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Giants
Stadium
In the late 1960s, after playing at Yankee Stadium for many
years, a local sportswriter proposed a new sports
complex that would include a football stadium. The New York Giants
immediately became interested in turning this idea to a
reality. The team was tired of playing in run down Yankee Stadium,
which they shared with the New York Yankees (MLB), and was built
primarily for baseball. In August 1971, the Giants signed a 30
year lease for the new stadium. Built in the Meadowlands, across
from New York City in New Jersey, construction started on the
stadium in 1972. Originally scheduled to be completed by 1975,
several obstacles forced the opening of the stadium to be pushed
back by a year.Named after the team,
Giants Stadium opened on October 10, 1976. Over 77,000 seats in
three tiers circle the entire playing field. Two
scoreboard/video-boards are located above the upper deck beyond
both end zones. The Giants were the primary tenant at the stadium
until 1984, when the New York Jets moved from Shea Stadium to the
stadium. The Jets move to Giants Stadium was not a very wise
decision by the team during their first several seasons.
During
many Jets games, the stands were half empty, and the stadium
lacked many things to make it look like the Jets home. From its
opening in 1976 until 2000 the stadium had Astroturf as its
playing surface. In 2000, it was replaced with natural grass. However after the 2002 season the grass field was replaced
with Fieldturf. Giants Stadium has over 70 luxury suites, and also
has a restaurant that can seat 2,000 people. The stadium is
also host to many concerts, the NY/NJ Metro Stars (MLS), and
many other events. Currently, nearly all Giants and Jets games
sellout on a regular basis. However, because Giants Stadium lacks
many amenities that newer stadiums in the NFL have today; both the
Giants and Jets have decided to partner together in an effort to
build a new stadium adjacent to Giants Stadium. If built, the
stadium would open in 2009.
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FACTS AND FIGURES |
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-Name: Giants Stadium
-Location: East Rutherford, NJ
-Tenants: New York Jets & Giants (NFL), NY/NJ Metro
Stars (MLS)
-Capacity: 79,469
-Surface: Fieldturf
-Construction Began: 1972
-Opened: October 10, 1976
-Cost: $78 Million
-Architect:
HNTB
-Seating Chart |
-9/7 - at Miami -
1:00pm
-9/14 - NEW ENGLAND - 4:15pm
-9/22 - at San Diego - 8:30pm
-9/28 - ARIZONA - 1:00pm
-10/12 - CINCINNATI - 1:00pm
-10/19 - at Oakland - 4:15pm
-10/26 - KANSAS CITY - 1:00pm
-11/2 - at Buffalo - 1:00pm
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-11/9 - ST LOUIS -
1:00pm
-11/13 - at New England - 8:15pm
-11/23 - at Tennessee - 1:00pm
-11/30 - DENVER - 1:00pm
-12/7 - at San Francisco - 4:05pm
-12/14 - BUFFALO - 1:00pm
-12/21 - at Seattle - 4:05pm
-12/28 - MIAMI - 1:00pm
All Times are EST |
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MAP AND DIRECTIONS TO GIANTS STADIUM |

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-Stadium
Address:
East Rutherford, N.J. 07073
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