Giants Stadium
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former stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Key facts
- Address
- 50 Route 120
- Location
- East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Owner
- New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
- Operator
- New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
- Capacity
- 80,242
- Surface
- AstroTurf (1976–1999) Grass (2000–2002) FieldTurf (2003–2009)
- Groundbreaking
- November 19, 1972
- Opened
- October 10, 1976
- Closed
- January 3, 2010 (final game)
- Demolished
- February 4 – August 10, 2010
- Construction cost
- US$78 million, ($441 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- Kivett and Myers Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank Clauss & Nolan
- General contractor
- George A. Fuller Company
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Giants Stadium aerial.jpg
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- maximum capacity
- 80242
- Commons category
- Giants Stadium
- Commons gallery
- Giants Stadium
- date of official opening
- 1976-10-10
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2010-08-10
- date of official closure
- 2010-01-03
- inception
- 1976-10-10
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Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and primarily hosted sporting events and concerts. It was the home field of the New York metropolitan area's two National Football League teams, the New York Giants (from 1976 to 2009) and the New York Jets (from 1984 to 2009). It also was the home field of two New York metro area professional soccer teams, the NASL's New York Cosmos (from 1977 to 1984) and Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls (from 1996 to 2009).
The stadium's maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The structure 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 m), 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). The stadium's field was aligned northwest to southeast, with the press box along the southwest sideline.