ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center
Teams: Men's and women's basketball, volleyball, swimming, fencing
Main gym underwent a renovation in summer of 2006. Included in the makeover were: installation of a new floor, sound system, lighting, scoreboards, and baskets, a repositioning of the main playing court, and entirely new seating for more then 1,000 spectators after the first phase of the renovation. Future plans include addition of more seating which will nearly double the seating capacity, and a new lobby entrance.
The Highlanders fencing teams practice and host meets in the Fleisher Multi-Purpose Room. This area has three (3) permanent strips, and is equipped with the latest in electrical strips and speed targets.
A six-lane 25 yard pool swimming pool in Fleisher Athletic Center is home to the NJIT men's and women's swim teams.
Other Fleisher center amenities include a fitness center, two weight rooms, sauna, training room, locker rooms, racquetball courts, and jogging track.
Lubetkin Field
Teams: Men's and women's soccer, track and field, and baseball
The soccer teams play their home games and practice on campus at Lubetkin Field. Lubetkin field is an all-weather facility, Sprinturf, which includes lights for nighttime play, bleacher seating for more then 1,000 spectators, a press box and scoreboard. The Baseball and track teams use the facility for practice.
Team: Baseball
The NJIT Baseball team plays at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium located in Newark NJ. It is the home of the Newark Bears. It has a seating capacity of 6,200, 20 luxury suites, a picnic area, and a major league-caliber press box. In 2005, NJIT and the Newark Bears announced a 10-year partnership that cemented downtown stadium as home of the Highlander home games.
Teams: Men's and women's tennis
The two tennis squads compete and practice indoors at the Tenafly Racquet Club in Tenafly, NJ. The facility is equipped with eight (8) courts. Outdoors, the teams use the four lighted tennis courts adjacent to the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center. For matches where we host men's and women's teams at he same time, we use the 16 court Althea Gibson tennis facility in Branch Brook Park, located within 2 miles of campus.
Teams: Men's and women's cross-country, track and field
The NJIT cross-country teams practice and host meets at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York, and Branch Brook Park in Newark. The track and field teams use the practice track around Lubetkin field, as well as the Jersey City Armory.
*NO PETS are permitted at any of our athletic facilities*
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLEASE BE ADVISED:
BUILDING HOURS
FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER SUMMER HOURS
Monday, August 18 to Friday, August 22:
Monday through Friday: 7am - 8pm
Saturday, August 23: CLOSED
Sunday, August 24: CLOSED
Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29:
Monday through Friday: 7am - 11pm
Saturday, August 30: 10am-6pm
Sunday, August 31: 3pm - 10pm
Monday, September 1: 3pm - 8pm
Tuesday, September 2 onward:
Mondays through Fridays: 7am - 11pm
Saturdays: 10am - 6pm
Sundays: 3pm - 10pm
POOL HOURS
SEPT 2nd - SEPT 7th
WED 9/3 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
THU 9/4 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
FRI 9/5 - TBA
SAT 9/6 - CLOSED
SUN 9/7 - CLOSED
SEPT 8th - SEPT 14th TBA
