Seven sports reasons to travel to New York
As soon as you arrive in New York you realize. The bars are packed with people, beer in hand, to watch all kinds of games and, furthermore, as soon as you arrive at a park, there they are playing baseball, running or skating. Sport is lived, felt and, for many, whether from the sofa or active, it is a way of life.
1. IF YOURS IS RUNNING...
The New York Marathon has been awarded this year with the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports and that is because it is the most famous popular race in the world. If you are a runner, you will kill to get a dorsal but you won't have it easy. There is a complex system of draws and minimum marks, so if you succeed, you will have already achieved your first victory. You can apply for your place at the New York Road Runners (NYRR). If you finish it, keep the supporting certificate as if you had won an Oscar. If you don't run, you can always be one of those who will see him behind the fence with your giant sugary cola in hand. Another way to live it.
With Boston, Chicago, Berlin and London, the New York Marathon is one of the Big Five. The race runs through all five suburbs of the Big Apple, from Staten Island to Central Park . It all started in 1970, when NYRR President Fred Lebow launched a race in which 127 participants circled Central Park. Since that first experience, which spread throughout the city in later editions, the marathon has been religiously celebrated every first Sunday of November, except in 2012, canceled due to the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy.
the city of runners
two. THE SACRED TEMPLE OF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Surely you have known about him because he appears in several classic cinema films. Especially when it comes to boxing. Or simply because you like basketball and you follow the NBA. Or it could be that you are also a follower of the NHL. What is clear is that this is one of the mythical places of sport . Madison Square Garden is located in Manhattan, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, between 31st and 33rd streets.
The current location dates back to 1968 and is the MSG IV . If what you want to see is a game of the New York Knicks , the new team of José Manuel Calderón, you will have to go there, since it is where they play their home games. They do it too New York Rangers , ice hockey team, the New York Liberty women's basketball team, and the Red Storm basketball team at Saint John's University.
Also, as we have mentioned, it is a legendary boxing venue, where the the "fight of the century" from 1971 between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier , among many other fights. Surely you have seen it in movies in which some character boasted of having been in this or that fight in Madison Square Garden. They refer to the previous one, MSG III, which had its doors open between 1925 and 1968. It was located on Eighth Avenue, between 49th and 50th. It was built by boxing promoter George 'Tex' Rickard. A true temple of the sport of punching in which legendary combats were played, such as the 'Sugar' Ray Robinson-Jake Lamotta (1942 and 1945) or the Louis-Rocky Marciano (1951), to give just two examples. They called it 'The Mecca of Boxing'.
But New York hasn't been the boxing capital of the world in a long time, and the best fights these days are in Los Angeles or Las Vegas.
Not only will you go to MSG to see sporting events, but you can also attend concerts. They have acted in it, from Green Day to Justin Bieber or One Direction.
The splendor of Citi Field
3. THAT THE KNICKS ARE NOT GOING TO YOU AND YOU ARE MORE OF THE NETS
Then you have to go to Barclay's Center , venue where the Brooklyn Nets, the rival NBA team of the Knicks, play their games. It is part of a sports, business and residential complex called Atlantic Yards. And, of course, it's located in Brooklyn. The Nets were first the New York Nets, then the New Jersey Nets and in 2012 they moved to one of the most famous neighborhoods in the city. The first concert that this venue hosted was one by rapper Jay-Z, a shareholder of the team, on September 28, 2012, shortly before the start of the season.
Four. OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCELLENT AMERICAN SPORT: BASEBALL
In the Bronx, next to the river, is Yankee Stadium, opened in 2008 attached to the previous stadium of the same name. The New York Yankees play their Major League Baseball games there. Being from the Yankees in the United States is like being from Real Madrid in Spain. It is the most economically powerful team and the one that has won the most titles. The club where Joe di Maggio played and currently highlights Joe Girardi.
If there is something that New Yorkers like, it is to go see a baseball game, which lasts three hours and. in the case of the Yankees, it can cost you an average of 72 dollars , and spend that time eating hot dogs, French fries, and drinking tall glasses of cola. It is something that every foreigner must do once in their life to experience it. If you prefer not to be of the powerful and go to see a game of the New York Mets, ** you will have to do it at Citi Field **, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, north of Queens. It seats 42,000 spectators and was inaugurated in 2009 to replace the Shea Stadium.
Barclays Center, the home field of the Brooklyn Nets
5. OR ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND AMERICAN FOOTBALL In that case, you will have to go see a New York Giants game at their stadium, MetLife Stadium , opened in 2010 next to the old Giants Stadium , at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in suburban East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is the oldest remaining American football team and has won four pre-superbowl leagues and four Superbowls, the last one in 2012. This stadium has hosted the 2014 Superbowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, with victory of the first.
Although yes, it is true, not only the Giants play in this stadium. So do the New York Jets, who allied themselves with the powerful team for the construction of the enclosure, since they could not have the funds of their own to build one themselves.
6. TENNIS, OH TENNIS
Enough of purely American sports overdoses. Let's move on to something more normal, that we understand better, like the sound that Rafa Nadal emits every time he hits the ball with all his might. If what you like is the racket sport and you are in New York at the end of the summer, maybe a miracle will work and you will get a ticket for the US Open, which takes place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows . It is the second largest tennis complex in the world, an emblem for tennis lovers.
7. SHOPPING, YES THERE IS ALSO SPORTS SHOPPING
We are not going to fool ourselves. One of the main reasons why you can go to New York It is to buy for the simple pleasure of buying. And within this way of spending leisure there are also sports purchases. You may want the latest t-shirt from Carmel Antony , or any of the outfits of the aforementioned teams. You can always do it in the stores near the stadiums or in any other business in the city.
Among all the sports stores in New York, we are going to recommend one: 'F', the first that exclusively sells sports products jordan-brand . It is the sports line of the basketball god Michael Jordan in sportswear and sneakers. In addition, it is very close to Madison Square Garden.
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