On Wednesday morning, October 27 the New York Red Bulls announced that they will be moving their practice facility, offices, and academy from Hanover to Morris Township. The construction for this new training facility will begin in 2022 for groundbreaking, but should be finished by the 2024 season.
The Red Bulls have acquired land at the former Honeywell site along Colombia Road, as the amount of land will double in size, building a state of the art complex that will house their senior MLS side, Red Bulls II squad as well as all their youth teams and academy, while the front office people will also have an office for day to day operations.
“The development of the Training Complex demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the game of soccer in this country,” said Kevin Thelwell, Head of Sport, New York Red Bulls. “The facilities and accommodations will provide our First Team, as well as our valued young players, with the highest levels of support necessary to succeed with our club."
“We are fortunate to have the support and commitment from Red Bull to help realize our vision of developing a world-class Training Complex for our organization,” said Marc de Grandpré, General Manager, New York Red Bulls. “This will further our pledge to develop, engage and inspire the local community through the beautiful game.”
Of course, the happiest of all people with this new training complex coming to fruition is the Mayor of Morris Township is Jeffrey Grayzel “We are excited that the New York Red Bulls are planning to make Morris Township their future home and looking forward to beginning the approval process with them. The Red Bulls organization has done a tremendous job contributing to and supporting their local community and creating lifelong fans. We are pleased that the Red Bulls are considering Morris Township for their new facility.”
The current training facility in Hanover has enough room for four practice fields. Three of the four are together with two of them with natural grass and one for field turf while the fourth field is in a separate location for the Academy teams to train on natural turf. The goal for the brand new facility is to build eight regulation fields The size of the facility is about 80 acres.
Upon securing necessary approvals, Hanover Township has been home to the club's Training Facility for over the last eight years and will proudly remain so until the completion of the upcoming Complex. Here is a link to a youtube video starring former Red Bulls defender Connor Lade.
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