MetLife Stadium
Sports stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MetLife Stadium is an open-air multi-purpose stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, 5 mi (8 km) west of New York City. Opened in 2010 to replace Giants Stadium, it serves as the home for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), and is also scheduled to host the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. At an approximate cost of $1.6 billion, it was the most expensive stadium built in the United States at the time of its completion.[10]
The Meadowlands | |
Former names | New Meadowlands Stadium (2010–2011, 2026) |
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Address | 1 MetLife Stadium Drive East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073 United States |
Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°48′48.7″N 74°4′27.7″W |
Public transit | Meadowlands Coach USA: 351 |
Owner | MetLife Stadium Company, LLC [1][failed verification] |
Capacity | 82,500[2] |
Record attendance | Any event = 93,000 (12th Siyum HaShas, August 1, 2012) Concert = 89,106 (Ed Sheeran +-=÷x Tour, June 11, 2023) Professional football = 83,367(New York Jets @ New York Giants, October 29, 2023) College football = 82,285 (122nd Army Navy Game, December 11, 2021) Soccer = 82,262 (Manchester United vs. Arsenal, July 22, 2023) |
Surface | UBU Speed S5-M (2010–2022)[3] FieldTurf Core HD (2023–present) |
Screens | Four 30 ft × 118 ft (9.1 m × 36.0 m) big-screen monitors 2,100 HD TVs throughout the stadium One 360 degree ribbon board display [4] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 5, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-09-05)[5] |
Built | 2008–2010 |
Opened | April 10, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-10)[6] |
Construction cost | $1.6 billion ($2.24 billion in 2023 dollars[7]) |
Architect | 360 Architecture EwingCole Rockwell Group Bruce Mau Design, Inc. |
Project manager | Hammes Company Sports Development |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
General contractor | Skanska[8] |
Main contractors | Structal–Heavy Steel Construction, a division of Canam Group[9] |
Tenants | |
New York Giants (NFL) (2010–present) New York Jets (NFL) (2010–present) New York Guardians (XFL) (2020) | |
Website | |
metlifestadium.com |
MetLife Stadium is one of two NFL stadiums shared by two teams. The other, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, is home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, which is home to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), is only the third facility to currently house two teams from the same sports league in the United States (the Clippers are expected to move into the Intuit Dome in 2024). Additionally, MetLife Stadium is the fifth building in the New York metropolitan area to be home to multiple teams from the same sports league, after the Polo Grounds, which was home to the baseball Giants and Yankees from 1913 to 1922, the third Madison Square Garden which hosted the NHL's Rangers and Americans from 1926 to 1942, Shea Stadium, which housed both the Mets and Yankees during the 1974 and 1975 seasons and both the Jets and Giants in 1975, and Giants Stadium, which hosted both the Giants and Jets from 1984 to 2009. MetLife Stadium hosted Super Bowl XLVIII and will host multiple matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including the final. It is the largest stadium in New Jersey with a capacity of over 80,000.