Giants Stadium

Giants Stadium

Location	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Opened	October 10, 1976
Closed	January 3, 2010
Demolished	February 4-August 10, 2010
Other Names	n/a
Tenants	New York Giants (1976-2009) New York Jets (1984-2010) New York Red Bulls (1996-2009) Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1993) New York/New Jersey Knights (1991-92) New Jersey Generals (1983-85) New York Cosmos (1977-84)

Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands or The Swamp) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and it primarily hosted sporting events and concerts. It was best known as the home field of the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams. The maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The structure itself was 756 feet (230 m) long, 592 feet (180 m) wide and 144 feet (44 m) high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 178 feet (54 m) high to the top of the south tower. The volume of the stadium was 64.5 million cubic feet (1,830,000 m3), and 13,500 tons of structural steel were used in the building process while 29,200 tons of concrete were poured. It was owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA).

List of credited publications

League	Date/Season	Team(s)	Type
National Football League	October 31, 1976	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	December 12, 1976	New York Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Program
	October 9, 1977	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	October 15, 1978	New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Program
	October 7, 1979	New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Program
College football	December 14, 1980	Garden State Bowl (Houston Cougars vs. Navy Midshipmen)	Program
National Football League	September 6, 1981	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	September 4, 1982	New York Jets vs. Denver Broncos	Program
	September 2, 1984	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	October 26, 1986	New York Jets vs. New Orleans Saints	Program
College football	October 7, 1989	Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Penn State Nittany Lions	Program
National Football League	October 14, 1990	New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers	Program
World League of American Football	April 4, 1992	New York/New Jersey Knights vs. San Antonio Riders	Program
College football	August 29, 1992	Iowa Hawkeyes vs. NC State Wolfpack	Program
National Football League	September 12, 1993	New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Program
	December 15, 1996	New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints	Program
	November 30, 1997	New York Giants vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Program
	December 14, 1997	New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Program
	October 29, 2000	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	January 7, 2001	New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	August 10, 2003	New York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals	Program

See also

List of National Football League stadiums

Venues Portal