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MetLife Stadium is an open-air multi-purpose stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. It opened in 2010, replacing Giants Stadium , and serves as the home for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).
East Rutherford will be one of 16 venues chosen to host games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with eight matches including the final at MetLife Stadium (New York/New Jersey Stadium). [25] [26] Giants Stadium, which hosted the Giants and Jets until 2009, was also the original home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.
In 1996, Continental Airlines purchased naming rights to the Brendan Byrne Arena. This picture shows the arena's signage under that name. Construction on a new arena across Route 20 (now 120) from Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack began in 1977, with the arena's initial purpose being to serve as the primary home for the Nets who had moved from Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York ...
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The New York Metropolitan Area's two National Football League teams, the New York Giants and the New York Jets, both play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford's Meadowlands Sports Complex. [13] At completion, with a construction cost of approximately $1.6 billion, [14] the venue is the most expensive stadium ever built. [1]
The selected host venue for the final is MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of New York City. [1] FIFA announced the final's host venue on September 28, 2024. MetLife Stadium will also host the FIFA World Cup final in July 2026. [2]
View of a night-time baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey, and parts of Western Connecticut.
Giants Stadium was the first major league sporting venue in New Jersey (though the Brooklyn Dodgers had played seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City in 1956 and 1957), and its success, along with that of the Giants in the 1980s was a major impetus behind increased pride and enthusiasm among New Jersey residents.