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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'meadowlands'

October 7, 2008

Although the Jets gave their fans a partial reprieve from personal seat licenses by not including upper deck season ticket holders in the scheme, the Jets are charging PSLs for 2,000 of the best seats in the new, under-construction stadium. The Jets have launched a new TV ad to entice fans--and it includes a familiar face: Uh-huh: The Donald (Jets owner Woody Johnson is friends with him). Jets vice-president Matt Higgins tells the Post the......

Continue Reading "Jets Want Fans to Pony Up Green for Best Seats"

September 13, 2008

Yesterday afternoon, the Giants and Jets announced it ended talks with Allianz, a German insurance company that was interested in buying stadium naming rights at the new stadium. Earlier in the week, the NY Times suggested that Allianz was a frontrunner in the rights race and detailed Allianz's Nazi ties, such as insuring Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps and not paying life insurance policies of Jews. Yesterday, the president of New Meadowlands, Mark Lamping, told......

Continue Reading "Giants, Jets End Naming Rights Talks with Allianz"

September 10, 2008

As the Giants and Jets consider possible companies to buy naming rights to their new stadium, one serious suitor appears to be German insurance and financial services company Allianz. Some say a 30-year deal could go for $25 million. However, the NY Times' Richard Sandomir has an article about Allianz's "disturbing connections to Nazi Germany. Allianz insured facilities and personnel at concentration camps like Auschwitz and Dachau." It also refused to "pay off the life......

Continue Reading "Company with Nazi Ties Interested in Giants/Jets's Stadium Naming Rights"

August 13, 2008

The Meadowlands has released a new code of conduct cutting back the amount of time fans can tailgate before a game from seven hours to five. That means no more 6 A.M. Bloody Marys for Giants fans looking to get an early start at combating the stadium's strict alcohol policy which does not allow beer to be sold after halftime. The new code of conduct also requires fans to abstain from "foul or abusive language......

Continue Reading "Meadowlands Trying to Weed Pigs out of Pigskin Fans"

July 18, 2008

Less than a month ago, the Giants announced they were going to generate revenue by issuing personal seat licenses to season ticket holders. Yesterday, they released the specifics of the plan that will charge $1,000-20,000 per seat. The monies collected will go towards paying debt on the new stadium. And the Giants aren't just selling PSLs, but they're also jacking up the price of the actual ticket too - the most expensive tickets will be......

Continue Reading "Giants Release Seat License Price Details"

June 26, 2008

While the Jets are polling their season ticket holders about personal seat licenses, the Giants have announced that they're going forward with PSLs for the new shared stadium in the Meadowlands. The licenses will range from $1,000 to $20,000 depending on the seats. Giants co-owner John Mara said that the charge is necessary given construction costs and that the fees will go towards paying for the yet to be named stadium.......

Continue Reading "While Jets Consider Seat Licenses, Giants Start Charging"

June 26, 2008

Don’t look now Jets’ fans, but it sounds like seats at the new stadium are going to cost more- a lot more. In a survey sent to season ticket holders last week, the Jets asked fans if they would be “interested” in paying prices between $1,200 and $30,000 in order to guarantee their seats. The holder of the seat license could then sell that license at a future date for a possible profit. Sounds like......

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