Updated: Where’s camp?
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Where will the Jets have their July training camp? It probably won’t be at the expensive Florham Park football facility. Many have wondered about the logistics of holding a training camp here, considering there are no dorms or parking that could accommodate the thousands of fans who usually come to watch each day.
According to several players, coach Rex Ryan has sent an assistant to scout possible locations in upstate New York that would make a suitable spot for a training camp. Hofstra, where the Jets trained up until last year, was also being considered.
The Jets spent $75 million to build the new facility, which has training rooms with hot and cold tubs, classrooms, two cafeterias, four outdoor football fields and an indoor turf field. Today, the pricey outdoor turf field was ripped up and replaced by rocks although the reconstruction is being done under warranty. Despite these luxuries, the Jets have asked employees in the non-football division to take unpaid furloughs.
Will it be less expensive to make camp at an upstate college or to retrofit the facility for bleachers, parking and have players stay in nearby hotels? Is cost even a consideration?
Either way, fans have to wait before making travel plans to see the revamped Jets sweat it out this summer. You read it here first.
Update: Jets spokesperson Bruce Speight confirmed the team was scouting potential camp sites even though the Florham Park facility remained an option.
“Coach Ryan is looking to find a more isolated environment for training camp to promote team building and we are researching potential locations,” Speight said in a statement. “However, any plans will also include community events at our Atlantic Health Jets Training Center and in Long Island prior to the start of the regular season.”
The idea is to get the players alone for a few weeks so they can bond without the distractions of home. This being the Jets first year under the new coach, the training camp period is critical, yet all but one of the players is there right now for the offseason workout.
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on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 1:18 pm by Jane McManus.
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Jane McManus 
There are plenty of dorms available at FDU (former Giants Training site) and Drew. Going out of state or back to Hofstra makes no sense with the state of the art facility they have in Florham Park.
Sounds like part of the long range plan was forgotten along with the dome on the new stadium.
the jets building at hofstra is still up
hofstra is starting construction on it in OCT
Why did they tear up a field and replace it with rocks?
Hofstra doesnt want us. Give up on the dream. Hofstra is in our past now.
Editor,
Good points, but the FDU site and facility itself isn’t as isolated as Ryan would like it.
Now the new photo is back up again. Hmmm. . . .
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