I'm not sure namecalling gets your point across very well. In fact, I'm not sure you even have a point other than, of course, you're "happy for us."
So we're 4 pages deep and all of you stadium haters still haven't mentioned what the hell you guys would like to see or what you feel is missing. The consensus is that everything is too expensive and lines are long. Quite honestly, I go to the games to watch the Jets, and could really give a shit where and what they play in as long as its not fucking called Giants stadium.
First off u are a total douche. The upper deck is clearly the place to be, that is where the real fans yell and cheer. Up there you don't have to worry about the 75 yr old lady sitting behind you telling you to sit down. I don't have season tickets but am still able to go to about 4-5 games a year (have been to 2 so far). When I get tickets I have the choice to sit in any section without worrying about pirchusing a PSL, but I choose the UD because I like the company. I am actually happy with the new stadium. I like the new screens, really like all the tv's when you are walking around the concesions- makes it easy to keep up if you have to take a quick piss, and I think the food is much improved.
The only complaint I do have with the new place is it is clearly not as load as the old place. They constructed it too wide, seams like all the crowd noise escapes.
It is still pretty loud though. Its not like the new yankee stadium which is virtually silent. The wideness plays a big role though, really disapointing.
http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=42290 there are approximately 10,800 posts in that thread going over what everyone feels is missing. well there are about 2k of rojf but the rest are of what people think and feel should have been done better. the problem is all we can do is complain at this point as the retarded stadium is built and cant be redone.
No, I couldn't come up with a thing other than if you're building a new stadium when the old stadium is still sufficient, I better be able to realize some major upgrades worthwhile. I don't. In fact, I don't understand anyone that is in such big support over getting a new stadium (especially the people that all they do is complain about having a stadium called Giants Stadium before) when we don't really see any benefit. It would have been a whole lot easier to pay the Giants a little money to change the name if you're not going to improve the stadium, don't you think? If you guys see a benefit, good for you. I just don't. I can pay more to go see a Jets game in a new stadium that I don't care anymore for than I did the old stadium is my main issue, in addition to the fact that they merely built the stadium to make more money off of the corporate sector. I think the lack of loudness is a good point and a legit concern. A stadium built more upright will produce more reverberations than the New Meadowlands Stadium.
The 2 Monday night games had some pretty good fights in the upper deck. The Pats game was tamer than usual this year and there weren't many fights during the Packers game. Also keep in mind most Packer fans are jerkoffs even though that go pack go thing gets annoying.
I go to the game for 2 reasons: 1. to watch the Jets. 2. for the tailgate time with friends and family I am only 30 and enjoy the tailgates and as I've gotten older and made some more money I've made some upgrades to the tailgate party. It's 75% of the reason why I have kept my season tickets since I was 11 years old. I also enjoy watching the Jets however I shouldn't have to wait online and go up 3 escalators and fight through people waiting on line for food in the first and second levels to get up to the third level. Exiting is also a mess but I've begun to take the stairs. Positives of this stadium pretty much have nothing to do with the stadium but here they go: 1. My tailgate party has expanded since people who never could become season ticket holders had the chance and also other parties merged with us 2. It doesn't say Giants on it 3. I now have seats on the aisle 4. A lot of new blood in the stadium Negatives: 1. A lot of diehards were kicked out due to ticket prices. I don't drink or eat in the stadium I do that all for 5 hours before the game starts but it's expensive as shit to take a family of 4 to a game. I'm still living the single party it up life because I don't want the ball and chain just yet. 2. The bathrooms are a disaster. I now make sure to run down right before a punt to make sure I'm at the bathroom before the lines start to form. 3. The exiting and entering the stadium is a mess now that there are 3 levels of escalators. To make it worse the stadium is built with most parking by the Pepsi gate 4. While I'm satisfied with my view this stadium was built for corporations not the average fan.
the new stadium is a million miles better than the old dump. And I'm encouraged that there are at least a small group of upper deckers (even a couple that actually sprung for season tickets) who like the upper deck. I only commented at all because at the beginning of this four page exercise in redundency (since there is a stadium thread already stickied above) the complaints about the new place came almost exclusively from UDers
Upper decker here. Well, better seats would mitigate some of my complaints. I can admit that. But, as someone else here mentioned, we did have more options than the Giants did to choose our spots, so let's be thankful about that. There are several reasons the complaints are coming from "us" upstairs. First of all many of us have been going to Jets home games for a long time. Anyone who is new to the experience would not have much to go on to compare and complain about. My complaints are about the poorly designed entrance and exits and the time it takes to get upstairs that lower bowl fans are not experiencing. Not enough escalators. Poorly planned access areas around these escalators. Absolutely NO elevator access! (The other new NY stadiums have them in abundance. This is a disgrace in 2010 and at this price tag) I think we all realize that whoever designed the stadium had no clue of where it sits relative to the parking. The Pepsi gate area should be able to handle double what it can. Verizon gate too. When you see crushes of people in and around escalators, barricaded walkways that in actuality can not accommodate the number of people they were supposed to accommodate, closed "down" escalators after the game to artificially clog the upper concourse because they know they did not provide enough room one level down and this is the only way to flow exiting fans - well, these are not whiny complaints from people who hate their seat locations. These are major design fuck-ups that need attention and should be causing embarrassment to the designers and planers. Here are some disappointments. The wind is practically encouraged inside, and with the only overhead coverage in the upper concourse coming from the slope of the stands themselves, the west-winds blow all of the rain right in. I was not a dome proponent, but some overhead roofing would have been nice. We found that out at the MNF game. The restrooms are odd - each one is different. The one near me is OK, I haven't had a long wait yet but it is shaped square and seems odd. As the lines grow, they interrupt each other. I hadn't complained about the restrooms, but have read here they are a problem for many others. This really is shocking since it was a topic that they crowed so much about leading up to the opening of this place. I expected some new amenities with this stadium. I expected the interior to look "finished" like other new stadiums. I expected the many flat screens they trumpeted to be in places that make sense - by us they are primarily edge to edge behind the concessionaires, so to see one screen is to see five at once. Makes no sense. The ones you can see as you walk around inside are smaller. There should have been areas even in the upper deck where you could stand and buy food and drink, and still watch a screen. Lower levels too. All they have that I've seen is the Captain Morgan lounge. During the Vikes game, we went over there during the 3rd quarter rain. It was closed. makes no sense. Upstairs we don't need a plush lounge- just a place to stand and eat with a roof over your head, or a place to wander over to at halftime to see highlights from other games. There should be areas like that in each corner. Makes sense for them since they'd sell more concessions. It should not have been a big deal to design that. That way, in the rain or cruel cold there'd be a spot that might provide more protection than your seat does- other than a bathroom stall. I say this not for me, but for the ladies. Obviously they want them in a store - which there are plenty of obviously. Sure there are other things that could be better, but those could get better. The complaints and disappointments I list can not be easily remedied and won't be, which really is a shame since the opportunity to provide a first-class facility for us will not come around again anytime soon. I care most about seeing the game whether it is from a cushy suite or row 20 upstairs - doesn't matter much, but they had an opportunity to provide some additional nice things for most of us as other stadiums have done, and they blew it. We never demanded it, but we waited for three years hearing all of the sales pitches and exaggerations (capped by the SB bid) only to feel dramatically let down by what we actually have. I don't feel bad or regret saying it. I think many of the posts I am reading this week are from fans who were shocked the first few weeks and only now are realizing they've been let down.
..This is all I care about... A jet fan wrote this.. ''The only complaint I do have with the new place is it is clearly not as load as the old place. They constructed it too wide, seams like all the crowd noise escapes. Apologize for being annoying to you, but that to me, is music to my ear's... I think its a major fu$# up, on many level's, when a new stadium is built without the intent and priority to make crowd noise a factor.. You should ask Cowboy fan's how they feel about their new palace/mortuary..They would trade it for the old place in a second, because they realize they cannot make an impact like they used to.. Its a big deal..and when you have a stadium that doesn't inspire the fan's, you will have passive fan's which lead to passive performance's..
Whatever. Like your stadium is that loud. Owners that build stadiums don't give two shits about crowd noise. It's all about maximizing value
