Giants Stadium
Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
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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).
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See also
List of National Football League stadiums
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