TC/USA Nationals New York, New York on CBS

[jonriv]

Surfside you have been hit by too many waves. Obviously have spent no time in the Big City. NYC is NOT a car friendly place. Randalls Island is accessible by car and a foot bridge(through a NASTY) are. It is 2.8 miles from a section of Central park, but close to six miles from where the balls field were they played previously and from midtown. Players and parents will be spending all day on Randalls Island in the middle of Hell's gate. Each time they leave it will be a $6.50 toll on the RFK(Triboro Bridge) and parking in Manhattan is a minimum of $20- parking in the street will more than likely get you towed and impounded ($300) I respect Numero Uno- but I have spent my life living and working in and around NYC. They would be closer to Mid-town in real travel time if they were in Hoboken, NJ

[NumeroUno]

Jonriv I have never been to NYC and I don't know if it is 2 miles or 200. I was told 2.
Thanks for the input, I am hoping to make it out to this event this year. I will be PMing you for some local knowledge.

I guess the first thing to pack will be my 45

[jonriv]

Jonriv I have never been to NYC and I don't know if it is 2 miles or 200. I was told 2.
Thanks for the input, I am hoping to make it out to this event this year. I will be PMing you for some local knowledge.

I guess the first thing to pack will be my 45

NYC is not very big on handguns either!!!!! Just ask a recently reinstated NFL player!!!! Be more than happy to help with some local knowledge

[access2]

I think he might mean this one...

[jonriv]

Just make sure to bring the brown paper bag!

[artomatic]

Triple Crown's David King is a pretty smart businessman and wants this tournament to be a success so teams come back to New York year after year.
I have heard he is going to do everything he can to make it a great experience and we are looking forward to attending next summer.

[jonriv]

TC does a great job and I have loved their tournaments. Just be warned- as great a place NYC is- it is a lousy venue for a softball tournament. For those teams with trailers etc... You may be out of luck- fields will not be great.... I am sure others who are from the area will attest- these are all beer league/office league fields- would be different if they were being played at Columbia,Fordham or Manhattan campuses would be a different story.

[jonriv]

Looks like NYC added brand new fields - a lot of them pictures look real nice(I stand corrected on that point

Still tough to get to and nice views of the two bridges

Adjacent to a sewage treatment plant

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... 0AHDq5SvDA

[artomatic]

Ok, this is what I have been hearing, so I can't confirm as fact, but from reliable sources:
31 brand new fields.
games ending at 5pm every day.
shuttle between fields and hotels, no need for cars or "trailors".
From what I see, most of the older teams do not travel with trailors. In fact, they travel pretty light and do not use much equipment to warm up like wiffles, nets, etc when they are on the road...

[jonriv]

Ok, this is what I have been hearing, so I can't confirm as fact, but from reliable sources:
31 brand new fields.
games ending at 5pm every day.
shuttle between fields and hotels, no need for cars or "trailors".
From what I see, most of the older teams do not travel with trailors. In fact, they travel pretty light and do not use much equipment to warm up like wiffles, nets, etc when they are on the road...

I can confirm the 31 brand New Fields

Nice touch with the shuttles.....

Found the fields on the website-HUGE complex