence in modern West Orange at the corner of Valley Road and Main Street. By 1756 or earlier this property was owned by Samuel Pierson, a survey of adjoining property in 1767 mentions Piersons house forming accidentally the earliest documentation of a house on the property, which may be much older. Bethuel Pierson, son of Samuel, lived in this house, sometime during his ownership Bethuel Pierson had a stone addition added to his dwelling-house, which he caused to be dedicated by religious ceremonies. This would appear to be the portion of the Stone House. Stone House Brook runs west along the side of the east-west road, past the Stone House and joining the Rahway River at about the location of the Brown. The oldest parts of the Pierson house are the oldest surviving structure in South Orange. A deed of 1800 locates a property as being in the Township of Newark, in the Parish of Orange, at a place called South Orange, Orange had been named after the ruler of England, William of Orange. Most of modern South Orange became part of Orange Township in 1806, part of Clinton Township in 1834, gordons Gazetteer circa 1830 describes the settlement as having about 30 dwellings, a tavern and store, a paper mill and Presbyterian church. The hotel burned down in 1890, the only remnants today are the names of Mountain Station and the Mountain House Road leading west from it to the site of the hotel. South Orange could be reached by the Morris and Essex Railroad which opened in 1837 between Newark and Morristown, as of 1869, the M&E became part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad which ran from Hoboken to Buffalo with through trains to Chicago. The Montrose neighborhood was developed after the Civil War and its large houses on generous lots attracted wealthy families from Newark and New York City during the decades from 1870 to 1900
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It borders the borough of Queens at the end of Long Island. Today, if New York City dissolved, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in the U. S. behind Los Angeles, the borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves, Brooklyns official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength. Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms. The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years, the neighborhood of Marine Park was home to North Americas first tidal mill. It was built by the Dutch, and the foundation can be seen today, however, the area was not formally settled as a town. Many incidents and documents relating to this period are in Gabriel Furmans early compilation, what is today Brooklyn left Dutch hands after the final English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, a prelude to the Second Anglo–Dutch War. The English reorganized the six old Dutch towns on southwestern Long Island as Kings County on November 1,1683 and this tract of land was recognized as a political entity for the first time, and the municipal groundwork was laid for a later expansive idea of Brooklyn identity. On August 27,1776 was fought the Battle of Long Island, the first major engagement fought in the American Revolutionary War after independence was declared, and the largest of the entire conflict. British troops forced Continental Army troops under George Washington off the heights near the sites of Green-Wood Cemetery, Prospect Park. The fortified American positions at Brooklyn Heights consequently became untenable and were evacuated a few days later, One result of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 was the evacuation of the British from New York City, celebrated by residents into the 20th century. The New York Navy Yard operated in Wallabout Bay for the entire 19th century, the first center of urbanization sprang up in the Town of Brooklyn, directly across from Lower Manhattan, which saw the incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn in 1817. Reliable steam ferry service across the East River to Fulton Landing converted Brooklyn Heights into a town for Wall Street. Ferry Road to Jamaica Pass became Fulton Street to East New York, Town and Village were combined to form the first, kernel incarnation of the City of Brooklyn in 1834. Industrial deconcentration in mid-century was bringing shipbuilding and other manufacturing to the part of the county. Each of the two cities and six towns in Kings County remained independent municipalities, and purposely created non-aligning street grids with different naming systems and it later became the most popular and highest circulation afternoon paper in America. The publisher changed to L. Van Anden on April 19,1842, on May 14,1849 the name was shortened to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on September 5,1938 it was further shortened to Brooklyn Eagle
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Barclays Center
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Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business, the arena is currently home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events and it competes with other facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Prudential Center in Newark. The global recession of 2009 also caused financing for the project to dry up, as a result, the start of construction was delayed until 2010, with no secure funding for the project having been allotted. Groundbreaking for construction occurred on March 11,2010, and the arena opened to the public on September 21,2012 and it held its first event with a Jay-Z concert on September 28,2012. The arena and the Brooklyn Nets are currently owned by Mikhail Prokhorovs American holdings, the arena was conceived by Bruce Ratner of real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises that Ratner founded. The move had marked the return of league sports to Brooklyn. The arena was initially projected to open in 2006, with the rest of the Pacific Park Brooklyn complex to follow, due to these legal and financial troubles, the development deal seemed headed towards failure or collapse. Frank Gehry, an involved in the projects initial designs said, in March 2009, I dont think it is going to happen. The New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ratner on May 16,2009, a hearing for the appeal was scheduled for October 14,2009, with a decision to be issued no sooner than November 25. Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to a $200 million deal on September 23,2009, to become an owner of the Nets. The Nets played two games at Prudential Center in October 2009. The two preseason games were successful, and a deal that would have the Nets play at the Prudential Center for the 2010–11, negotiations nearly fell apart, when the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority refused to release the Nets from their lease at Izod. Negotiations resumed, and on February 18,2010, the Nets finalized a deal that would move them to the Prudential Center in Newark, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state using eminent domain for the project on November 24,2009. Empire State Development Corporation Vice President Warner Johnston indicated that the agency is committed to seeing the project completed, another potential roadblock to this development resulted from the Appellate Courts negative decision regarding a similar eminent domain case, brought against Columbia University. This landmark case could have new life to the case being brought by the community group Develop Dont Destroy Brooklyn. Groundbreaking for the project occurred on March 11,2010, the first concrete was poured into Barclays Centers foundation on June 29,2010. The arena began construction on November 23,2010, with the erection of the first steel piece
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Fordham University
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Fordham University is a private, independent research university in New York City, founded by the Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841. It is the oldest Catholic institution of education in the northeastern United States. The colleges first president, John McCloskey, was also the first Catholic cardinal in the United States, after merging with Thomas More College in 1974, Fordham became a coeducational institution. Fordhams Bronx campus features some of the earliest examples of gothic architecture in North America. In addition to masters and doctoral degrees, Fordham awards the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science. In addition to locations, the university maintains a study abroad center in the United Kingdom and field offices in Spain. Fordhams notable alumni and faculty include numerous U. S, vice Chief of Staff of the Army, a U. S. Postmaster General, a U. S. Attorney General, a U. S, vice Presidential candidate, and a President of the United States. Fordham University has produced at least 119 Fulbright Scholars since 2003, Fordham was founded as St. Johns College in 1841 by the Irish-born coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend John J. Hughes. The college was the first Catholic institution of education in the northeastern United States. Rose Hill was the originally given to the site in 1787 by its owner, Robert Watts. The seminary was paired with St. Johns College, which opened at Rose Hill with a student body of six on June 21,1841, the Reverend John McCloskey was the schools first president, and the faculty were secular priests and lay instructors. In 1845, the church, Our Lady of Mercy, was built. The same year, Bishop Hughes convinced several Jesuit priests from the St. Marys Colleges in Maryland, in 1846, the college received its charter from the New York State Legislature, and roughly three months later, the first Jesuits began to arrive. Bishop Hughes deeded the college over but retained title to the seminary property, in 1847, Fordhams first school in Manhattan opened. The school became the independently chartered College of St. Francis Xavier in 1861 and it was also in 1847 that the American poet Edgar Allan Poe arrived in the village of Fordham and began a friendship with the college Jesuits that would last throughout his life. In 1849, he published his famed work The Bells, some traditions credit the colleges church bells as the inspiration for this poem. Poe also spent considerable time in the Fordham Library, and even stayed overnight
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Giants Stadium
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Giants Stadium was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and primarily hosted sporting events and concerts in its history, the maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The structure itself was 756 feet long,592 feet wide and 144 feet high from service level to the top of the bowl and 178 feet high to the top of the south tower. The volume of the stadium was 64,500,000 cubic feet,13,500 tons of structural steel were used in the building process and 29,200 tons of concrete were poured. It was owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, in the early 1970s the New York Giants, who at the time were sharing Yankee Stadium with the New York Yankees baseball team, began looking for a home of their own. The Giants struck a deal with the fledgling New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in 1971, the 1972 season was the Giants last full season in Yankee Stadium, as the ballpark was closed for a massive reconstruction following the end of the Yankees season. After spending two years in New Haven, the Giants would return to New York for one season in 1975 and shared Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens with the Yankees, New York Mets. The Giants finally moved into their new home on October 10,1976, eight years after Giants Stadium opened, it gained a second major tenant. The Jets lease at Shea Stadium had expired at the end of the 1983 season, the city of New York was unwilling to agree to his terms and Hess decided to move the Jets to the Meadowlands permanently. Their first game in Giants Stadium was on September 6,1984, the sharing of the stadium by both the Giants and Jets enabled it to break a record that had long been held by Chicagos Wrigley Field. Entering the 2003 season, its 28th, Giants Stadium had played host to 364 NFL games, the Giants season opening game with the St. Louis Rams tied the record, and the following week the Jets home opener against the Miami Dolphins broke it. Giants Stadium was closed following the 2009 NFL season following the construction of what is now MetLife Stadium in the parking lot. The stadiums final event was the January 3,2010 game featuring the Jets hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Night Football, a month after the game, demolition of the structure began and was completed on August 10,2010. Giants Stadium opened on October 10,1976, as 76,042 fans witnessed a loss by the Giants to the Dallas Cowboys, the Giants had played their first four games on the road that season. College football made its debut at Giants Stadium on October 23,1976, with Rutgers University defeating Columbia 47–0, the New York Giants played their season-opening home game in the stadium on September 18 of the 1977 season. The 1985 USFL championship game which turned out to be the last USFL game played was held at Giants Stadium. In the second week of the 2005 season, the New Orleans Saints used the stadium for a game against the Giants because of extensive damage to the Louisiana Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. One end zone was painted in Saints colors, Saints banners were hung on the walls around the sidelines, the game was rescheduled to a Monday night with a special start time of 7,30 PM EDT, preceding the other scheduled game on Monday Night Football
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, commonly known as just Nassau Coliseum, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York. It was open from 1972 through 2015 and is undergoing renovation with a completion in 2017. The Coliseum is approximately 19 miles east of New York City on Long Island, opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies 63 acres of Mitchel Field, site of a former Army and Air Force base. The facility is located in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. The Coliseum was used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions, plans are to have the arena become home to the Long Island Nets of the NBA D-League in the 2017–18 season and for the New York Islanders to return for the 2017-18 season. The Coliseum originally had a capacity of 13,000 to 15,000 depending on the event, before closing for renovations in 2015 the Coliseum seated 16,170 for hockey, up to 18,100 for concerts and 17,686 for boxing. The first event at the Coliseum was a Nets game against the Pittsburgh Condors on February 11,1972, the Nets won two ABA Championships in the Coliseum, with Hall of Famer Julius Erving headlining the team. In 1973–74 the Nets defeated the Utah Stars in 5 games to capture their first title, the Nets then captured the final American Basketball Association Championship in 1976, defeating the Denver Nuggets in 6 games. Following the 1976 season the Nets joined the National Basketball Association as part of the ABA–NBA merger, after their first season in the NBA, the Nets moved to New Jersey. The New Jersey Nets played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center before completion of a new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, the Coliseum also hosted the New York Arrows and later the New York Express of the original Major Indoor Soccer League. In NCAA Division I mens college basketball, the Coliseum hosted the ECAC Metro Region Tournament organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference in 1978,1979,1980, and 1981. It also has hosted first- and second-round games of the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 1982,1994, the New York Sets of the World Team Tennis league played their first match at Nassau Coliseum on May 7,1974, and won the WTT championships in 1976. The team changed its name to the New York Apples for the 1977 season, and began playing at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum and repeating as champions. The New York Raiders, intended by the fledgling World Hockey Association to be their franchise, was slated to play in the new Nassau Coliseum in 1972–73. However, Nassau County didnt consider the WHA a professional league, Nassau County retained William Shea to get a National Hockey League team to play in the new building. The NHL responded by awarding a franchise to Long Island —the New York Islanders— which forced the Raiders to play in Madison Square Garden. On October 7,1972, the first Islanders game in Nassau Coliseum was played as the Atlanta Flames visited the Islanders. Flames forward Morris Stefaniw scored the first NHL goal in the building at 6,56 of the first period, while Ed Westfall scored the first goal for the Islanders, as the Flames won the game 3-2
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Uniondale, New York
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Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place, as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census, Uniondale is home to Hofstra Universitys north campus. Uniondale is located at 40°42′11″N 73°35′28″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.7 square miles, all land. It is a hamlet and neighbors the diverse towns of Hempstead, Roosevelt, East Meadow. As of the census of 2000, there were 23,011 people,6,026 households, the population density was 8,676.5 per square mile. There were 6,201 housing units at a density of 2,338. 1/sq mi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 26. 97% White,55. 53% Black,0. 35% Native American,2. 10% Asian,0. 08% Pacific Islander,9. 95% from other races, and 5. 01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22. 86% of the population,16. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.66 and the family size was 3.95. In the CDP the population was out with 26. 5% under the age of 18,9. 7% from 18 to 24,29. 3% from 25 to 44,21. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males, the median income for a household in the CDP was $61,410, and the median income for a family was $67,264. Males had an income of $32,417 versus $31,169 for females. The per capita income was $19,069, about 6. 0% of families and 8. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9. 0% of those under age 18 and 12. 9% of those age 65 or over. Uniondale was the home of the NHLs New York Islanders, who played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum from 1972 until 2015. The 2014–15 NHL season was their year at the Coliseum before the team moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It is also home to the Mitchel Athletic Complex, which hosts the Long Island Rough Riders, a soccer team. Uniondale was also home to one-third of WWFs WrestleMania 2 and it also hosted WWE SummerSlam 2002, WWE Great American Bash 2008 and WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
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Piscataway, New Jersey
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Piscataway /pɪsˈkætəˌweɪ/ is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The area was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire. Piscataway Township was formed on December 18,1666, and officially incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21,1798, over the years, portions of Piscataway were taken to form Raritan Township, Dunellen, Middlesex and South Plainfield. Piscataway has advanced educational and research facilities due to the presence of Rutgers University, High Point Solutions Stadium, home field for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, is in Piscataway. Part of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is located in Piscataway as well, in 2008, Money magazine ranked Piscataway 23rd out of the top 100 places to live in America. In 2014, the magazine ranked Piscataway 27th out of top 50 places to live in America, after this original purchase, additional settlers from the Piscataqua River area of New Hampshire also moved to the area, bringing the name. They were also enterprising and pioneering families who were experienced in wilderness settlement. Before the original settlers, there were pioneer scouts who surveyed theses new lands, the town name of Piscataway came from these early pioneers who originally came from the town of Piscataqua. In short, these articles were mainly designed to provide liberty and land ownership for new families and to them to establish their own government representatives. After a few line and boundary changes, Piscataway and its out plantations were reported to total 40,000 acres, the Lenni Lenape Indians were natives to the entire Piscataway area, but were quietly displaced to smaller areas as settler numbers increased. The Indians had established defined trails that the used to travel through the wilderness area. Over time, many of these primitive trails became the routes of travel from town to town. The trails along the Raritan River were named after a local Indian tribe called the Raritangs, Piscataway Township is the fifth oldest town in New Jersey and among the fifty oldest towns in the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had an area of 19.029 square miles. The township lies on the side of the Raritan Valley. Piscataway is 45 minutes southwest of New York City and 53 minutes northeast of Philadelphia, society Hill is a unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Piscataway Township. The original village settlement of Piscatawaytown is located in present-day Edison Township, significant portions of Piscataway make up part of historic Camp Kilmer and the Livingston and Busch Campuses of Rutgers University. The Arbor and New Brunswick Highland sections of Piscataway were historically African American neighborhoods, the New Market section historically comprised the Quaker village of Quibbletown
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Louis Brown Athletic Center
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The Louis Brown Athletic Center, more commonly known as the RAC, is an 8, 000-seat multi-purpose arena in Piscataway, New Jersey on Rutgers Universitys Livingston Campus. The building is shaped like a tent with trapezoidal sides on the north and south ends. It is home to the mens and womens Rutgers Scarlet Knights basketball teams, previously, the University used the 3, 200-seat College Avenue Gym from 1931 to 1977. The arena opened on November 30,1977 with a win against rival Seton Hall, despite the name change, the building is still largely referred to as The RAC by students, alumni, fans, and players. The RAC is renowned for being one of the loudest arenas in college basketball when at maximum capacity, the trapezoidal design of the building allows the crowd noise to resonate, creating a deafening environment. The RAC has even described as being louder than a 747 at Newark Airport. ESPNs Jay Bilas has lauded the RAC, saying, The Scarlet Knights play great there, former opponents have also extolled the RACs atmosphere. Former Connecticut Guard Ben Gordon said, It is very difficult at the RAC and they have a great home crowd. The student body and everybody comes out to support them. Just the way the gym is shaped, it seems like everybody is on top of you, at times, if youre not focused, you can get lost in the game just by how intense the crowd is. Former Syracuse forward Hakim Warrick notes that they are some of the best fans on the road that I’ve played against. Its crazy how much they love their team, the way the gym is made, its just made to keep the noise in. Its loud and crazy down there and it also hosted the 1985 and 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference mens basketball tournaments. The arena is also the site for the girls and boys Middlesex County high school tournament finals. On Saturday April 13,1996, a Professional Bowlers Association tournament was broadcast live from the arena on ABC, the Grateful Dead played at the Rutgers Athletic Center on May 15,1981. Styx brought their Grand Illusion to the RAC on October 24,1979, Linda Ronstadt also played here on her Living in the USA tour and sang with a terrible sore throat. Also, Linda Ronstadt played the RAC on April 11,1980 for her Mad Love tour, played the RAC with 10,000 Maniacs opening. The arena was used on Friday, April 27,2007 for Rutgersfest, an annual concert held outdoors
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Governor of New Jersey
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The Governor of the State of New Jersey is head of the executive branch of New Jerseys state government. The office of governor is a position, for which elected officials serve four-year terms. Governors cannot be elected to more than two terms, but there is no limit on the total number of terms they may serve. The official residence for the governor is Drumthwacket, a located in Princeton, New Jersey. The first Governor of New Jersey was William Livingston, who served from August 31,1776, the current governor is Chris Christie, who assumed office on January 19,2010, and was elected for his second term on November 5,2013. The governor is elected by the voters to become the political and ceremonial head of the state. The governor performs the functions of the state, and is not directly subordinate to the federal authorities. The governor assumes additional roles, such as being the Commander-in-Chief of the New Jersey National Guard forces, much like the President of the United States, the governor appoints the entire cabinet, subject to confirmation by the New Jersey Senate. The governor is responsible for appointing two constitutionally created officers, the New Jersey Attorney General and the Secretary of State of New Jersey. State law allows for a salary of $175,000. Jon Corzine accepted a salary of $1 per year as governor. Jim McGreevey, his predecessor, took home a salary of $157,000. Before this amendment was passed, the president of the New Jersey Senate would have become governor or acting governor in the event that office of governor became vacant. This dual position was more powerful than that of an elected governor, as a result of the constitutional amendment passed in 2005, Governor Richard Codey was the final person to wield such power. Monmouth Sheriff Kim Guadagno was sworn in as New Jerseys first lieutenant governor, on January 19,2010, under Governor Chris Christie. The Center on the American Governor, at Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, was established in 2006 to study the governors of New Jersey and, to a lesser degree, the governors of other states. The project is in the process of creating new archives, similar to the Byrne and Kean archives, List of Governors of New Jersey List of colonial governors of New Jersey Governorship of Chris Christie Official website
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Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his work with the E Street Band, Springsteens recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful albums, Born to Run and Born in the U. S. A. find pleasures in the struggles of daily American life. He has sold more 120 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States, in 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year and in 2016 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He married Patti Scialfa in 1991, and the couple have had three children – Evan James, Jessica Rae and Sam Ryan, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born on September 23,1949, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. He was brought home from the hospital to Freehold Borough where he spent his childhood and he lived on South Street and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry, Springsteen said his mother, Adele Ann, a legal secretary and of Italian ancestry, was the main breadwinner. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a town near Naples and he has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full-time, she took photos for his Human Touch, Lucky Town. The Springsteens are among the early Dutch families who settled in the colony of New Netherland in the 1600s, raised a Roman Catholic, Springsteen attended the St. In a 2012 interview, he explained that it was his Catholic upbringing rather than political ideology that most influenced his music and he noted in the interview that his faith had given him a very active spiritual life, although he joked that this made it very difficult sexually. He added, Once a Catholic, always a Catholic, in the ninth grade, Springsteen transferred to the public Freehold High School, but did not fit in there either. Former teachers have said he was a loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar and he completed high school, but felt so uncomfortable that he skipped his own graduation ceremony. He briefly attended Ocean County College, but dropped out, Springsteen grew up hearing fellow New Jersey singer Frank Sinatra on the radio. He became interested in being involved in music himself when, in 1956 at the age of seven, in 1964, Springsteens mother bought him his first guitar for $18. 1964 was also an important year for Springsteen, having seen The Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, thereafter he started playing for audiences with a band called the Rogues at local venues such as the Elks Lodge in Freehold. In 1965, Springsteens mother took out a loan to buy her 16-year-old son a $60 Kent guitar, in the same year, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in town. They helped him become the lead guitarist and subsequently one of the singers of the Castiles
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New York Knicks
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The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City, the other is the Brooklyn Nets, along with the Boston Celtics, the Knicks are one of only two original NBA teams still located in its original city. The Knicks were successful during their years and were constant playoff contenders under the franchises first head coach Joe Lapchick. Beginning in 1950, the Knicks made three appearances in the NBA Finals, all of which were losing efforts. Lapchick resigned in 1956 and the team began to falter. It was not until the late 1960s when Red Holzman became head coach that the Knicks began to regain their former dominance, Holzman successfully guided the Knicks to two NBA championships, in 1970 and 1973. The Knicks of the 1980s had mixed success that included six playoff appearances, however, the playoff-level Knicks of the 1990s were led by future Hall of Fame center Patrick Ewing, this era was marked by passionate rivalries with the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, and Miami Heat. During this time, they were known for playing tough defense under head coaches Pat Riley, during this era, the Knicks made two appearances in the NBA Finals, in 1994 and 1999, though they were unable to win an NBA championship. Since 2000, the Knicks have struggled to regain their former glory, in 2012–13, the franchise won its first division title in 19 years, but was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers. According to a 2016 Forbes report, the Knicks were the most-valuable NBA franchise, in 1946, basketball, particularly college basketball, was a growing and increasingly profitable sport in New York City. Hockey was another sport at the time and generated considerable profits, however. Max Kase, a New York sportswriter, became the editor at the Boston American in the 1930s. Kase developed the idea of a professional league to showcase college players upon their graduation. Brown, intrigued by the opportunity to attain additional income when the teams were not playing or on the road. Ned Irish, a college basketball promoter, retired sportswriter and then president of Madison Square Garden, was in attendance, Kase originally planned to own and operate the New York franchise himself and approached Irish with a proposal to lease the Garden. Irish explained that the rules of the Arena Managers Association of America stated that Madison Square Garden was required to own any professional teams played in the arena
