
Case No. 5 – The Trial of MetLife Stadium
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Coming off an exciting and unexpected run to the AFC Championship game, the New York Jets moved from raucous Giants Stadium to brand-new MetLife Stadium in 2010. In true partnership with the New York Giants, $1.6 billion and enough concrete to cover 2.1 million square feet were poured into a new home: one that would have all the great modern amenities of the new wave of American sports stadiums, for two of the NFL’s more talented teams.
Fifteen years have passed since the opening of the cavernous, no-frills confines of MetLife, and both the Jets and Giants have enjoyed zero home-field advantage: the Jets themselves are 10 games under .500, with a record of 57-67 and zero home playoff games. Season ticket holders moving across the Meadowlands parking lot were treated to new and expensive PSLs, and ticket prices that increased every year. Ultimately, they opted for the couch in a new age of massive flatscreen TVs and a booming resale ticket market – one that visiting fans of more successful franchises had no problem capitalizing on. These days, the crowd for every Jet home game is up for grabs, and the road team usually wins.
Can MetLife Stadium be reclaimed by Jets faithful, or are there too many swirling headwinds in the arena to reverse the tide and its Same Old Jets? It’s Ladies’ Night at SOJ, and the Honorable Judges Victoria Shaw and Halli Walz – longtime fans and suffering spouses - will decide the case.