The little town of Harrison is situated in Hudson County in Nj-New Jersey in the United States. Having a geographical area of 1.3 square miles, this town has got the total population of 14, 424 and is regarded as a suburb of the neighboring town of Newark. The 3,636 families that live in the town possess a fair mix of whites, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics as well as Pacific Islanders. A number of residents of this area are able to trace their ancestry to the Chinese making it the 5th largest place in New Jersey with Chinese ancestry.
In the colonial times this town was passed on as a charter to Captain William Standford who hailed from Barbados. Consequently this region was called the New Barbados Neck. In the 1840s with a petition which was passed by the State of New Jersey, Hudson County was formed and the town of Harrison was formally established. It is presumed and accepted that the town got its name from the elected president of that year, President William Henry Harrison.
Harrison Thrived as a trade centre while in the late 1800s because of its proximity to the rail lines and also for its waterfront. Several industries that had been established in this region were Otis Elevator, Worthington Pump and Machinery, Edison Lamp Works, Crucible Steel Company, the Peter Hauck Brewery, the RCA Company, Driver-Harris Company, Hartz Mountain, Hyatt Roller Bearing and Nopco Chemical.
One of the major professional sports team which makes news in Harrison is definitely the Red Bull New York. They are a soccer club that has been a participant in the Major Soccer League. They along with the Anschutz entertainment Group inaugurated the Red Bull arena in 2006. Until the Red Bull Arena has been completed, Red Bull New York, shall continue to play all their home matches within the n the Meadowlands Sports Complexs Giants Stadium in New Jersey. This team in headquartered in Secaucus in New Jersey and was originally referred to as the New York/New Jersey Metro Stars. Then they went by the name of Metro Stars from the 1998 to the 2006 season. With the teams sale to Red Bull, their team name was consequently changed again to Red Bull New York in 2006.
The Red Bull sports arena being built is landmark towards the change and redevelopment procedure that has been initiated in Harrison. This sports arena made news in this region for its unique structure and housing capacity. This arena is said to possess a European style roof and will be able to seat 25,000 sports fans.
Apart from soccer, a few of the other sports that shall be played in this arena are international rugby, professional lacrosse as well as football. This arena may also be host to a number of college sports hosting large championship matches in this region. The Red Bull Arena is expected to get complete and operational on time for the Major League Soccer Championships in March 2010.