subject: Chelsea Piers Sports & Leisure Complex New York [print this page] The Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Advanced is a 28-acre waterfront sports activities village positioned between seventeenth and 23rd Streets along Manhattan's Hudson River. Situated on Piers 59, 60 and 61 and within the headhouse that connects them, the Advanced options two indoor ice rinks, a state-of-the-art golf driving vary, the world's most complete sports and fitness middle, a world-class gymnastics center, indoor enjoying fields and basketball courts, and a 40-lane bowling center.
Chelsea Piers can also be dwelling to dozens of nationally-acclaimed lecturers and coaches, sports pro shops, a number of eating places, Manhattan's largest film and television production middle, and essentially the most in depth marina in the city.
Chelsea Piers is a series of piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York Metropolis within the Chelsea neighborhood, on the northern fringe of Greenwich Village and the Meatpacking District. They had been a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of the RMS Titanic.
The piers are at present utilized by the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex. Pier fifty nine is dwelling to the Chelsea Brewing Company the one micro-brewery in Manhattan. The brand new advanced includes movie and tv production services, including these for CBS Faculty Sports activities Community and Meals Network, a health club, a day spa, the town's largest coaching middle for gymnastics, two basketball courts, enjoying fields for indoor lacrosse and soccer, batting cages, a mountain climbing wall and dance studios.
In addition there may be an AMF Bowling middle, a golf membership with multi-story driving vary, and two full sized ice rinks for skating. The advanced also features a marina for mooring personal boats.
Development of Chelsea Piers Sports and Leisure Advanced began on July 12, 1994 in ceremonies attended by New York Governor Mario Cuomo, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger.
Chelsea Piers Connecticut, the first growth undertaking of Chelsea Piers, is underneath construction in Stamford, Connecticut. The facility is scheduled to open July 2012.
