Giants/Jets new endzones

[xxvnyg80]

I was reading an article in the NY Daily News about the field turf at the new Meadowlands Stadium (stupid name)and it looks like the end zone strips can be removed and replaced for the Giants and the Jets.

"There are six different end zone strips: Two with the Giants logo, two with the Jets logo and two that are generic and can be painted over if a college team is hosting a game. Same for the logos at midfield. At Giants Stadium, the end zones were continually painted depending on the home team."

Any ideas on what the end zones may look like?

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[Gothamite]

None yet.

But how exactly is that a stupid name?

1. It's a stadium;

2. It's in the Meadowlands; and

3. It'll get a corporate name soon enough anyway.

[Lights Out]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

[ksupilot]

I always have felt that the best corporate sponsor for this stadium would be Jet Blue...for obvious reasons.

[slapshot]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

[DelayedPenalty]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this that I'm overlooking, but, why are they continuing to share a venue? Is it a funding issue, a space issue?

[Mings]

Voters struck down the Jets proposal for a stadium on the West Side back in 2004. It was going to be built for the Olympics and then converted.

[RyanB06]

Voters and Madison Square Garden struck down the Jets proposal for a stadium on the West Side back in 2004. It was going to be built for the Olympics and then converted.

Fixed it for ya.

[Gothamite]

F ing Dolans.

They were worried about losing concerts to the new venue three blocks west, so they sunk a ton of money into ads opposing the project. All the whinging about "tax money being taken from fire fighters and teachers" was coming from an organization which hasn't paid any property taxes since 1982.

They should have built the West Side Stadium. But the Dolans had their way, and so the Jets were forced to look elsewhere. Seemed like a good idea to partner with the Giants on their new stadium, already in progress.

[Anubis2051]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this that I'm overlooking, but, why are they continuing to share a venue? Is it a funding issue, a space issue?

Why bother building two 70,000+ Seat stadiums that will only be used 8-12 times a year, when you can build one and use it 16-24 times a year, plus concerts and other events? It makes more sense to have the two teams share one stadium in football because of how few games there are than in say baseball where the Yankees and Mets sharing a stadium would be a nightmare because of the 81 game regular season, not to mention the postseason (Imagine if BOTH had HF advantage!). It's really a great way to save money. I would say that it should be done in more places, but the only other teams close enough to make it work would be MAYBE Washington and Baltimore, and both have relatively new stadiums.

[FiddySicks]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this that I'm overlooking, but, why are they continuing to share a venue? Is it a funding issue, a space issue?

Why bother building two 70,000+ Seat stadiums that will only be used 8-12 times a year, when you can build one and use it 16-24 times a year, plus concerts and other events? It makes more sense to have the two teams share one stadium in football because of how few games there are than in say baseball where the Yankees and Mets sharing a stadium would be a nightmare because of the 81 game regular season, not to mention the postseason (Imagine if BOTH had HF advantage!). It's really a great way to save money. I would say that it should be done in more places, but the only other teams close enough to make it work would be MAYBE Washington and Baltimore, and both have relatively new stadiums.

There has also been talk of the Raiders and Forty Niners doing the same.

[DelayedPenalty]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this that I'm overlooking, but, why are they continuing to share a venue? Is it a funding issue, a space issue?

Why bother building two 70,000+ Seat stadiums that will only be used 8-12 times a year, when you can build one and use it 16-24 times a year, plus concerts and other events? It makes more sense to have the two teams share one stadium in football because of how few games there are than in say baseball where the Yankees and Mets sharing a stadium would be a nightmare because of the 81 game regular season, not to mention the postseason (Imagine if BOTH had HF advantage!). It's really a great way to save money. I would say that it should be done in more places, but the only other teams close enough to make it work would be MAYBE Washington and Baltimore, and both have relatively new stadiums.

Very true, didn't think of it that way.

[Buster]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

Stupider?

So what exactly are the strips made of? Are they one-time use, because I can't forsee them holding up. Made by Fathead?

I wonder if there will be adherence issues on extremely wet days.

[Lights Out]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

Yeah, but if they didn't want to change the name and focus of the stadium, they shouldn't have accepted the Jets as tenants. I mean look at the Lakers/Clippers setup in LA - it was going to be built for just the Lakers until the Clippers, Kings, and Sparks joined on. Clearly, the Lakers are the marquee tenants with all their recent titles, but it's still called the Staples Center, not Lakers Arena.

[gueman]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

Stupider?

So what exactly are the strips made of? Are they one-time use, because I can't forsee them holding up. Made by Fathead?

I wonder if there will be adherence issues on extremely wet days.

I am thinking they will be separate "carpet" pieces that will get "zippered" in. I know at M&T Bank the colored sections are sewn in, but I think a new way of installing them has been developed now.

[Gothamite]

Giants Stadium was a stupider name as soon as the Jets started playing there. At least Meadowlands Stadium doesn't have a clear bias towards one tenant.

But Giants Stadium was built for the Giants. It was the home of the Giants alone for about 15 years. They allowed the Jets to share facilities, but it was still the Giants' home.

Yeah, but if they didn't want to change the name and focus of the stadium, they shouldn't have accepted the Jets as tenants. I mean look at the Lakers/Clippers setup in LA - it was going to be built for just the Lakers until the Clippers, Kings, and Sparks joined on. Clearly, the Lakers are the marquee tenants with all their recent titles, but it's still called the Staples Center, not Lakers Arena.

The Lakers and Kings were already set to share the new venue before they broke ground on the Staples Center (and the naming rights had long been sold).

Big difference between that and a second team moving in to an established venue.

[BBTV]

Also, I'm not sure if the Giants really "accepted" the Jets as tenants, or the NJ sports authority (or whoever ran Giants Stadium) signed them up. Either way, part of the Giants lease was that they had to sign off on any name change, so since it probably wasn't their idea to share the stadium, why would they approve a change without some kind of financial compensation?

[oddball]

My favorite part of this thread is the actual use of the non-word, "stupider". As someone who has more soul and more rythym than me said once, "Oh no you di'int."

[RyanMcD29]

Hmm, I doubt we'll see them in place in 3 weeks during the Big City Classic lacrosse event (I'm guessing they might just use a lacrosse-only turf for right now with football not starting until August) but it sounds intriguing none the less.

[melsereno]

I think during Jets home games it was referred to as The Meadowlands and when the Giants were playing it was referred to as Giants Stadium.

Being a long time Dolphins fan, everytime I watch them play at the Jets, the broadcast almost always begins "Live from the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ"