Kaleidoscope of Colors Coming to New Jets/Giants Stadium

observer · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 196

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September 5, 2007

from the New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/ypuo3r
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Excerpt:

The Jets' and Giants' new stadium will have
82,500 seats and an array of modern amenities.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/05/sports/05stadium.1.600.jpg

Groundbreaking on the $1.3 billion stadium will
take place on Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/04/sports/05stadium.2.650.jpg

The new stadium the Jets and the Giants are sche-
duled to occupy in 2010 will be distinguished
by an outer skin of aluminum louvers and by inter-
ior lighting that will switch colors depending on
which team is playing at home.

The changing colors - green for the Jets, blue for
the Giants - reflect each team's desire to indivi-
dualize the look of the 82,500-seat stadium in East
Rutherford, N.J.

The teams' current home, Giants Stadium, opened
in 1976, but the Jets have long felt like a second-
class tenant there since arriving in 1984. The lou-
vers in the new stadium, which are arranged in
various densities, may also reflect the teams'
colors.

Although construction has been going on at the site
north and east of Giants Stadium since April, ground-
breaking on the $1.3 billion stadium will take place
today, with officials from both teams; the N.F.L.,
including Commissioner Roger Goodell; and the
state expected to attend.

It is the newest local sports project after decades
without construction: the Devils' Newark arena will
open next month; the Mets and the Yankees are build-
ing ballparks that are expected to open in 2009; con-
struction of the Red Bulls' stadium is underway in
Harrison, N.J.; and the Nets still anticipate building
an arena near downtown Brooklyn.

Since Giants Stadium opened, 22 stadiums have
opened in the N.F.L., including the new Soldier
Field, which involved building a new stadium inside
the exterior of the old one.

Eight facilities are older than Giants Stadium. One
of them, the Dallas Cowboys' Texas Stadium, is to
be replaced by a $1 billion facility in 2009.

Another, Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., had
a $295 million modernization that was completed
without compromising its essence in 2003.

According to renderings of the Jets-Giants stadium
obtained by The New York Times, giant red pylons
at the north and east entrances will display videos
of each team, depending on which one is playing.

A signature feature of the stadium - which will
be built in the shape of a rounded rectangle - will
be the massive Great Wall that will be partly visible
through the louvers at the main entrance.

The wall will be 400 feet long and 40 feet high,
showing panels of images that will rotate between
photographic murals of the Giants and Jets on game
days and different pictures for concerts and other
events.

Inside, four 40-by-130-foot scoreboards will hang
from each corner of the upper deck.

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DoctorElefant · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On Sep 5, 4:57 pm, "Speedro57" wrote:
> And can someone explain to me the benefit of this Stadium not being in
> Manhattan

You skip the impossible task of finding 40 acres in Manhattan.

> maybe the crooked polictians Sheldon Silver and Joe Bruno could learn
> something from their counterparts in NJ

That might not be good either.

> And why didn't the Giants ever even consider a move back to NY. This stadium
> in Manhattan would have been a Gem

If you already sell out decades in advance, why move?

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DocE

"The future ain't what it used to be." -Yogi Berra
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Speedro57 · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

And can someone explain to me the benefit of this Stadium not being in
Manhattan

maybe the crooked polictians Sheldon Silver and Joe Bruno could learn
something from their counterparts in NJ

And why didn't the Giants ever even consider a move back to NY. This stadium
in Manhattan would have been a Gem

"observer" wrote in message $0$11189$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.com...
>
> ---
> September 5, 2007
>
> from the New York Times
> http://tinyurl.com/ypuo3r
> ---
>
> Excerpt:
>
> The Jets' and Giants' new stadium will have
> 82,500 seats and an array of modern amenities.
> http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/05/sports/05stadium.1.600.jpg
>
> Groundbreaking on the $1.3 billion stadium will
> take place on Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
> http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/04/sports/05stadium.2.650.jpg
>
> The new stadium the Jets and the Giants are sche-
> duled to occupy in 2010 will be distinguished
> by an outer skin of aluminum louvers and by inter-
> ior lighting that will switch colors depending on
> which team is playing at home.
>
> The changing colors - green for the Jets, blue for
> the Giants - reflect each team's desire to indivi-
> dualize the look of the 82,500-seat stadium in East
> Rutherford, N.J.
>
> The teams' current home, Giants Stadium, opened
> in 1976, but the Jets have long felt like a second-
> class tenant there since arriving in 1984. The lou-
> vers in the new stadium, which are arranged in
> various densities, may also reflect the teams'
> colors.
>
> Although construction has been going on at the site
> north and east of Giants Stadium since April, ground-
> breaking on the $1.3 billion stadium will take place
> today, with officials from both teams; the N.F.L.,
> including Commissioner Roger Goodell; and the
> state expected to attend.
>
> It is the newest local sports project after decades
> without construction: the Devils' Newark arena will
> open next month; the Mets and the Yankees are build-
> ing ballparks that are expected to open in 2009; con-
> struction of the Red Bulls' stadium is underway in
> Harrison, N.J.; and the Nets still anticipate building
> an arena near downtown Brooklyn.
>
> Since Giants Stadium opened, 22 stadiums have
> opened in the N.F.L., including the new Soldier
> Field, which involved building a new stadium inside
> the exterior of the old one.
>
> Eight facilities are older than Giants Stadium. One
> of them, the Dallas Cowboys' Texas Stadium, is to
> be replaced by a $1 billion facility in 2009.
>
> Another, Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., had
> a $295 million modernization that was completed
> without compromising its essence in 2003.
>
> According to renderings of the Jets-Giants stadium
> obtained by The New York Times, giant red pylons
> at the north and east entrances will display videos
> of each team, depending on which one is playing.
>
> A signature feature of the stadium - which will
> be built in the shape of a rounded rectangle - will
> be the massive Great Wall that will be partly visible
> through the louvers at the main entrance.
>
> The wall will be 400 feet long and 40 feet high,
> showing panels of images that will rotate between
> photographic murals of the Giants and Jets on game
> days and different pictures for concerts and other
> events.
>
> Inside, four 40-by-130-foot scoreboards will hang
> from each corner of the upper deck.
>
> ...
>
> --- end excerpt ---
>
>

Rich - ® © · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

"Speedro57" wrote in message $vN5.5@newsfe12.lga...
>
> And can someone explain to me the benefit of this Stadium not being in
> Manhattan
>
> maybe the crooked polictians Sheldon Silver and Joe Bruno could learn
> something from their counterparts in NJ

Yes, Sheldon Silver was a major obstacle. But the key to the anti-stadium
coalition was MSG owner Charles Dolan. The stadium would have only been a
few blocks from MSG and he feared that it would take business away.

Rich

EZ · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

observer wrote:
> ---
> September 5, 2007
>
> from the New York Times
> http://tinyurl.com/ypuo3r

A couple of points from the article that will affect season ticket
holders...

"The changing colors — green for the Jets, blue for the Giants — reflect
each team’s desire to individualize the look of the 82,500-seat stadium
in East Rutherford, N.J."

"The stadium complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and it
will have four restaurants, nearly double the current 117 luxury suites,
and 9,200 club seats, two club lounges, wider concourses and at least
one hall of fame."

Since the current seating capacity of the Meadowlands is 80,272. The
new stadium minus the club seats and additional luxury boxes will have
about 6,000 fewer non-luxury seats.

"The $1.3 billion cost to finance construction of the new stadium has
the teams considering whether to require season-ticket holders to buy
one-time personal seat licenses."

I guess that's how they plan to "correct" the gap between season ticket
holders and available seats. Sad

- Ed -