MetLife Stadium

MetLife Stadium is the home football stadium of the New York Giants and New York Jets. It is in East Rutherford, New Jersey, part of the New York metropolitan area. It is located near the site of Giants Stadium, which was the home stadium of the New Jersey Giants from 1976 until December 2009 and the New Jersey Jets from 1984 until January 2010. It opened on April 10, 2010.^[5] It is one of the two NFL stadiums shared by two teams.

MetLife Stadium

Former names	New Meadowlands Stadium (2010)
Location	One MetLife Stadium Dr. East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073 United States
Coordinates	40°48′49″N 74°4′28″W
Owner	New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
Operator	MetLife Stadium Company, LLC (joint venture between the New York Giants and New York Jets)
Executive suites	218
Capacity	80,566[1][2]
Record attendance	80,676 WWE's (Wrestlemania 29, 7 April 2013 [3])
Surface	FieldTurf
Construction
Started	September 5, 2007[4]
Opened	April 10, 2010[5]
Construction cost	$1.6 billion ($1.99 billion in 2024 dollars[6])
Architect	360 Architecture EwingCole Rockwell Group Bruce Mau Design, Inc.
Project manager	Hammes Company Sports Development
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
General contractor	Skanska AB[7]
Tenants
New York Giants (NFL) (2010–present) New York Jets (NFL) (2010–present) Big City Classic (NCAA) (2010–present) WrestleMania 29 (WWE) (2013) Super Bowl XLVIII (NFL) (2014)

References

1. "Seating & Maps". www.metlifestadium.com.
2. "About Us". www.metlifestadium.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
3. "WrestleMania 29". WWE.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. Mike, Garafolo (September 5, 2007). "Giants and Jets Break Ground on New Stadium...Finally". The Star-Ledger. Newark. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
5. "New Stadium, a Football Palace, Opens Saturday With Lacrosse".
6. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
7. "New Meadowlands Stadium, USA - About us - Skanska".^{[permanent dead link]}

Other websites

• Official Website