[1][2] For the 1944 season the New York Yankees held spring training in Atlantic City.
They made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters, trained indoors at the armory and played at Bader Field.
The $2.9 million in funding for the project was provided by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety and the Community Redevelopment Agency.
[5][6] Renovations included the conversion of the drill floor to an indoor track and soccer field.
[8] Formed in 1887 as a military and social club, the Morris Guards were named after Colonel Daniel Morris, a Civil War veteran and wealthy businessman who donated funds to build the armory building on New York Avenue between Atlantic and Pacific Avenues.