The New York Giants have announced that they will be holding their Saturday workout in Newark rather than at their training facility in East Rutherford.
“Second-year coach Joe Judge wanted a camp event geared toward the local community and found an outlet in the NFL initiative called ‘Back Together Saturday.’ The Giants will practice in the newly-renovated 4,500-seat Eddie Moraes Stadium – formerly Ironbound Stadium – which is reopening after being closed by the federal government in 1987. After that long hiatus, the stadium, which frequently hosted local and international soccer games, will again be the home of the East Side High School football program,” the team said in a statement.
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“The Giants’ visit to Newark is not an event open to the general public. High school football teams from Newark and surrounding communities, plus nearby Pop Warner and other youth programs, will attend the workout. Attendance is expected to number approximately 2,000 people.
“Judge and a few players will address the students. The Giants partnered with the office of Mayor Ras J. Baraka and the Newark Board of Education to plan the event, inviting area youth and high school football teams and other community programs to attend the “Back Together Saturday” community event.”
It is one of several offsite workout events Judge has set up for his team this summer.
The Giants will hold joint practices with the Cleveland Browns in Ohio on August 19 and 20, before the preseason game in Cleveland on August 22 and with the New England Patriots in Foxborough on August 25 and 26, prior to the teams’ third and final preseason game at MetLife Stadium on the 29th.
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