A Stadium to See
There’s a new kid on the block of iconic New York stadiums. Citi Field, Yankee Stadium and The Garden will have to make room for the New Meadowlands Stadium which opened its doors over the summer and will host its inaugural NFL season this fall.
At a total cost of $1.6 billion, it is one of the most expensive stadiums ever built, putting it right there with the new Wembley Stadium (London, England), the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium (Dallas, Texas), and the new Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York). With a seating capacity of over 80,000 it also seats the second most fans for a NFL stadium, behind FedEx Field home of the Redskins.
With four giant (30 x118 feet) HDTV screens at every corner of the stadium, and over 2,000 other TV monitors throughout the stadium, you would have to try hard to miss any of the action. If the technology does not have you drooling, this will. The suites now offer a martini lounge, brick pizza ovens, fire places, celebrity chef cooking areas, and an on-field patio in which you are within five feet of the players and coaches!
Imagine that, you can share a hot dog with Rex Ryan on a third down play, or receive a Tom Coughlin death stare for not cheering loud enough.
If you’re not a big NFL fan, two college games will be played in October at the new stadium. The first (October 16) features the hometown Scarlet Knights of Rutgers playing against Army while the second (October 23) features the storied Fighting Irish and new coach Brian Kelly of Notre Dame against Navy. Both of those games should be huge attractions.
Personally, I could not wait for football season to kick-off, so I will be going to the USA versus Brazil soccer game this coming Tuesday, August 10.
Coming to see New York City is an experience everyone should have, between the sites, the history, the museums, and Broadway there is never a shortage of things to do.
It’s fair to say the best time to be in the Big Apple is late September or early October, the weather is perfect for those few weeks and nothing looks better than Central Park when all the leaves are changing.
Luckily enough, there are also quite a few good sporting events occurring at that time, be it a Giants game, a Jets game, a Rangers game, or hopefully a Yankee playoff game, you can easily spend a week in New York and not get tired of everything non-sports. For more information click here.
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[...] the Giants and Jets are opening their new Stadium, The Meadowlands, for everyone to see. The Giants will show off their big blue pride Sunday afternoon and the Jets [...]
