MetLife Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, five miles (8 km) west of New York City. Opened in 2010, it replaced Giants Stadium and serves as the home for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). At an approximate cost of $1.6 billion, it was the most expensive stadium built in the U.S. at the time of its completion.

Former names

New Meadowlands Stadium (2010–2011)
New York New Jersey Stadium (2026 FIFA World Cup)

MetLife hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in February 2014. It also hosted nine matches during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, including the final, and hosted multiple matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including its final. It is the largest stadium in New Jersey and the New York metro area with a capacity of over 82,000, along with being the largest venue in the NFL.

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.

History

As Giants Stadium approached 30 years of age, it was becoming one of the older stadiums in the NFL. The Jets, who had been the tenants to the Giants, were looking to have their proposed West Side Stadium built in Manhattan. Originally intended to be the 85,000-seat main stadium for New York's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, it was designed to be downsized to 75,000 seats for the Jets. However, it would have required significant public funding; progress on the project was halted in 2005 due to opposition from a number of sources, including Cablevision, who owned the nearby Madison Square Garden at the time.[12] The Giants then entered into a joint venture with the Jets to build a new stadium in which the two New York teams would be equal partners.

Address 1 MetLife Stadium Drive
Location East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.Coordinates
40°48′48.7″N 74°4′27.7″W
Elevation7 feet (2 m) AMSL
Owner New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
Operator New Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC
Capacity82,500
80,663 (2026 FIFA World Cup)
Surface UBU Speed S5-M (2010–2022)
FieldTurf CORE
(2023–present)
Screens Four 30 ft × 118 ft (9 m × 36 m) big-screen monitors
One 360 degree ribbon board display

• 93,000 (12th Siyum HaShas, August 1, 2012)
• Concert: 89,106 (Ed Sheeran +-=÷x Tour, June 11, 2023)
• American Football: 83,367 (New York Jets @ New York Giants, October 29, 2023)
• College football: 82,285 (122nd Army–Navy Game, December 11, 2021)
• Soccer: 82,566 (Manchester United vs. West Ham United, July 26, 2025)

Incidents

On July 5, 2026, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a bomb threat was made during the match between Brazil and Norway. Two individuals, including 26-year-old Amar Ramkissoon, sent FIFA a text message at around 4:15 p.m. ET threatening to "blow up" the area. Authorities quickly tracked the threat, leading New Jersey State Police to arrest and charge Ramkissoon with creating a false public alarm and making terroristic threats. The threat ultimately did not disrupt the match.