Rugby New York 2023 home Memorial Stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, January 17^th, 2023

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The Major League Rugby (MLR) team Rugby New York has announced that they will be playing their home games at the historic 3,900-capacity Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium in New York (US) for the 2023 season.

‘Rugby New York’ stated that the Memorial Stadium is a brand-new facility, ideally located in the heart of the New York rugby community.

Rugby New York, formerly known as Rugby United New York and now officially nicknamed the ‘Ironworkers’, are a professional rugby union team based in New York City (US) that is a member of Major League Rugby (MLR). The team played an exhibition season in Spring 2018 and joined MLR for its second full season in 2019.

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‘Rugby New York’ further stated that the team can’t wait to put on a show for all supporters of New York rugby at a state-of-the-art venue – featuring a range of food and beverages, theme nights (to be announced), an LED videoboard, and so much more.

Accessible from Manhattan via a 25 minute train ride from the Grand Central Station, it’s also right off the Hutchinson River Parkway and close to the I-95 and Cross-Country Parkway.

To check out the Rugby New York schedule and see where they are playing, click here.

The Rugby New York sent a big thank you to the Hoboken community for hosting them last season. Despite moving away from the 98,604-capacity John F Kennedy Stadium in Hoboken, New Jersey, the MLR team looks forward to continually being involved in Hoboken and the New Jersey area.

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