Sports in Newark, New Jersey
The Metropolitan Riveters of the now defunct National Women's Hockey League played at the Devils' practice facility from 2017 to 2022.
[11] Newark is the transportation hub for the Sports Illustrated Stadium, home stadium of Major League Soccer's Red Bulls, across the Passaic River from Newark's Riverbank Park in Harrison, with shuttle bus service running from downtown train stations.
[13] Newark, particularly the Ironbound, and the adjacent West Hudson towns on the Passaic, Harrison and Kearny, have a long tradition of soccer.
The Newark Bears were a minor-league professional baseball franchise that were part of the independent Atlantic League (which also includes the Somerset Patriots and the Camden Riversharks).
[18] They played at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, a 6,200-seat ballpark that is also home to local college baseball teams.
[25] They shared the stadium in the Ironbound with the Negro league's Newark Eagles, managed by Effa Manley.
[34][35][36] The game took place at MetLife Stadium, home of the hosting teams New York Giants and New York Jets, at the nearby Meadowlands Sports Complex, accessible with the Meadowlands Rail Line via Newark Penn Station or Broad Street Station.
[4] In anticipation of the convergence of thousands for the events, New Jersey Transit had created a weekly pass for travel throughout the region as well as game-day express bus from the airport.
[44] EliteXC: Primetime was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Elite Xtreme Combat that took place on May 31, 2008, at the Prudential Center.
Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 169: Cruz vs. Barao, mixed martial arts event will also be in at the Prudential Center during Super Bowl week on February 1.
[57][58] In the 1930s many Jewish prizefighters once in the employ of crime boss Longie Zwillman became part of the Minuteman, a group dedicated to preventing Nazi activities in the city.
[60] One of the last bouts in Laurel Garden-era was on May 30, 1953, in which Joey Giardello defeated middleweight Hurley Sandler in a nationally televised event.
[61] The AT&T American Cup, an annual elite senior level international gymnastics competition, was held at Prudential Center in 2016 and 2017.
In 2011, the GoNewarkHoopFest was hosted by Seton Hall University for the East Regional playoffs of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
The Scarlet Raiders are members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
[74] In 2009, a 22 ft (6.7 m) stainless steel sculpture of a hockey player was installed at Championship Plaza at Prudential Center.
[75][76] A bronze statue, created by sculptor Thomas Jay Warren,[77] was dedicated to the memory of Althea Gibson in Branch Brook Park in March 2012[78][79] "I hope that I have accomplished just one thing," she once wrote, "that I have been a credit to tennis, and to my country.
[82] The Salute, created by Jon Krawczyk, is a statue of the longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was installed at Prudential Center in 2016.
