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Teaneck Armory at 1799 Teaneck Road is an armory and arena located on a site in Teaneck, New Jersey. A facility of the New Jersey National Guard, it is home to the Soccer Coliseum. ==History== The facility was completed in 1936 at a cost of $1 million.〔Davis, Tom. (A Place For Troops, Troupes, Hoops: Teaneck Armory Still Vital ), copy of article from ''The Record (Bergen County)'', January 2, 2002. Accessed June 6, 2007.〕 It was designed by Louis S. Kaplan (1896–1964), who as a young architect won a competition to design the Trenton War Memorial and after its dedication became the leading state architect until the early 1960s, designing or adapting many of its armories. From 1967–68, the arena was the home of the New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association, the team that later became today's Brooklyn Nets. In 1968, the Americans were forced to forfeit a playoff game against the Kentucky Colonels because a circus group had rented the space that week and the alternate location selected for the game, Commack Arena, had a playing floor in such poor condition that it was ruled to be was unplayable.〔Wojnarowski, Adrian. ("Twenty-five years later, Boe makes up for mistake" ), ESPN.com, June 3, 2003. Accessed June 5, 2007. "They were supposed to host a one-game playoff at the Armory on March 23, 1968, but the circus chased the Americans to the Commack Arena on Long Island. Trouble was, nobody bothered to check out the court.... Mikan declared the court unplayable, New Jersey had to forfeit the game, Kentucky advanced to the playoffs and New Jersey never played another game in Teaneck Armory."〕 In 1997, the armory was renovated to an arena designed for indoor soccer known as the Soccer Coliseum.〔http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/small_business/119380459_The_Soccer_Colliseum_at_Teaneck_Armory_-_Ultimate_indoor_soccer_experience.html〕〔http://www.soccercoliseum.com/ Soccer Coliseum〕 Over the years the expansive floor and high-ceilinged space has been used for numerous film shoots, including ''Sweet and Lowdown'', ''You've Got Mail'',〔〔Ivry, Bob. ("FILMMAKERS DESCENDING ON NEW JERSEY" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', June 17, 1998. Accessed June 6, 2007. "When Randy Sokol Sweeney was asked to find a New York-area spot in which to shoot the indoor scenes of "You've Got Mail," a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, she tried the usual studios in Queens, but they were booked. Then she checked out Teaneck."〕 ''Bogus'', and ''Stonewall''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = New Jersey Television and Movie Commission )〕 The armory has also hosted concerts, three-quarter midget car races, rallies (including a November 6, 1960 campaign rally by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy〔(Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Teaneck Armory Teterboro, NJ (sic) ), American Presidency Project, November 6, 1960. Accessed June 5, 2007.〕), circuses, indoor soccer and various military uses. It has also been used for ceremonies and celebrations commemorating Eid ul-Adha. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teaneck Armory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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