They put everything into seating capacity and creating "an updated Giants Stadium." Regretfully, they forgot to factor in a sense of personality or connection to the surrounding city or metro.
The new normal Stadium build: $3 billion Stadium life: 20 years Who pays for it: taxpayers Net worth of the team playing there: $1.5 billion or greater. If the owners want a new stadium, they should pay for ALL of it, not the taxpayer.
@@MbisonBalrog I didnt mean the actual construction, I mean the red tape that most of these types of projects have. Mets started an agreement to build a new stadium in late 2001 and started construction in 2006. So it took 8 years for Citi Field to be opened from the initial process. Which isnt bad But NYC was a hell of a lot different back then than it is today, so you can atleast double that timeline now.
That isn't true any more, there are a ton of jets fans all over the NY area, especially in NJ. The days of the Jets being mostly queens and Long Island ppl is long gone. Growing up in NJ I was a rare Jets fan , these days there are a lot of fans there. Doesn't mean I think.swanp stadium is great, just that wherever they put it some ppl are going to be inconvenienced. Getting to Flushing isn't easy even from long Island, thanks to all the Robert Moses perpetual traffic jams ie the lie, northern state, southern. State and grand central/ bqe.
@@soulsurfer12123 not doubting that, but take it from me a lot of serious NJ jets fans as well. Check out Lets Talk Jets radio on here, the two guys running it are from NJ , lot of the members are too. Been a fan since 68
@@anthonyg2859I’m a Giants fan and season ticket holder. With all do respect, that stadium absolutely blows. It’s a heartless dump. If the Mara’s had a brain they would have, at the least put a dome on it. MetLife stadium fucking sucks.
@@sertsj1a dome? Hell no, I’d give up my season tix if they put on a dome/retractable roof, football is meant to be played outdoors, playoff advantage when warm weather teams come here (see Falcons 2012). I don’t go to the stadium to see how pretty it looks, I go for winning games.
@@TL2354Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Royals Chicago Bears Chicago White Sox St Louis Cardinals Washington Commanders Oakland A’s Tampa Bay Rays Just to name a few
NEW Soldier Field is like 20 years old and already they say it is obsolete. Metlife is not old and they are saying obsolete. WTF.!!! How did Fenway and Wrigley last 115 years.??? And are actually a better attraction .!!!
@@jimmyleebaker He was referring back to when Mayor Bloomberg was trying to win the hosting bid for the summer Olympics back in 2012, a new Jets stadium was proposed for Hudson Yards. NYC did it get close to winning and obviously the Jets Stadium idea for Hudson Yards fell through.
No! First, they own half of Metlife and the Giants have no reason to buy them out. Second, I recall when the Personal Seat Licenses were being sold the Jets did not sell all of theirs so they probably have a mortgage still outstanding in New Jersey. Third, they draw almost a full-house on game day; the billion dollars for a new stadium might better be placed in Mr Johnson's bank account. Fourth, this is a relatively new building with mostly acceptable amenities. Finally, came you please post any articles that suggest this is in the process of happening?
could moving to a new in Staten Island or westchester county be a compromise? I know it's not the long island region but there's more land in these two areas and it would resolve a lot of the bitterness jet fans have over them playing in New Jersey and being called New York.
Did I just hear you say that you’re tired of all these translucent roof stadiums? You’re Mr. translucent roof how can that be? Lol… love the channel, brother.
The irony is that the past 3 or 4 times I've been there, I've gotten out of the lots in 20 mins or less driving my own car. The crowds waiting for the train or bus? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy longer. Worth pointing out.
The stadium cost $1.6 billion, not $1 billion. And that was in 2010 dollars. And it was the most expensive stadium ever built in the US at that point. And it is still pretty close to the top.
While Metlife looks pretty generic, it's actually a very nice stadium. Yes traffic sucks, but it's the NYC metro area, what do you expect? I doubt DG has even been, so his opinion is probably not a first hand account. It's hosting the biggest event in the world when the World Cup Final comes. It's a fine stadium.
Completely agree, it's a good stadium with GREAT sightlines. Never had a bad view even a few rows from the back of the nosebleeds And the people who whine about parking lots being around a stadium (which is an odd gripe. People and their stuff take up space that's life)... I've gone from walking out the gates to driving out the lot in 20 mins or less the past 3 times in a row I've been there Ironically, it's the subway and bus riding crowd who waits longer and complains more
It is generic. It doesn't offer fans any more than giants stadium did, it was all designed for the corporate box crwd, that is where most of the money went. They also screwed up the parking, it used to be easy to park there. Now they have reserved parking, and they totally screwed up access thanks to the ugly pile of crap next door, American Nightmare. Once they started building that they redid the roads and it was awful. Not to mention the cost of parking is sometimes more expensive then the ticket I bought. 60 bucks, 70 bucks?
😂 what are you yapping about? The Giants are 100 years old and they have won 4 NFL championships before the super bowl era in NY and after that 4 more super bowls and you're telling me about indentity?
For the United Football League seasons, The New Jersey Generals take MetLife Stadium and the New York Hitmen play at West Side Stadium with the New York Jets
I think it's time for the NY Jets to get their own Stadium in willets point queens, because I was never too crazy sharing a stadium with the Giants. It's been going on regularly since 1984.
There is chatter that the New York Racing Association wants to end racing at Aqueduct and move everything to Belmont Park. They could replace the track with a stadium there. It’s already got the Casino and hotel and there’s parking and transportation already there.
You're hundred percent correct. Belmont Park is shuttered now and undergoing massive renovation. The plan absolutely is to shut down Aqueduct and move all those races to Belmont. However, the area surrounding Aqueduct racetrack is horrible. I don't know why anybody would want to go there plus it's hard to get to.
The problem is aqueduct is over by JFK, it is kind of a seedy area and is way difficult to get to. You have either the belt or the van wyck. And public transit isn't easy ( A train I think is near but not that near)
@@njlauren Correct, the A train gets there but it is near the end of the line and would take over an hour to get there from Penn Station and probably 1.5 hrs from LIRR/Jamaica. Not a viable option. And the traffic on the Belt is always a disaster.
MetLife Stadium is an architectural bore. When I first saw the stadium when driving in from Queens, my first thought was that it looked like an air conditioning unit.
They are building a 35,000 soccer stadium where some auto shops are behind Citi Field that politician tried to push it up to 65,000 and the city wouldn’t budge its old news.
They (NYCFC) are building a 25k stadium. Unless Jets gonna put up money to add the extra seats, NYCFC have no reason to add more money for a bigger capacity.
@@christophercancel934 Dummy Its gonna cost you money if you live in NYC and the taxes in that area are already so high that people are leaving. You think building a fancy stadium that'll be the talk of the town for 2-5 years won't result in the feeling of "Keeping up with the Joneses" 2 decades from now? The Metlife Stadium is just over 20 years old. At some point, the threat of relocation should result in you paying for a stadium you only get to use 5 months out of the year. Especially if you have more pressing financial issues in your city or state.
@@christophercancel934 Then why are you talking about a public funding matter that doesn't concern you? I'll say this much, if NYC Citizens wanna spend 5 Billion for their J.E.T.S. Jets, Jets, Jets, then they might as well spend they're money to buy a Bridge in Brooklyn.
**Triggered** As a Jets fan in Jersey and a huge proponent of state love and pride, I can't imagine the Jets moving back to Queens. They moved to Jersey a couple of years before a lot of us were conceived, so we're talking about 40 years!! If they want a new stadium, why not somewhere in Jersey like Jersey City? Somewhere near the waterfront where public transportation is a little bit more convenient for the people...or even in a place like Newark?
As a fellow Jersey resident, I actually like that idea of somehow building a stadium in either Jersey City or maybe Hoboken. Would be a real downtown feel with amazing public transit abilities and of course would be on the waterfront
No one would go to Newark , would scare off people. Jersey City would be worse than the current stadium, you have limited access and the Streets there are a mess.
There is a huge difference between artificial turf and natural grass. I played football all through college and everyone i played on art. turf i could feel it in my knees by halftime and all of my lower joints would be sore until at least the next day. In college you're young so i could imagine how it would feel for late 20s - early 30s with all the miles those guys already have on their joints
as a new yorker, it'll never happen., Theres no space in Queens. Look how long it took NYCFC to get a stadium. The jets would move out of NY metro area before they build a new stadium anywhere in NYC
They've already started building the infrastructure for the new MLS stadium. They already have plans to erect a mix use neighborhood around the new stadium. Cohen wants to build a new casino in the Citi Field parking lot. There's a lot of red tape with the city before that can even get approved. It may or may not happen. So a new Jets stadium in Flushing Meadow is VERY unlikely atm. As a lifelong Queens resident, I don't want either.
It’s the same damn 100 yards no matter what a stadium looks like ..Try investing money into quality players who win and people will show up ..Who the hell goes to a game to see a stadium ? And if these stadiums are all about owners egos then don’t ask the public to fork over one red cent to help build their dream unless they are giving the taxpayers free tickets to the stadiums they paid for .
Theres a big difference if jets come back to new york then they get additional revenue for all games played if not new jersey does. So yea more than just a stadium. Also as been stated who flips the bill for this stadium is big as well.
I miss old Giants Stadium. When it opened, it was rated one of the top stadiums in the country. It wasn't bad to watch a game from there. Even saw the Cosmos. It had Giants colors, blue and red, which is why the Jets never felt at home there. This brought the neutral colors at Metlife. If the Jets pull out, maybe they can give MetLife a more Giants feel as Giants Stadium had.
Where exactly is the available land in Queens to build an NFL stadium? The approved NYCFC stadium is getting affordable housing built around it. If approved the Mets parking lots would be cluttered with a casino, garages, and a park. Land is scarce The Jets already heavily invested in their training facilities in NJ. MetLife Stadium is getting a natural grass field for the world cup. The stadium itself is plain but the location really is perfect near several highways + public transit. Fans would not be happy about buying another PSL after 20 years.
Why would you describe Metlife Stadium as cheap? Where talking about inflationary pricing. Where talking about over regulation in construction cost. Where talking likely about fleecing and boondoggling in money by both New York & The NFL. Why would the Jets or the Giants deserve a new stadium with the way they're playing anyway?
*MetLife is an amazing looking stadium. I like the open airness of the stadium. Intimidating stadium. No roof is better than having a roof. It's a true stadium, unlike all these new roofed indoor arena stadiums, which feels like playing in a hall.*
@@HoshizakiYoshimasaI think open air stadiums are infinitely better for concerts, but that's personal preference. Small detail but they can do more aerial pyrotechnics for any event, sporting event or concert, with open air stadiums. Why is open air better for baseball when baseball is the sport thay has the most rain delays? Thay doesn't make sense to me
@@scottstabbert8498 the problem is you can't host other events in open air stadiums up north from late fall to mid spring, because it gets to cold. So you have that large gap where the stadium sits dorment.
moving back to queens would be dope, would be like one of those cool soccer stadiums in the middle of a neighborhood, everyone taking public transit to the games
Jets playing in Queens or NYC would be the worst idea ever. Congestion pricing, Speeding Cameras, Bike Lanes, Noise Cameras, construction and much more would make it a miserable experience.
Where would the Jets stadium go in Flushing/Corona Park? Steve Cohen already has plans to build a hotel + casino next to Citi Field. Plus, NYCFC already started building their stadium. Would Cohen abandon his plans for a Jets stadium? By the way, it seems a little excessive to have a NFL Stadium (80k cap), MLB Stadium (45k cap), MLS stadium (25k cap), and US Open/Tennis (24k cap) all in the same area. I know we’re deviating further from multi purpose stadiums and more towards experiences but this appears wild.
The actual cost of the MetLife stadium at the time of it opened was $1.6 billion. This made the stadium the most expensive stadium ever built at that time. It would be quickly replaced by more expensive stadiums. However, to make it sound like they built it cheaply false and just shows your lack of knowledge.
I’m ecstatic as a jets fan on Long Island but I don’t buy it. I could be wrong but what’s the incentive for the jets to spend more when fans will show up regardless of the stadium? Second, there’s at least 10 stadiums in the area. Will the residents be fine with stadiums popping up left and right? Lastly, probably more importantly, where is this stadium going? The Citi field area already feels tight, add an MLS stadium, and an NFL one, and it just doesn’t seem possible. Again, not an expert, but that’s how it feels. Unless the jets team up with NYCFC and the MLS approves a joint stadium, which I know the MLS prefers soccer specific. Or they can sell them on making NYC the largest, premier soccer stadium for the national team as well. I’m rambling, although how unlikely, it’s good news as a jets fan. Come back home.
Put it in the Bronx. With NYCFC about to have their own place in Queens I think spreading the sports arenas throughout the city vs concentrating them in one borough makes more sense
I wish the Hudson Yards stadium was built instead of this. MetLife isn’t bad but I wish there was some mixed use development and better transit surrounding it
There is a friggen NJT train line steps away from one of its main gates. There is 2 bus lines that regularly stop in the stadium side of the complex every day at least hourly. There is another 3 NJT local bus routes that serve nearby american dream. Another 3 bus routes that service nearby rt 120. Gameday service to PABT from coach USA. And on weekend NJT has an express service to and from the American dream. How much friggen better can you get transit wise
@@johnsamoilis6379 Yeah, all correct. The mall is right there. So is that horrid train. So is Paterson Plank Road, which gives access to 17 & 80. So is Route 3 and the Turnpike.
given how strong the relationship between tailgating and live football is.. don't think this will go over as well with season ticket holders if this is not a typical drive up and park type stadium...taking mass transit to a football game is a totally different experience
If a soccer station is being built by Citi Field, there will be no room for a football stadium in Flushing unless they decide to destroy Flushing Meadow Park.
If they want to build a new stadium then build it on the old Nassau Coliseum site, convenient to parkways and centrally located for Queens and Long Island residents.
This has been my dream as a JETS fan since I was a kid! I remember when I lived in NYC in the early 2000s & there was talk about them getting a stadium on the upper west side of Manhattan. Taking the subway to a new JETS stadium would been awesome. But that never happened.
Instead of Queens why don’t the Jets build in Long Island. Tear down Nassau Coliseum like they should have when the Islanders left. Build a new stadium there.
MetLife is an absolute joke and has not been embraced by Jets fans from day one. However, am skeptical that the Jets will ever end up moving back to Queens. For one thing, Woody Johnson lives in New Jersey, and I can't see him moving out of his own home state. Secondly, where is this new stadium going to be? The new soccer stadium is already under construction as the land where the junkyards and auto repair shops has already been cleared out. The new plans by Cohen have not yet been approved and even if they were, there's no room for a massive 70,000 or 80,000 seat stadium.
Because it is a great stadium. Plenty of public transit. Plenty of parking. American Dream seems to get more fun and better every time I go there with my kids with plenty of places to eat and drink. Huge capacity. East coast location (better for international tv broadcasts perticularly Europe) Close to 3 major airports. Gillette stadium is only 220miles north and the Linc is 90miles south.
There is no shot that Woody Johnson moves the Jets to NYC. Woody lives in NJ and Jets HQ is in NJ. How many games do they play in a stadium anyway each year? If the Jets actually had winning seasons nobody would care about the stadium.
This guy has no idea what he is talking about. Met Life was the most expensive stadium in the World at the time it opened, yet somehow it is now “cheap?”
MetLife stadium needs an serious upgrade/rebuild I feel like it could’ve been a stadium similar to the AT&T stadium in Dallas with some variety of colors that represents the Giants.
I enjoyed this video even though it’s somewhat speculative. I believe there is some truth to this and as a Jets fan who lives on Long Island I would be very happy to only have to drive 45 minutes to a game rather than two hours and then four hours coming home
When they had a Super Bowl in NY/NJ it convinced the NFL that it should not happen again; Not because of the elements but it did not dominate the news cycles leading up to the game. In a phrase, NYC has too much competition for that entertainment dollar (Broadway, Concerts, etc,) In other cities, the 2 weeks before the Super Bowl it was all they talked about. NOT IN NYC.
I was there for a concert, and frankly I don't have a problem with the facility. Getting out of the parking out is a wholesale disaster that needs to be fixed.
One important factor not mentioned in this video. The Jets have a state of art training facility at Florham Park NJ that they in vested $75M in. I don’t believe the Jets would leave that facility. IMO, they will get modifications they want at MetLife and stay.
Metlife looks like a stadium that was built in 1995.
It’s a renovated fedex field. Which DG just mentioned in the middle of typing
They put everything into seating capacity and creating "an updated Giants Stadium." Regretfully, they forgot to factor in a sense of personality or connection to the surrounding city or metro.
It’s an AC unit
It is a dump
It is a pretty boring stadium.
The new normal
Stadium build: $3 billion
Stadium life: 20 years
Who pays for it: taxpayers
Net worth of the team playing there: $1.5 billion or greater.
If the owners want a new stadium, they should pay for ALL of it, not the taxpayer.
Exactly
All about keeping up with the Joneses.
Metlife Stadium had no public funding, get your facts straight
Those suits though
you never want to rent a room in someones house forever if it does happen about time I say
Jets moving back to Queens will be epic
It would make it a lot easier for me to go to the games.
How long does it take you to get to the stadium from queens
@@Know26874 30mins
@@Know26874from Queen to MetLife driving like 45mins
@@Know26874 a long time with multiple train transfers
The Jets should have built a stadium in the city 30 years ago.
They tried.
How @@kevinbergin9971
They'd be asking for one right about now.
according to this video that 30 year stadium would already need to be replaced
I hate teams sharing stadiums in general.
Just like in college like the Miami hurricanes share with the Miami dolphins
Same here honestly
Same here.
Particularly in the same sport. Nba and nhl I get. But doing so for giants/jets has always felt lazy
@@bryantsteury8910 I understand the nba/nhl point of view because they are both indoors and playing winter season
Judging by how NYC builds, this might be a reality in 2050.
Yankee and CitiField done fast.
@@MbisonBalrog I didnt mean the actual construction, I mean the red tape that most of these types of projects have.
Mets started an agreement to build a new stadium in late 2001 and started construction in 2006.
So it took 8 years for Citi Field to be opened from the initial process. Which isnt bad
But NYC was a hell of a lot different back then than it is today, so you can atleast double that timeline now.
The Jets belong in Queens or further out in Long Island. Most of their hard core fanbase live in that area. MetLife is a soulless dump.
100%
That isn't true any more, there are a ton of jets fans all over the NY area, especially in NJ. The days of the Jets being mostly queens and Long Island ppl is long gone. Growing up in NJ I was a rare Jets fan , these days there are a lot of fans there. Doesn't mean I think.swanp stadium is great, just that wherever they put it some ppl are going to be inconvenienced. Getting to Flushing isn't easy even from long Island, thanks to all the Robert Moses perpetual traffic jams ie the lie, northern state, southern. State and grand central/ bqe.
The jets are New Jersey’s team, not NYs
@@njlaureni think its less rare but the more serious dedicated fans are from queens long island
@@soulsurfer12123 not doubting that, but take it from me a lot of serious NJ jets fans as well. Check out Lets Talk Jets radio on here, the two guys running it are from NJ , lot of the members are too. Been a fan since 68
The Jets belong in Queens. MetLife is a boring, characterless concrete & plastic dump.
And home to the 2012 Champion Giants, who cares what it looks like, we won a SB there
@@anthonyg2859I’m a Giants fan and season ticket holder. With all do respect, that stadium absolutely blows. It’s a heartless dump. If the Mara’s had a brain they would have, at the least put a dome on it. MetLife stadium fucking sucks.
@@sertsj1a dome? Hell no, I’d give up my season tix if they put on a dome/retractable roof, football is meant to be played outdoors, playoff advantage when warm weather teams come here (see Falcons 2012). I don’t go to the stadium to see how pretty it looks, I go for winning games.
@@anthonyg2859 nobody cares about the Giants
I agree that every team should have their own stadium. The Chargers need to go back to San Diego and the Jets need to go back to Queens.
Sadly, the Chargers are making more money in LA with NO fan base.
@@eddiejc1 It's sad. It's not like people weren't showing up to Chargers games in San Diego.
Didn't Woodrow build a nice facility on 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park? Would they build a new facility in South Jamaica?
Lol...Neither one is going to happen
It seems like every week we have a stadium problem with a different team
😅...it's fun though
Name them
@@TL2354Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Royals
Chicago Bears
Chicago White Sox
St Louis Cardinals
Washington Commanders
Oakland A’s
Tampa Bay Rays
Just to name a few
As a Jets fan I can say as long as it’s privately or mostly privately funded we would all want this
Nope gonna take some Public money don't end up like Oakland with no teams
@@sirchi8731 I somehow doubt the Giants, Mets, Yankees, Knicks or Rangers are about to leave. So not exactly Oakland.
@@kevinbergin9971 better pit up the public funding then....
@@kevinbergin9971 you forgot the Islanders, they're a New York team too.
@@christophercancel934 Nets too.
NEW Soldier Field is like 20 years old and already they say it is obsolete. Metlife is not old and they are saying obsolete. WTF.!!! How did Fenway and Wrigley last 115 years.??? And are actually a better attraction .!!!
Can't forget that a Wrestlemania happened at MetLife...
True. Heard it was hell getting out of there. The cold Philly WM, has probably turned them off from open roof cold weather cities in the future.
@@DebitAdams I'm a Jets fan who goes to the Complex for the mall or stadium a few times a year and it sure is a hellhole 😂
Two Wrestlemanias happened at MetLife
@@mrjameshendry 29 and 35
Noone cares about wrestlemanua
Jesus dude. Hudson yard is in Manhattan. Not Queens.
The article was confusing. Idk where the article was pulled from. Most of those renderings were from 2012 so who knows
@@jimmyleebaker He was referring back to when Mayor Bloomberg was trying to win the hosting bid for the summer Olympics back in 2012, a new Jets stadium was proposed for Hudson Yards. NYC did it get close to winning and obviously the Jets Stadium idea for Hudson Yards fell through.
@@marcschneider2052 gotcha! I was all confused, my mistake!
They is in the rear view mirror I'm afraid.
😂😂😂😂
No!
First, they own half of Metlife and the Giants have no reason to buy them out.
Second, I recall when the Personal Seat Licenses were being sold the Jets did not sell all of theirs so they probably have a mortgage still outstanding in New Jersey.
Third, they draw almost a full-house on game day; the billion dollars for a new stadium might better be placed in Mr Johnson's bank account.
Fourth, this is a relatively new building with mostly acceptable amenities.
Finally, came you please post any articles that suggest this is in the process of happening?
Great points made here
I agree with you on all of his except that it is a decent stadium, that it isn't.
could moving to a new in Staten Island or westchester county be a compromise? I know it's not the long island region but there's more land in these two areas and it would resolve a lot of the bitterness jet fans have over them playing in New Jersey and being called New York.
Did I just hear you say that you’re tired of all these translucent roof stadiums? You’re Mr. translucent roof how can that be? Lol… love the channel, brother.
Maaaaaan if the Jets move to Queens that would be awesome. As a die hard Jets fan going to New Jersey to watch them play is absurd.
If the Jets leave and the Giants renovate MetLife to make it look more Giants specific it could look a lot better.
Giants should be renamed, New Jersey Giants if New York decides to leave for queens
Makes scenes for both. New Jersey fans get a team and New York fans get a real team in NYC
I can go with that
Yeah a team that never wins anything.@@frankdegarcia unfortunately the real NY team will never move to the Bronx,or even Manhattan.
@@Ell-J ik
You must be a Jets fan cause you are OBSESSED with this stadium proposal. You bring it up quite frequently.
Jets in queens makes sense with the airports
Okay, how? Remember the visiting teams head to Manhattan hotels first thing in town. The fans mostly travel by car to games.
@@kevinbergin9971 Correct. Airports have nothing to do with it.
lol the name jets not the literal airport example jets planes.
@@kevinbergin9971 if it's by mets willets point/citi field fans could easily take the subway and lirr
Newark Airport is right there.
The jets needs to get their own stadium and put it in New York so they can get into the New York market
Play in New Jersey, contaminated land 😂
I vote Manhattan for the NFL New York Jets, NWSL Gothams FC and UFL New York Hitmen
Jets need to come back to New York, how do you have both of your teams playing in New Jersey calling themselves New York...
@@frankierobinsonsr277It’s literally like 8 miles from NYC
I understand this is somewhat arbitrary, but MetLife is closer to NYC city hall than Yankee Stadium.
Why do not people like the stadium in a random parking lot surrounded by a swamp in New Jersey not accessible to the actual City.... I wonder why...
Cause Monster Jam made history there
The irony is that the past 3 or 4 times I've been there, I've gotten out of the lots in 20 mins or less driving my own car.
The crowds waiting for the train or bus? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy longer.
Worth pointing out.
the land is cheaper and he does not cause the relation of many of people as other locations.
It's 8 miles from the Lincoln Tunnel. Chill.
Have you ever been to a tailgate in the parking lot?!
Thank for you doing this
The stadium cost $1.6 billion, not $1 billion. And that was in 2010 dollars. And it was the most expensive stadium ever built in the US at that point. And it is still pretty close to the top.
While Metlife looks pretty generic, it's actually a very nice stadium. Yes traffic sucks, but it's the NYC metro area, what do you expect? I doubt DG has even been, so his opinion is probably not a first hand account. It's hosting the biggest event in the world when the World Cup Final comes. It's a fine stadium.
Completely agree, it's a good stadium with GREAT sightlines. Never had a bad view even a few rows from the back of the nosebleeds
And the people who whine about parking lots being around a stadium (which is an odd gripe.
People and their stuff take up space that's life)... I've gone from walking out the gates to driving out the lot in 20 mins or less the past 3 times in a row I've been there
Ironically, it's the subway and bus riding crowd who waits longer and complains more
It's a garbage stadium. They poured concrete into a stadium mold and put in seats. Ugly as sin.
I agree, it's critiqued too harshly. What the f do ppl want , a stadium next to NJ Turnpike, I have no problem with it.
It is generic. It doesn't offer fans any more than giants stadium did, it was all designed for the corporate box crwd, that is where most of the money went. They also screwed up the parking, it used to be easy to park there. Now they have reserved parking, and they totally screwed up access thanks to the ugly pile of crap next door, American Nightmare. Once they started building that they redid the roads and it was awful. Not to mention the cost of parking is sometimes more expensive then the ticket I bought. 60 bucks, 70 bucks?
NYC native here who’s been to multiple nfl stadiums. MetLife is a boring stadium lol just looks regular
Maybe a hot take, but I feel like the Jets have a better identity in New York than the Giants do and them actually playing IN New York feels right.
the most out of touch take... 4 superbowls over 1. math says giants are 4 times as valuable. new yorkers dont like losers
😂 what are you yapping about? The Giants are 100 years old and they have won 4 NFL championships before the super bowl era in NY and after that 4 more super bowls and you're telling me about indentity?
😊hey boubacre. Even after the jets won in 1969 the giants were still the more popular team in ny 4 Super Bowls to 1
Tell me you don’t live in New York City without telling me you don’t live in New York City
For the United Football League seasons, The New Jersey Generals take MetLife Stadium and the New York Hitmen play at West Side Stadium with the New York Jets
I would love to see the Jets come back to NYC. They're the NY Jets, not the NJ Jets.
If Queens doesn’t happen I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Jets in Brooklyn.
I think it's time for the NY Jets to get their own Stadium in willets point queens, because I was never too crazy sharing a stadium with the Giants. It's been going on regularly since 1984.
Sorry, NYCFC beat them to it.
Look friend!, I felt that new stadium for the NY Jets should be on the old Shea Stadium site!
There is chatter that the New York Racing Association wants to end racing at Aqueduct and move everything to Belmont Park.
They could replace the track with a stadium there. It’s already got the Casino and hotel and there’s parking and transportation already there.
You're hundred percent correct. Belmont Park is shuttered now and undergoing massive renovation. The plan absolutely is to shut down Aqueduct and move all those races to Belmont. However, the area surrounding Aqueduct racetrack is horrible. I don't know why anybody would want to go there plus it's hard to get to.
The problem is aqueduct is over by JFK, it is kind of a seedy area and is way difficult to get to. You have either the belt or the van wyck. And public transit isn't easy ( A train I think is near but not that near)
@@njlauren Correct, the A train gets there but it is near the end of the line and would take over an hour to get there from Penn Station and probably 1.5 hrs from LIRR/Jamaica. Not a viable option. And the traffic on the Belt is always a disaster.
As a huge Jets fan this makes me so excited. I live about 15 minutes from where they want to build it!
MetLife Stadium is an architectural bore. When I first saw the stadium when driving in from Queens, my first thought was that it looked like an air conditioning unit.
They are building a 35,000 soccer stadium where some auto shops are behind Citi Field that politician tried to push it up to 65,000 and the city wouldn’t budge its old news.
Actually, 25,000.
Metlife us a shit hole
They (NYCFC) are building a 25k stadium. Unless Jets gonna put up money to add the extra seats, NYCFC have no reason to add more money for a bigger capacity.
Jets absolutely need to bring the Jets back to NY. Best move they could make. And Woody is right, that turf is hurting players
An its gonna cost as much as the Bears Stadium. Especially for a team that plays like the Bears.
@@graymanmedia and Woody is too cheap for a project like that, and that's just one of my reasons I despise him.
@@christophercancel934 Dummy Its gonna cost you money if you live in NYC and the taxes in that area are already so high that people are leaving. You think building a fancy stadium that'll be the talk of the town for 2-5 years won't result in the feeling of "Keeping up with the Joneses" 2 decades from now? The Metlife Stadium is just over 20 years old. At some point, the threat of relocation should result in you paying for a stadium you only get to use 5 months out of the year. Especially if you have more pressing financial issues in your city or state.
@@graymanmedia my taxes have nothing to do with it, it's Woody's problem; not mine.
@@christophercancel934 Then why are you talking about a public funding matter that doesn't concern you? I'll say this much, if NYC Citizens wanna spend 5 Billion for their J.E.T.S. Jets, Jets, Jets, then they might as well spend they're money to buy a Bridge in Brooklyn.
**Triggered** As a Jets fan in Jersey and a huge proponent of state love and pride, I can't imagine the Jets moving back to Queens.
They moved to Jersey a couple of years before a lot of us were conceived, so we're talking about 40 years!!
If they want a new stadium, why not somewhere in Jersey like Jersey City? Somewhere near the waterfront where public transportation is a little bit more convenient for the people...or even in a place like Newark?
As a fellow Jersey resident, I actually like that idea of somehow building a stadium in either Jersey City or maybe Hoboken. Would be a real downtown feel with amazing public transit abilities and of course would be on the waterfront
@@javianjohnson8746 - Hoboken!!! Even better!!! Love that idea, bro!! Get the Jersey lawmakers to counter the Queens proposal, immediately!!!
Jets can’t play in jersey city
@@Newyorkgiants123 - Awesome feedback there. You're a real orator and go into great detail! SMH
No one would go to Newark , would scare off people. Jersey City would be worse than the current stadium, you have limited access and the Streets there are a mess.
No taxpayer dollars 💵
There is a huge difference between artificial turf and natural grass. I played football all through college and everyone i played on art. turf i could feel it in my knees by halftime and all of my lower joints would be sore until at least the next day. In college you're young so i could imagine how it would feel for late 20s - early 30s with all the miles those guys already have on their joints
as a new yorker, it'll never happen., Theres no space in Queens. Look how long it took NYCFC to get a stadium. The jets would move out of NY metro area before they build a new stadium anywhere in NYC
They've already started building the infrastructure for the new MLS stadium. They already have plans to erect a mix use neighborhood around the new stadium. Cohen wants to build a new casino in the Citi Field parking lot. There's a lot of red tape with the city before that can even get approved. It may or may not happen. So a new Jets stadium in Flushing Meadow is VERY unlikely atm. As a lifelong Queens resident, I don't want either.
I love Metlife and the Mall next door. But I'd love our own.
It’s the same damn 100 yards no matter what a stadium looks like ..Try investing money into quality players who win and people will show up ..Who the hell goes to a game to see a stadium ? And if these stadiums are all about owners egos then don’t ask the public to fork over one red cent to help build their dream unless they are giving the taxpayers free tickets to the stadiums they paid for .
Theres a big difference if jets come back to new york then they get additional revenue for all games played if not new jersey does. So yea more than just a stadium. Also as been stated who flips the bill for this stadium is big as well.
every game is a sell out
I miss old Giants Stadium. When it opened, it was rated one of the top stadiums in the country. It wasn't bad to watch a game from there. Even saw the Cosmos. It had Giants colors, blue and red, which is why the Jets never felt at home there. This brought the neutral colors at Metlife. If the Jets pull out, maybe they can give MetLife a more Giants feel as Giants Stadium had.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will bring back the New Jersey Generals and New York Hitman to the United Football League
Good Point
Spend the money on the turf at MetLife!
Where exactly is the available land in Queens to build an NFL stadium? The approved NYCFC stadium is getting affordable housing built around it. If approved the Mets parking lots would be cluttered with a casino, garages, and a park. Land is scarce
The Jets already heavily invested in their training facilities in NJ. MetLife Stadium is getting a natural grass field for the world cup. The stadium itself is plain but the location really is perfect near several highways + public transit. Fans would not be happy about buying another PSL after 20 years.
Why would you describe Metlife Stadium as cheap? Where talking about inflationary pricing. Where talking about over regulation in construction cost. Where talking likely about fleecing and boondoggling in money by both New York & The NFL. Why would the Jets or the Giants deserve a new stadium with the way they're playing anyway?
*MetLife is an amazing looking stadium. I like the open airness of the stadium. Intimidating stadium. No roof is better than having a roof. It's a true stadium, unlike all these new roofed indoor arena stadiums, which feels like playing in a hall.*
Gone are the days of muddy football, hell uniforms don't really get dirty only grass and paint stains
Roof or Retractable roofs stadiums are better because they can host Final Fours. Outdoor only stadiums are only better for Baseball.
@@HoshizakiYoshimasaI think open air stadiums are infinitely better for concerts, but that's personal preference. Small detail but they can do more aerial pyrotechnics for any event, sporting event or concert, with open air stadiums.
Why is open air better for baseball when baseball is the sport thay has the most rain delays? Thay doesn't make sense to me
I’m going to take it you’ve never been there. MetLife is a soulless tin can. And the turf is awful.
@@scottstabbert8498 the problem is you can't host other events in open air stadiums up north from late fall to mid spring, because it gets to cold. So you have that large gap where the stadium sits dorment.
I’ve literally been thinking about this for like the past 2 months
moving back to queens would be dope, would be like one of those cool soccer stadiums in the middle of a neighborhood, everyone taking public transit to the games
You leave out something soccer fans don't do, tailgating .
@@njlauren idk man i’ve seen some brazilian teams and stuff and they’re all tailgating outside but yeah i didn’t think about that tho
Love this news ! The Jets deserve their own stadium ! Make it happen!
The Jets Were Supposed to Move Back to N.Y.C., N.Y. Beginning in 1988, That Was The Original Deal They Made with The Giants.
Remember the Jets are the redhead stepchild
They’re a third class team I’m a second class town.
Giants own MetLife and the Jets go to New York makes more sense. The Jets is the grown man with pain while the giants are a little spoiled child
😂😂😂😂😂 very funny!
Jets and giants co own it. They can opt out but I believe they still owe money from the construction of it.
@@JetsOnTop1Co-ownership. You must be a Jets fan if you didn't know that.
Jets playing in Queens or NYC would be the worst idea ever. Congestion pricing, Speeding Cameras, Bike Lanes, Noise Cameras, construction and much more would make it a miserable experience.
Once you see the word “lawmaker” you know it is bad.
Don’t bother building a new stadium if it doesn’t have a retractable roof!
This stadium cost $1 billion to build. Looks like it was built in the 80s
I hope so, its freakin crazy that the Jets and the Giants still play in Jersey. Build the Giants a stadium in Coney Island.
Where would the Jets stadium go in Flushing/Corona Park? Steve Cohen already has plans to build a hotel + casino next to Citi Field. Plus, NYCFC already started building their stadium.
Would Cohen abandon his plans for a Jets stadium? By the way, it seems a little excessive to have a NFL Stadium (80k cap), MLB Stadium (45k cap), MLS stadium (25k cap), and US Open/Tennis (24k cap) all in the same area. I know we’re deviating further from multi purpose stadiums and more towards experiences but this appears wild.
They should have never built the stadium that high
No, they were sober at the time.
The actual cost of the MetLife stadium at the time of it opened was $1.6 billion. This made the stadium the most expensive stadium ever built at that time. It would be quickly replaced by more expensive stadiums. However, to make it sound like they built it cheaply false and just shows your lack of knowledge.
I’m ecstatic as a jets fan on Long Island but I don’t buy it. I could be wrong but what’s the incentive for the jets to spend more when fans will show up regardless of the stadium? Second, there’s at least 10 stadiums in the area. Will the residents be fine with stadiums popping up left and right? Lastly, probably more importantly, where is this stadium going? The Citi field area already feels tight, add an MLS stadium, and an NFL one, and it just doesn’t seem possible. Again, not an expert, but that’s how it feels. Unless the jets team up with NYCFC and the MLS approves a joint stadium, which I know the MLS prefers soccer specific. Or they can sell them on making NYC the largest, premier soccer stadium for the national team as well. I’m rambling, although how unlikely, it’s good news as a jets fan. Come back home.
A friend of mine been telling me this for years that the Jets belong in Queens because they used to play in Queens
You do realize that the taxpayers are STILL paying for the old Giants stadium which no longer exists.
Put it in the Bronx. With NYCFC about to have their own place in Queens I think spreading the sports arenas throughout the city vs concentrating them in one borough makes more sense
I wish the Hudson Yards stadium was built instead of this. MetLife isn’t bad but I wish there was some mixed use development and better transit surrounding it
There is a friggen NJT train line steps away from one of its main gates. There is 2 bus lines that regularly stop in the stadium side of the complex every day at least hourly. There is another 3 NJT local bus routes that serve nearby american dream. Another 3 bus routes that service nearby rt 120. Gameday service to PABT from coach USA. And on weekend NJT has an express service to and from the American dream. How much friggen better can you get transit wise
@@johnsamoilis6379 Yeah, all correct. The mall is right there. So is that horrid train. So is Paterson Plank Road, which gives access to 17 & 80. So is Route 3 and the Turnpike.
The MTA didn't wanted
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I hope they do, I like it!
given how strong the relationship between tailgating and live football is.. don't think this will go over as well with season ticket holders if this is not a typical drive up and park type stadium...taking mass transit to a football game is a totally different experience
One of the reasons it did not fly in Manhattan was the proposed stadium provided for no parking.
Belmont Park would be a good area for a Jets stadium. The Islanders UBS Arena was just built there
If a soccer station is being built by Citi Field, there will be no room for a football stadium in Flushing unless they decide to destroy Flushing Meadow Park.
If they want to build a new stadium then build it on the old Nassau Coliseum site, convenient to parkways and centrally located for Queens and Long Island residents.
This has been my dream as a JETS fan since I was a kid! I remember when I lived in NYC in the early 2000s & there was talk about them getting a stadium on the upper west side of Manhattan. Taking the subway to a new JETS stadium would been awesome. But that never happened.
Instead of Queens why don’t the Jets build in Long Island.
Tear down Nassau Coliseum like they should have when the Islanders left. Build a new stadium there.
They've been talking about doing this for 30 years, it unfortunately,, will never happen. NYC real estate is too much to make it feasible.
The New York Jets need to go back to Queens.
Never understood how two teams paying for a stadium but came up with that dump called MetLife
I would love this as a jet fan from queens
Arent they planning all kinds of new hotels and building around Metlife stadium for soccer World Cup in a few years
Them having this rendering since 2012 is WILD
I do hope this happens. Whether the Jets move to queens or maybe Brooklyn.
MetLife >> Meet Death Stadium
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Jets need there own stadium in new york like buffalo bills ..😮
Former Mayor Bloomberg first proposed it, but Jim Dolan put a stop to it.
MetLife is an absolute joke and has not been embraced by Jets fans from day one. However, am skeptical that the Jets will ever end up moving back to Queens. For one thing, Woody Johnson lives in New Jersey, and I can't see him moving out of his own home state. Secondly, where is this new stadium going to be? The new soccer stadium is already under construction as the land where the junkyards and auto repair shops has already been cleared out. The new plans by Cohen have not yet been approved and even if they were, there's no room for a massive 70,000 or 80,000 seat stadium.
Yup so right
Yet somehow MetLife managed to get the World Cup Final
Because it is a great stadium. Plenty of public transit. Plenty of parking. American Dream seems to get more fun and better every time I go there with my kids with plenty of places to eat and drink. Huge capacity. East coast location (better for international tv broadcasts perticularly Europe) Close to 3 major airports. Gillette stadium is only 220miles north and the Linc is 90miles south.
Because it's in a global city and the world cup is a global sport
There is no shot that Woody Johnson moves the Jets to NYC. Woody lives in NJ and Jets HQ is in NJ. How many games do they play in a stadium anyway each year? If the Jets actually had winning seasons nobody would care about the stadium.
maybe jets moved hq to hostra collage again
I'm old school. Loved the Jets at Shea in NY
25,000 for the NFL on a permanent basis is ridiculous
This guy has no idea what he is talking about. Met Life was the most expensive stadium in the World at the time it opened, yet somehow it is now “cheap?”
Best for both teams
Yea, it’s so horrible that the 2026 World Cup Final will be at Met Life.
So? They also played it at Giants stadium. It holds 80k people, doesn't mean it is a great stadium.
Giants Stadium hosted a World Cup Semifinal. The Rose Bowl hosted the Final Match of the 1994 World Cup@@njlauren
MetLife stadium needs an serious upgrade/rebuild I feel like it could’ve been a stadium similar to the AT&T stadium in Dallas with some variety of colors that represents the Giants.
I enjoyed this video even though it’s somewhat speculative. I believe there is some truth to this and as a Jets fan who lives on Long Island I would be very happy to only have to drive 45 minutes to a game rather than two hours and then four hours coming home
The reason for the retractable roof would be to get the Superbowl back in NYC where NFL offices are.
When they had a Super Bowl in NY/NJ it convinced the NFL that it should not happen again; Not because of the elements but it did not dominate the news cycles leading up to the game. In a phrase, NYC has too much competition for that entertainment dollar (Broadway, Concerts, etc,) In other cities, the 2 weeks before the Super Bowl it was all they talked about. NOT IN NYC.
I hope most important for identity
I was there for a concert, and frankly I don't have a problem with the facility. Getting out of the parking out is a wholesale disaster that needs to be fixed.
Always been that way going back to old Giants Stadium.
@@craigcavaliere6744 Yikes, thanks for the info. I stayed for the encore, so I accepted my fate lol.
It was better in the Giants days. Building that American Nightmare screwed it all up.
One important factor not mentioned in this video. The Jets have a state of art training facility at Florham Park NJ that they in vested $75M in. I don’t believe the Jets would leave that facility. IMO, they will get modifications they want at MetLife and stay.
they should be in queens either way. would absolutely love this.