I’m right here in West Virginia, the place the Giants open coaching camp and hope to get again to a profitable file. Virtually heaven, West Virginia. I’m Charlotte Carroll, and I’m the Giants’ Athletic beat reporter. I’m out at The Greenbrier in West Virginia, which is the place the Giants will likely be holding coaching camp. Now, it’s the primary time in over a decade that the Giants will likely be making the trek away from New Jersey into a brand new location for camp. That’s as a result of the Giants’ facility is below development. “Now the view is the very first thing you discover.” “Sure, sure.” So it’s going to undoubtedly be just a little totally different than New Jersey.” “Sure — surely, we’re fortunate. I imply what a backdrop to host follow.” “It was our No. 1 factor that we needed to determine is how will we convey the Giants coaching camp expertise that everybody loves and loves to return to in New Jersey, right here to West Virginia? We began these conversations a yr in the past. There’s a lot infrastructure constructed right here, particularly for an N.F.L. workforce.” “I used to be working for a newspaper, the primary coaching camp with the New Orleans Saints in 2014, and it was simply superb to see skilled soccer come to this space, and it’s simply continued through the years as we’ve had increasingly more groups are available, and we’re thrilled to have the Giants now. There’s actually a lot to do in among the previous groups which have been right here, they’ve taken benefit of our off-road driving. We’ve got Jeeps and U.T.V.s that truly can go within the mountains behind us, and miles and miles of trails again there. It’s a full-size pool, so if folks need to swim laps, if they only need to soar in and funky off, it’s all obtainable for them.” “And the tour continues. And also you guessed it, we’re in a bowling alley, which is likely one of the extra standard actions for the gamers. A whole lot of skilled athletes I do know throughout a number of sports activities actually like to get in right here and bowl. They’ve a good time with it. Are available right here and have just a little competitors. The juices get flowing just a little bit, and so they, the competitors undoubtedly turns up.” “We’re again exterior, and we’re really in entrance of some horses.” “You are able to do a carriage trip or a horseback trip, yeah.” “So have you ever had N.F.L. gamers?” “I’ve, yeah.” “What’s that like, getting them out?” “It’s actually neat. They possibly received in hassle for going driving with us.” “OK. So horse-drawn carriage is safer as an alternative of simply the horseback trip?” “We had heard that they received in hassle for going driving with us so — no one received harm. However they — it was simply the what may have occurred, I assume.” “So our tour concludes in one of many extra picturesque backgrounds. I imply, you’ll be able to’t beat this golf location.” “If there’s a significant occasion in golf, it’s been hosted at The Greenbrier. We hosted the Ryder Cup in 1979, and it hosted the P.G.A. Tour. Any of the greats that you can imagine in golf have performed these programs. Arnold Palmer received his first cash right here. We’ve got had sort of a who’s who of soccer gamers out right here on these programs.” “Stunning too. Can’t beat this for a spherical of 18.”
