Category Archives: New Meadowlands Stadium
As I listen to the ringing of the bell in the intro of AC/DC’s Hells Bells, I always get goose bumps as it always reminds me of what Giant Stadium/MetLife Stadium is about: noise, passion and energy.
However, with the Giants moving into a newly constructed stadium, that mojo was lost as the Giants have been too passive and underwhelming and lost far too many games at home in the stadium’s two-year existence. Many of those losses have come via the head-scratching variety.
While the Giants opened MetLife Stadium in style disposing of the Carolina Panthers 31-18 on September 12, 2010, it has been one crazy rollercoaster ride of emotion as the Giants have had the propensity to come up empty at the ‘new stadium’.
Does last year’s matchups against the Titans, Cowboys and Eagles (don’t get me started) rattle your core in anger?
And how about the efforts put forth this year?
Tagged ATLANTA FALCONS, MetLife Stadium, New York Giants |
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Tagged Green Bay Packers, New York Giants Tickets |
Yesterday, the Giants made four roster moves (not five, as many had reported): WR Duke Calhoun was waived/injured; DT Marvin Austin was placed on IR and WR Ramses Barden and OL Adam Koets were moved from inactive PUP to reserve/PUP.
The team was told by the NFL that because of the short turnaround time between the third and fourth preseason games, they would be given an exemption on the mandatory cuts that were due yesterday. They will be allowed to carry 85 players into tomorrow night’s game vs New England instead of 80.
They came into the process with 89 players, not 90, and that is why you are seeing headlines across the net saying the Giants cut five players. No one bothered to count. They must get to 80 by Friday and then 53 by Saturday, meaning 32 of these guys will be sent packing after tomorrow’s game.
Tagged New York Giants Blogs, New York Giants News |
From NJ Transit:
There will be NO service to the Meadowlands Sports Complex tonight for the Giants/Jets Game due to expected limited equipment and crew members.
Coach USA will supplement its bus service from Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Tagged Jets-Giants, Meadowlands Rail Link, New York Giants, New York Jets, NJ Transit |
The Giants will be back on the practice field today in preparation for their game with the Jets this Saturday. The talk at TIMEX these days is, of course, injuries.
Yesterday, two more joined the legion headed for season-ending IR: CB Brian Witherspoon, who tore an ACL on o punt return in Monday’s game vs Chicago and DT Marvin Austin, who will miss the 2011 season with a torn pectoral muscle.
Head coach Tom Coughlin is obviously disappointed in the latest rash of injuries (add in Osi Umenyiora and Prince Amukamara and it just makes your stomach turn). He joked to reporters why no one wanted to talk about the blocked punt, then revealed the team’s strategy to address the sudden dearth of experience at cornerback….
“We’ll do the best we can do to gather as many players, quality players, as we can at this point in time. Try to get them in here for a workout and see where we are. We do have, I think it’s five healthy corners and we certainly want to make sure that we do have more so that we can play these final couple of preseason games.”
They’ll all get a test right out of the gate Saturday with the Jets’ Santonio Holmes and Plaxico Burress, who both caught TDs last week vs Cincinnati.
The Giants did, however, fill Austin’s spot almost immediately by signing veteran DT Jimmy Kennedy a former first- round pick of the Rams who hails from Yonkers by the way of Penn State.
Co-owned Steve Tisch said yesterday at the MetLife press conference that the 18-game season concept was not dead.
“This is an issue internally that is going to come up. I don’t know when. I don’t know under what circumstances. I don’t know if it is going to be spring ’12 or fall ’13. But it’s an issue that I think the owners have paid a lot of attention to and will continue to.”
We heard Da’Rel Scott was fast, but how fast we didn’t know…he had three gears working on that 97-yard TD run on Monday night and maybe is hiding a fourth gear somewhere. Just something to look forward to….
Tagged New York Giants |
Insurance giant MetLife will officially take over today as the overarching sponsor of the stadium known as the New Meadowlands. For the next quarter-century, the stadium will be known as – what else – MetLife Stadium.
From Bloomberg.com:
The venue will be known as MetLife Stadium. The agreement also makes the company the official insurer of the Giants, Jets and the building, and provides the company with 120,000 square feet of promotional space. Its name will be displayed on four signs outside the stadium.
“With our status as one of the world’s leading life insurers, we wanted to partner with a world-class venue that would extend the reach of our brand to levels unmatched in the industry,” Steven Kandarian, chief executive officer of MetLife, said in a statement. “I’m confident that this partnership will strengthen our brand and help drive value for shareholders.”
Financial details of the agreement weren’t disclosed in the release. The rights package would be around $400 million, less than the record $23.3 million a year Farmers Insurance Group said it would pay Anschutz Entertainment Group to name a proposed NFL stadium in Los Angeles, according to a person familiar with the New Jersey contract who was granted anonymity because details of the deal aren’t being released.
Tagged MetLife Stadium, New Meadowlands Stadium |
There are still plenty of great seats for tonight’s MNF game va Chicago
Tagged Giants-Bears, New York Giants |
Heeeere they are….your Sunday links…..enjoy!
- Camp breaks with lots of questions still to be answered
- Kiwi knows he’s a lucky guy
- The Book on Eli
- CBA practice rules helping to reduce injuries
- MetLife can expect their stock to drop after naming rights deal
Tagged New York Giants Blogs, New York Giants Headlines |
The deal, which could be worth as much as $400 million over 20 years, may be announced as early as next week, the newspaper said. The stadium will host the 2014 Super Bowl.
Tagged Meadowlands, MetLife |
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