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Welcome to the greatest sports facility in the New York City - the Yankees Stadium! Located in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium is just over the bridge from Manhattan and is home to the New York Yankees baseball team. This is the “new” Yankee Stadium which looks similar to the original 1923 Yankee Stadium. Built on 97,000 m2 of public parkland, the new ballpark was opened in 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The project is part of a larger redevelopment plan that includes a hotel, conference center and high school for sports-related careers.

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The Steakhouse translates the New York City dining adventure to the suburban New Jersey. The designed place is a huge space consisting of two privy dining areas.

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Mountain Greek, a New Jersey ski area about 50 miles from Manhattan became one of the biggest terrain parks in the Eastern United States, a space devoted to snowboarding and free skiing. Today the area has a cultural makeover that reflected a younger, adventure sports theme.

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Mount Snow is situated in southern Vermont and less than a four-hour drive from New Jersey and New York suburbs, with a reputation as a busy place. However, it is a bit like being in New York, the Mount Snow, which averaged 500,000 skier visits a year, had a loyal following and improved its lodging. 

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Avalon is a small shore town in New Jersey on Seven Mile Island. It is also part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is popular with being a seashore resort.

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Great cities have great bridges. New York has the Brooklyn Bridge; Venice is a city of beautiful pontes crowned by the Bridge of Sighs. Think San Francisco and you think of the Golden Gate. In Philadelphia, our great span is named in honor of Benjamin Franklin.Plans to construct a bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey on the other side of the Delaware river were made as early as 1818.
The bridge was designed by Paul Philippe Cret, the architect who was also in large part responsible for Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Driving over the bridge and passing under its two tall towers connected by tapering cables, puts one in mind of Dorothy entering into Kingdom of Oz — there is a fearful exhilaration. This bridge does not merely span the Delaware — it soars over the river. Painted a resonant blue, at some points the bridge seems to merge with the sky.

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Broadway, as its name implies is a big, wide avenue that runs the entire length of Manhattan in New York City. It passes through the middle of the Theater district concentrated around Times Square and has lent its name to those spectacular musical productions known as the Broadway play. No visit to New York City would be complete without seeing at least one Broadway musical production.

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