05/4/06 - Posted from the Daily Record newsroom Jets ready to have landing celebration in Florham Pk. Welcome party will be free to public with players, food available BY NAVID IQBAL / DAILY RECORD FLORHAM PARK --Fans of the New York Jets may want to mark their calendars for a party to be thrown by the team in town. A "Jets Day" is being planned for May 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. to welcome the professional football team to the town, borough officials said Wednesday. Mayor Frank D. Tinari said the event would be free and open to the public. Free hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, rides and other activities are planned for Jets Day -- primarily tailored to school-aged children, Councilman Tom Hadley said, adding that the football team expressed a great deal of interest in building ties with the area's youth.Jets owner Robert "Woody" Johnson, Jets president Jay Russ, and an undetermined number of players are expected to attend the event on the Great Lawn at the borough municipal complex off Ridgedale Avenue.Borough officials met with Jets staffers Wednesday afternoon to look at the borough's facilities and see if they would accommodate what is being billed as a "welcoming party." The Jets announced in late March that they selected Florham Park as the new home of their practice facility. It is to be built on a 20-acre parcel of the site currently owned by the Exxon-Mobil Co. along Route 24.As part of a deal with New Jersey State, the Jets and the New York Giants agreed to pay to build a brand new stadium at the Meadowlands if the state put $20 million towards building new practice fields. The Giants agreed to stay in East Rutherford while the Jets selected several areas within a short distance of the stadium for their practice field.Since the deal would essentially require the state to purchase land that is within the borough, thus taking it off the municipal tax roll, the Jets agreed to contribute $200,000 annually as a payment in lieu of taxes for the practice site, borough officials have said. The Exxon-Mobil Co. is currently named on the borough's official tax list as owner of the 370-plus acre site. The company's former headquarters have been vacant since 2000. The Jets are currently headquartered at Hofstra University in Long Island. ----------------------------------------------------- Navid Iqbal can be reached at (973) 428-6627 or at niqbal@gannett.com. > http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060504/COMMUNITIES16/604040367/1203/NEWS01
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This smells of the Caddyshack scene where the sign shows pool hours for caddies from 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. By the time you get your ass in the door, the food will be gone and they'll be winding down the music and shutting off the lights.
hey guys, i should be in the US the week of this " party " . if anyone knows a good pub close by, sing out now . . . the 1st round is on me . . . :beer:
LOL, Glad ya caught that one :wink: Screw That ! There seems to be a Real JETS Party goin on that week: >> Click for the REAL Party! << and you could still Get the 1st round! :up: :breakdance:
This really does suck, because I love going to the training over at Hofstra every summer. I live right by it.
