The Rock

New Jersey only has one major sports team. Although the Jets and Giants play in East Rutherford, they are labeled as the "New York" Jets/Giants. The only major sports team New Jersey has in the New Jersey Devils, which is a professional hockey team. The Devils play at the Prudential Center in Newark, which is only necessary because Newark is the states biggest city. But, some people aren't aware that the Prudential Center is much more than the home of the Devils. "The Rock", a nickname for the Prudential Center that is very common in the media, also holds many other events.

First, a little background. The Rock was built in 2007, solely for the purpose to move the New Jersey Devils franchise to play in the states biggest city; a business decision of come sorts. The nickname "The Rock" is derived from the Prudential Financial logo, which happens to be to be the Rock of Gibraltar, (the link at the end of the entry will give more information on the Rock of Gibraltar). The Rock has been very successful thus far; it holds many different events and, since it is placed in the middle of a business city such as Newark, it attracts many tourists and business ventures.

Seton Hall also calls the Prudential Center home. The Seton Hall Pirates mens basketball team, which is Division 1,uses the Rock to play their home games, so attending a college basketball game in a big time atmosphere could be a fun time. I logged onto the Ticketmaster website to see what events were coming up at the Prudential Center, and the diversity and difference between events is outstanding. Apart from NJ Devils and Seton Hall Pirates home games, there is a world famous Orchestra event scheduled, as well as Pink, the female pop singer, who has a tour concert there, as well. Here is the Ticketmaster link:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Prudential-Center-tickets-Newark/venue/16847

I think the Rock is important to the city of Newark. It holds many different events which can draw tourists to Newark to see what the city has in store... and it also will keep the structure of the city because it gives residents something to go do. I haven't been to an event yet, but I am looking into a few concerts at the beginning of the 2014 year. If anybody keeps up with my blog, I promise to post about my experience at the Rock.

Information on Rock of Gibraltar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Gibraltar