Gateway Region - Sport Teams and Venues

Sport Teams and Venues

See also: List of New York metropolitan area sports teams

The Gateway is home to five teams from major professional sports leagues playing in the state (though three teams identify as being from New York) as well as minor league teams. Since the 1970s several new stadiums and arenas have been built mostly near Downtown Newark or as part of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which since 2009 can be reached with the Meadowlands Rail Line.

The teams are

  • National Hockey League-New Jersey Devils
  • National Basketball Association-New Jersey Nets
  • Major League Soccer-New York Red Bulls
  • Major League Lacrosse-New Jersey Pride and Bergen River Dogs
  • National Football League-New York Giants and New York Jets
  • Great Lakes Indoor Football League-New Jersey Revolution
  • Minor League Baseball teams-New Jersey Jackals, Newark Bears and Bergen Cliff Hawks
  • Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)-New Jersey Ironmen

The venues include:

  • Bergen Ballpark at the Meadowlands (proposed) at American Dream Meadowlands
  • Giants Stadium
  • Meadowlands Stadium
  • Meadowlands Racetrack
  • Izod Center, commonly called Meadowlands Arena
  • Riverfront Stadium
  • Prudential Center, nicknamed the "Rock"
  • Red Bull Arena
  • South Mountain Arena

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