MetLife Stadium

Lore & Background

MetLife Stadium is one of two stadiums shared by two NFL teams; the other is SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. Additionally, MetLife Stadium is the fifth building in the New York metropolitan area to be home to multiple teams from the same sports league, after the Polo Grounds, which was home to the baseball Giants and Yankees from 1913 to 1922; the third Madison Square Garden, which hosted the NHL's Rangers and Americans from 1926 to 1942; Shea Stadium, which housed both the Mets and Yankees during the 1974 and 1975 seasons and both the Jets and Giants in 1975; and Giants Stadium, which hosted both the Giants and Jets from 1984 to 2009. The stadium hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in February 2014.

Reader's Guide

The stadium's base is clad in limestone-like stonework, with an outer skin of aluminum louvers and glass and interior lighting capable of switching colors—blue for the Giants and green for the Jets. The seating bowl seats 82,500 people, including 10,005 club seats and approximately 218 luxury suites. Four 30 ft by 116 ft HD video displays hang from each corner of the upper deck. In 2025, the four corner video boards were upgraded with 8MM high-resolution LED boards along with a new stadium-wide audio system. The stadium does not have a roof. Renovations began in January 2024 to enlarge the playing field to meet FIFA requirements for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Phase I completed in May 2024 and Phase II completed in May 2025.

Did You Know?

• The stadium's solar ring consists of 1,350 building-integrated photovoltaic panels that generate about 350 KW, nearly 25 times the electricity needed to power the LED display.
• The louvers' total linear length is exactly 50,000 meters (50 kilometers) or 163,681 feet (31.1 miles).
• The stadium has four locker rooms: one each for the Giants and Jets, plus two for visiting teams.