For the first time since the 1977 season, Giants players and coaches yesterday reported for work somewhere other than Giants Stadium. They have officially — if not completely — moved into a new $90 million office and training facility located just west of the stadium.
The 199,000-square-foot complex is state-of-the-art and replaces the familiar but increasingly antiquated Giants Stadium facilities. Some of the most significant upgrades are the 4,535-square foot football-shaped locker room and a 7,500-square-foot weight room.
Replacing the modest grass practice field and cramped 55-yard indoor bubble are three natural grass full-length fields, one FieldTurf synthetic field in the spacious indoor field house and one 80-yard FieldTurf outdoor synthetic field.
“I am sitting in my office and looking out over the most magnificent practice fields I think I have ever seen,” Coughlin said. “We’ll be up and running at full-speed before long.”