Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium

December 30, 2010 will be the date of the first ever Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The bowl will feature the number three team in the Big East and the number six team in the Big 12. 

This will be the first bowl game to take place at Yankee Stadium since 1962. 

“Football’s always been a love of my dad: he played it, he coached it,” Hal Steinbrenner told The Star Ledger. “We made it a point when we built this stadium to ensure it was a year-round, multi-sport venue, and it will be that. There is more to come. Football is going to be a big part of it in 2010, and football’s going to be a big part of it in the years to come.”

Read more about the bowl.

Notre Dame vs. Navy Football Tickets at New Meadowlands Stadium

I am selling two pairs of tickets for the Notre Dame vs. Navy football game on October 23, 2010 at the new Meadowlands Stadium.

2 Tickets in Section 220C, Row 5, aisle seats 1 & 2
Total $325

2 Tickets in Section 121, Row 39, seats 17 & 18
Total $300

Email me for more information – Rich(at)EmpireSportsNow.com

Yankee Stadium May Host Boxing Match

A boxing match between Yuri Foreman, the 154-pound World Boxing Association champion, and Miguel Cotto may be fought at Yankee Stadium. The match is currently set to take place at Madison Square Garden on June 12, but according to the New York Times, boxing promotor Bob Arum wants to move the match to Yankee Stadium in order to accommodate more fans. 

The Yankees and Arum are discussing the possibility of moving the bout to June 5 if the Yankees can reschedule a bar mitzvah that is planned to be held at Yankee Stadium on that day. 

Arum told the Huffington Post, ”The Yankees want to make a deal, we know we can make a deal, they’re just working through a problem at Yankee Stadium, but you wouldn’t believe it if I told you. They’ve leased out some lounges for this bar mitzvah and part of the deal was for a half hour or so, they could use the big screen in center field to show pictures and all that sort of stuff. Obviously you can’t do that if there’s fights going on.”

Nuclear Cowboyz Tour Comes to ESPN Zone New York

The Nuclear Cowboyz tour, an entertainment spectacular featuring some of the most legendary riders in motocross, will be stopping by ESPN Zone in Times Square on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 11:30 a.m. X-Games medalists Nate Adams, Ronnie Faisst, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg and AMA championship rider and stunt choreographer Micky Dymond will all be on hand to talk to media and fans about the show, which combines a scripted performance with awe-inspiring motocross action.

The event is open to the public, and fans will get a chance to meet and talk to riders.

Giants and Jets Make Bid for 2014 Super Bowl

The new Meadowlands stadium may be the host of the 2014 Super Bowl. The Giants and Jets have made a bid to host the big game in 2014. New York Jets owner Woody Johnson tweeted, “We just announced that our new stadium is bidding to host the Super Bowl in 2014.”

A cold weather city has never hosted an outside Super Bowl. The Associated Press cites, “The NFL owners’ Super Bowl Advisory Committee allowed the bid despite the traditional requirement that host regions have a minimum temperature of 50 degrees or indoor stadiums.”

This year’s Super Bowl is being held in Miami. The 2011 Super Bowl is going to be at the Cowboys Stadium, in 2012 it will be at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and in 2013 it will be in the Louisiana Superdome.

ESPN Zone New York Ultimate Couch Potato Competition

ESPN Zone in Times Square is holding their eight annual Ultimate Coach Potato competition. This is a dream for all sports fans; sit on a comfy couch, watch continual sports, enjoy being in the presence of fellow sports fans, and eat… a lot. The following is information on the competition from ESPN Zone:

ESPN Zone is currently taking entries for its third annual Ultimate Couch Potato competition, scheduled for Jan. 1, 2010. In a nut shell, four sports fanatics from New York will square off in a competitive sitting competition on New Year’s Day to see who can watch the most continuous hours of televised sports (bathroom breaks only once every eight hours and no sleeping allowed). Entries close on Dec. 9.

Here’s the press release with all of the details on how to enter and prizing (winners get a recliner, free cable for a year and a $1,000 toward the ultimate home sports theater). To enter, potential couch potatoes have to email couchpotato@espnzone.com with 200 words or less describing why they have what it takes. For more, you can also check out http://espnzone.com/newyork/.

Also of note: Two-time winner Stan Friedman (below) – a research librarian from Manhattan – will return to defend

Robert Tuchman’s 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live

Sports guru, entrepreneur and native New Yorker Robert Tuchman has a book called “100 Sporting Events You Must See Live”, which gives an in-depth look and guide to the top sporting events in the world. Sporting events that take place in New York are well represented on the list. Here are the events that occur in New York and their rank on the list of 100:

6. New York City Marathon
9. Red Sox vs. Yankees at Yankee Stadium
22. Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
28. Horse Racing at Saratoga
48. U.S. Open Tennis Tournament
53. Golden Gloves at Madison Square Garden
56. Belmont Stakes
58. Heavyweight Title Fight at Madison Square Garden
67. NFL Draft
70. Basketball Game at Madison Square Garden
76. Basketball Game at Rucker Park, Harlem, NY
86. Harlem Globetrotters Performance

12 of the 100 events on the list are specific to New York (although the NFL Draft will be changing venues in the near future). Other events such as the (7) World Series, (12) Stanley Cup, (18) NFL Conference Championships (Meadowlands in New Jersey but New York teams), and (48) U.S. Open Golf Tournament have taken place in New York several times.

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Jets PSL Owners Presale for U2 at New Meadowlands Stadium

U2 will be performing at the new stadium in the Meadowlands on July 19, 2010 and New York Jets PSL owners will have a chance to get tickets before the general public. A special ticket presale will be available for Jets PSL owners. At least some good things are to come for paying the Jets a boat load to own season tickets.

The dates for the presale have not been released yet and Jets PSL owners should expect more information in an email soon.

Jets vs. Eagles Preseason Tickets 9/3

See the Jets final preseason game as they host the Eagles and their newest member, Mike Vick, on Thursday, September 3 at 7 PM. 

2 Tickets Section 125 Row 22 Seats 19 and 20

$25 Each, includes parking and stadium club

Email me for more information Rich@EmpireSportsNow.com

College Football Becomes Trendy in New York Teams’ New Stadiums

The Yankees are doing it.  Now the Giants and Jets are.  The new Meadowlands Stadium that will be home to the Giants and Jets will also be home to Syracuse football.  Syracuse has agreed to play three games at the new stadium in the Meadowlands.  At the new Meadowlands, Syracuse will host Southern California in 2012 and Notre Dame in 2014 and 2016.  Notre Dame will also be in the area in 2010 when they play Army at the new Yankee Stadium.  

College football is back in the New York Metropolitan area and hopefully will be here for a while.  Lacking major football colleges in the area, having games in the new Yankee Stadium and new Meadowlands Stadium does the trick.  It’s great to see college football get into the biggest market in America.  New York sports fans don’t get the chance to see college football in their backyard and this enables them to do so.