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I'm just glad the clowns at NJ Transit got a big spotlight on their incompetence. Not like it will make any difference but it was just great to see such an epic failure on such a big stage. It makes my daily commuting struggles, based largely on their incompetence, more palatable.
All of those team interviews and media coverage of the teams are all done in NJ hotels. Who cares if NY gets the Superbowl name but NJ got most of the business. All of the security at the stadium was NJ troopers paid for by the NFL.
For those that came to the area for the superbowl, the smartest thing to do would be to stay at a hotel nearby Newark instead of NYC where the rates are 2-3x and the commute from nyc to MetLife was simply horrific.
If people want to blame NJtransit they should blame themselves for staying in NYC when the game is actually being played in NJ.
All of those team interviews and media coverage of the teams are all done in NJ hotels. Who cares if NY gets the Superbowl name but NJ got most of the business. All of the security at the stadium was NJ troopers paid for by the NFL.
For those that came to the area for the superbowl, the smartest thing to do would be to stay at a hotel nearby Newark instead of NYC where the rates are 2-3x and the commute from nyc to MetLife was simply horrific.
If people want to blame NJtransit they should blame themselves for staying in NYC when the game is actually being played in NJ.
I do agree with most of this but I think people should care that NY got so much credit when it was in NJ and NY really didn't have to get involved - they simply wanted to because they knew they could make money and get press. It makes sense, but it didn't have to be a co-hosting thing and NY especially shouldn't have had its name come first in the official "NY/NJ Super Bowl" name. Some towns near the stadium tried to host events but the NFL wouldn't sponsor them and they had to cancel. That's messed up and unfair if you ask me. I heard (it may not be true) that the mayor of East Rutherford wasn't even given a ticket and was asked to come to the game by one of the coaches of either the Seahawks or the Broncos. This could be a rumor so someone correct me if it is but if it is true, that's even more messed up. We really got the short end of the stick here in NJ and it sucks. Most people are calling this the NY Super Bowl and have been since its name and logo was first released. NJ frequently gets treated this way in regards to New York.
You're right when you say that people should blame themselves for staying in NYC because the commute from the city to the stadium by mass transit (or not) is annoying. They could have stayed in hotels in Jersey City or Hoboken or somewhere else along the Hudson and enjoyed city views and what our cities have to offer while still being on the side of the Hudson the game was actually occurring in. You're also right when you say that NJ got business, but so did NYC.
None of the NJSP OT was paid for by the NFL. All by the NJ taxpayers. Probably $700K. NJ gives NFL super tax break
Wow thats a good article to read, this is what really bothers me is this statement
as well as the bitter disappointment by many New Jersey towns that canceled Super Bowl events because of a lack of support from organizers and the NFL
So you give them a huge tax break, and NJ picks up the bills for everything BUT nothing was done in NJ yet it was all about NY NY NY ... SO NY should pick up the bill since they stole all of the spot light. Just shows you how ass backwards this state is run and screws all of its residents.
It really killed the prices of many folks who try to rent out their homes nearby the stadium. Some folks tries to list their homes for a few Gs for just that weekend but no takers because all the publicity went to NYC.
Christie couldn't say anything because all these haters just keep getting on his back about bridgegate.
People are missing about the point about how the area was selected. It was the owners of the teams and the stadium complex who pushed the bid for the Super Bowl with the backing of both states and NYC. The only reason they got it was because MetLife is the largest stadium in the NFL, the NYC Metro is the biggest in the country and NYC lost out on hosting when the WestSide Stadium was scrapped.
So, NJ and NY together won the right to have the Super Bowl at MetLife stadium. HOWEVER...the "host" of the Super Bowl is always the team that plays in that stadium. In this case it was the NEW YORK Jets and Giants who both hosted. Those teams are both chartered by the NFL as "New York" teams, despite them playing and even being headquartered in NJ. The Super Bowl is named for the host team. For instance the 2008 and upcoming 2015 Super Bowls were/are the "Arizona Super Bowl" since the host team is the Arizona Cardinals.
Cowboys capacity is 105,000, although a lot are Standing Room: AT&T Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Redskins stadium had a larger capacity, but removed thousands of seats due to lack of demand: FedExField - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the 2011 off-season, nearly 10,000 seats were removed from the upper deck to reduce capacity to around 83,000, ... due to lack of demand. During the 2012 offseason, 4,000 additional seats were removed ... and the stadium's capacity dropped to 79,000"
Cowboys capacity is 105,000, although a lot are Standing Room: AT&T Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Redskins stadium had a larger capacity, but removed thousands of seats due to lack of demand: FedExField - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the 2011 off-season, nearly 10,000 seats were removed from the upper deck to reduce capacity to around 83,000, ... due to lack of demand. During the 2012 offseason, 4,000 additional seats were removed ... and the stadium's capacity dropped to 79,000"
I guess I should "qualify" the statement a little better...MetLife currently has the largest permanent seating capacity of any NFL stadium. AT&T Stadium only seats 80,000 and like you pointed out FedEx Field now only officially seats 79,000. MetLife is the largest stadium based on seating capacity (which is the measure used) in the NFL.
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