| It's said that the efforts a team puts as it prepares | | | | classrooms for players to watch various films of |
| for any game is as crucial as the game itself. It's | | | | games and practices, not to mention a state of art |
| because of this reason that the New York Jets | | | | relaxing lounge and modern eatery. |
| made plans to build a new training complex; they | | | | The Jets will also move from their former offices |
| wanted a lot more than just a training ground. | | | | from Manhattan and relocate them to Florham Park. |
| The new training complex is estimated to be worth | | | | The new complex idea sprung as a deal whereby the |
| $75 million, in a 27-acre piece of land. The team had | | | | New York Jets and the New York Giants signed an |
| to build a new training complex since the old training | | | | agreement to work together in an effort to building |
| ground was considered small with inadequate modern | | | | a new state of art stadium at the Meadowlands. It |
| facilities. The complex is situated on the former site | | | | was even made easier when the New Jersey Sports |
| of Exxon's headquarters. It's being official opened for | | | | and Exposition Authority decided to purchase 20 |
| training this Tuesday. The Jets have been training at | | | | acres land for each team to build a new modern |
| a center at Hofstra University on Long Island since | | | | training complex. |
| 1968. | | | | The new Jets' training complex center combines the |
| The designing and architectural work was done by a | | | | best and modern artifacts of architectural and |
| Skidmore architectural firm and Owings & Merrill | | | | modern sports psychology. Players enter the center |
| respectively. The design for the new training complex | | | | through an airy lobby with a full view of the main |
| was planned to be a bit swankier than the old training | | | | training field. This contrast many other teams' training |
| complex. It was supposed to meet the requirements | | | | facilities, even at some N.F.L stadiums, players enter |
| of the team's training facilities in modern way. The | | | | through the loading dock or a door adjacent to trash |
| training complex for instance has an indoor field, | | | | bins. |
| whose ceiling is approximately 97-foot-high; this is so | | | | The New York Jets' owners and management made |
| because it can allow a punt to go as high as possible | | | | the architectures and designers to come with a |
| in the event of an actual game. | | | | perfect design whose main focus was on the players |
| This new Jets training complex is infact four times | | | | and other team staffs. This was meant to build the |
| bigger than the size of the old training complex at | | | | teams morale, which is to win games. |
| Hofstra. At Hofstra the team had three fields meant | | | | The entire building, even the corporate offices, the |
| for training, a nondescript and a two storey brick | | | | floors has yard markers. The idea is no different: the |
| building. The new training complex replacement is | | | | complex is all about football. The main building has |
| equivalent to Giants Stadium. The team's playing | | | | several classrooms, an auditorium with 161-seats and |
| ground, has four training fields coupled with a | | | | a video control room where other staff members |
| spacious locker room and a weight room. | | | | are on standby 24 hours a day. |
| The complex also has coaches' offices, studying | | | | |