Liu Xiang is coming to New York again to race in the Reebok Grand Prix
this Saturday, May 31st! They are offering $15 student tickets this time.
Tickets are on sale now by phone at 1-877-TIX-TRAC, and on-line at
https://www.globalathletics.com/tickets.php.
Be sure to type in Promo Code "CHINA" for discounted tickets.
For more information, please check out: www.reebokgrandprix.com
If you have any questions, please email: moser@globalathletics.com
Getting to and from Icahn Stadium:
http://www.reebokgrandprix.com/index.php?page=facility-directions
There is a special dedicated bus X80 at 125th St and Lexington Ave.
Alternatively you can take the M35 bus from 125th St and Park Ave.
By Subway/Bus:
Take the 4, 5, or 6 Lexington Ave. trains to 125th St., then transfer
on the NW corner of 125th St. and Lexington Ave. for the X80 bus to
Randall's and Ward's Island. The X80 Reebok Grand Prix bus departs
Lexington/125th continuously from 3pm to 9:30pm. One way travel time
is 10 minutes in both directions. (Note: $5 round trip using a metro
card. Unlimited metro cards, paper bus transfers and dollar bills are
NOT accepted). For more information, log onto www.mta.info.
By Metro-North Railroad/Subway:
Metro North Railroad trains stop at 125th street & Park Ave.
Spectators can walk one block east and catch the M35 bus to Randall's
Island. See Metro North Railroad website for schedules. The X80 Reebok
Grand Prix bus departs Lexington/125th continuously from 3pm to
9:30pm. One way travel time is 10 minutes in both directions.
Additional News:
Five more superstars added to line-up
May 21, 2008
NEW YORK, NY (May 21, 2008) - Five of the top female athletes in the
sport have been added to the field for the fourth-annual Reebok Grand
Prix on May 31, organizers announced today.
Sprinter Allyson Felix, a triple 2007 World Champion; Sanya Richards,
ranked #1 in the world at 400 meters; Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain,
the reigning 1500-meter World Champion; Jenn Stuczynski, American
Record-holder and #2 all-time in the pole vault; and Lisa Barber, 2006
World Indoor Champion at 60 meters, will all be in the lineup. They
join the previously announced Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Veronica
Campbell-Brown and Lauryn Williams in what is shaping up to be an
extraordinary night of sprint action.
Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt to meet at 100m
May 8, 2008
NEW YORK, NY (May 8, 2008) - American sprint star Tyson Gay, the
reigning 100-meter World Champion, and Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who last
weekend stunned the sports world when he ran the second-fastest
100-meter dash in history, will meet at 100 meters at the Reebok Grand
Prix on May 31, organizers announced today.
The Reebok Grand Prix will begin at 5 p.m. on May 31, at Icahn Stadium
on Randall's Island. On the heels of a sell-out last year, 1,500
bleacher seats have been added on the backstretch to accommodate the
expected demand in this Olympic year.
Liu Xiang, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Lauryn Williams set for Reebok Grand Prix
April 14, 2008
NEW YORK, NY (April 14) - Chinese megastar Liu Xiang and
world-champion sprinters Veronica Campbell-Brown and Lauryn Williams -
whose photo finish at 100 meters provided one of the most-dramatic
moments of the 2007 World Championships - will be among the headliners
at the Reebok Grand Prix on May 31, organizers announced today. On the
heels of a sell-out last year, 1,500 seats are being added to Icahn
Stadium to meet the expected demand in this Olympic year.
Among them, the three athletes won 11 medals at the 2004 Olympics and
2007 World Championships - six of them gold - and head toward Beijing
among the top stars in the sport.
