MetLife Stadium ranked

could it have been better, of course. But keep in mind, it was designed before the iPhone was invented. So all this talk about technology and what was expected needs some context of how long ago the project started. And I do blame its ultimate appearance on partnering with the Jets. And for all the love of Giants Stadium (of which I have some of my best memories) it had long outlived its useful life. Anyone want to discuss the bathrooms and the concessions? A study was done to evaluate renovation and it concluded it would cost almost as much to renovate as it would to construct a new stadium.

I miss the old Giants Stadium.

Favorite stadium I've been to was Solider Field. I went to a Washington-Chicago game in 2015 in December & the temp was-no lie-in the low 60s. In December. In Chicago.

decided to cheap out on the materials because of the skyrocketing costs of raw materials when it was underway. So they cut back on the one cool, defining part of the stadium.

In comment 15293871 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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Woody Johnson decided that his rich NY friends would help him get a stadium built in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Giants began their design of their new stadium, which was a brick facility patterned after their cousin team, the Steelers. Neil Best was on the beat and has tweeted the original designs in the past. Johnson and the Jets roundly get rejected by the city and then Tagliabue gets involved, asking the Giants to take them back, since Woody's only alternative is to get a stadium built in Flushing (which Woody didn't want). Not only do the Giants take one for the teams, but they allowed Woody to pull a petulant act and argue about every aspect of the stadium, which results in the tin can we have today.

+1 million

In comment 15293871 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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Woody Johnson decided that his rich NY friends would help him get a stadium built in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Giants began their design of their new stadium, which was a brick facility patterned after their cousin team, the Steelers. Neil Best was on the beat and has tweeted the original designs in the past. Johnson and the Jets roundly get rejected by the city and then Tagliabue gets involved, asking the Giants to take them back, since Woody's only alternative is to get a stadium built in Flushing (which Woody didn't want). Not only do the Giants take one for the teams, but they allowed Woody to pull a petulant act and argue about every aspect of the stadium, which results in the tin can we have today.

+1 million

In comment 15294122 arniefez said:

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Giants Stadium was the PERFECT place to watch football. It was loud and every seat was a good one. The parking lot was a great place to tailgate. The top row in Giants Stadium was lower than the first row of the 3rd deck in Met Life. In the 80's when the Giants were great you were doing well if you had a 32" standard definition TV. There was nothing like the at the game experience. Met Life was built by greed by two billionaire families and one millionaire family. Between High Definition 85" TVs and the Met Life "experience" there is no longer a reason to fight the traffic and the drunks. I feel bad for anyone dumb enough to get suckered into a PSL but you should have known better.

+ infinity

Neanderthal fans...the Linc is a really nice stadium. Far better than the toaster in the Meadowlands

In comment 15293818 Daniel in MI said:

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Was built to accommodate 2 franchises playing in 1 stadium. The Jets were not about to co-fund another Giants stadium that made them feel like renters. So it’s got design around being able to quickly flip from Giants to Jets. I remember footage of how panels in the souvenir stands flip over to expose the other team’s merch. But the grey seats and the grey louvers make it feel like it’s no one’s stadium. The lighting that’s supposed to bring color doesn’t. It’s generic, and it’s dull.

The souvenir stands may flip, but the rest of the stadium is a plain to switch. It always stands out to me how they have to change colored panels by hand for the exterior lighting. Why not LED lighting?

In comment 15293871 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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Woody Johnson decided that his rich NY friends would help him get a stadium built in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Giants began their design of their new stadium, which was a brick facility patterned after their cousin team, the Steelers. Neil Best was on the beat and has tweeted the original designs in the past. Johnson and the Jets roundly get rejected by the city and then Tagliabue gets involved, asking the Giants to take them back, since Woody's only alternative is to get a stadium built in Flushing (which Woody didn't want). Not only do the Giants take one for the teams, but they allowed Woody to pull a petulant act and argue about every aspect of the stadium, which results in the tin can we have today.

Exactly. The original plans were nicer and MUCH cheaper. The design the Jets pushed and mostly won out on is complete crap and cost a fortune for nothing. What about this stadium warrants the high price tag, especially relative to Giants original plans?

In comment 15294024 Maggot Brain said:

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is easily the worst stadium in the NFL. As an upper deck season ticket holder of more than 50 years, both Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium with its tiered structure kept you close to the action on the field. Why that was abandoned with Metlife is mystifying. To get to the upper deck at Giants stadium was one escalator, five minutes and you're at your seat. Metlife makes you do a 30-minute loop de loop like a pack of sardines to grab your seat. The Mara's should be ashamed of the stadium, the PSL's, the way they've screwed the fans, and the crap product they've put on the field for the last ten years. Used to love coming to the games....now I sell the majority of my tix throughout the season.

Not to mention those upper tier seats are now significantly farther away from the field with terrible views.

In comment 15293901 Mike from Ohio said:

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(which doesn't seem right at all) it actually puts more blame on the Giants. If Mara and Tisch just let Woody Johnson come in and push them around like that then they probably got a better stadium then they deserved. I don't remember any discussion of a brick facade stadium, and certainly it wasn't going to be modeled after the Steelers stadium because their's doesn't even have a brick facade. I think that was fan fiction.

They did have a brick design. That was talked about a lot back when they were planning.

In comment 15294128 gtt350 said:

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Best post on the thread.

Was the best part!! I loved taking that long escalator ride up with the Let’s Go Giants chant!!!! It was loud and close to the field!

I was at the win an in game vs Dallas at MetLife! It was loud , but it didn’t have that same feel!

The new Yankee Stadium probably needs it own thread because that Monstrosity is even worse!

In comment 15293871 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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Woody Johnson decided that his rich NY friends would help him get a stadium built in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Giants began their design of their new stadium, which was a brick facility patterned after their cousin team, the Steelers. Neil Best was on the beat and has tweeted the original designs in the past. Johnson and the Jets roundly get rejected by the city and then Tagliabue gets involved, asking the Giants to take them back, since Woody's only alternative is to get a stadium built in Flushing (which Woody didn't want). Not only do the Giants take one for the teams, but they allowed Woody to pull a petulant act and argue about every aspect of the stadium, which results in the tin can we have today.

Does anyone have a link or pictures of that original new giants stadium design?

Linked below. Not completely what I remembered, but definitely not grey and not a tin can. I searched far and wide and this is only thing I could find pre-Jets.

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Last two things for today: First, a master plan for @MLStadium that looks NOTHING like MetLife Stadium...

Link - ( New Window )

In comment 15295895 The Dude said:

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Does anyone have a link or pictures of that original new giants stadium design?

I believe the Times had a color sketch of the brick face stadium but I can't find it via google. This image from that Neil Best tweet might be close