http://www.northjersey.com/sports/122763223_Stadium_adding_to_restroom_facilities.html Jets and Giants season-ticket holders who sit in the stadium's upper level can look forward to 40 percent more men's facilities at the New Meadowlands Stadium this fall, according to stadium Chief Executive Mark Lamping. Lamping made the announcement before a stadium tour Thursday for sports business executives as part of the three-day Sports Facilities and Franchises event. "We didn't like — and we know our customers didn't enjoy — some of the wait times for restrooms on the 300 level," Lamping said. "That's was for the men's room. The women's lines were fine." Lamping also said that stadium staff members were deployed for some games to ensure that fans weren't bypassing the entrances and walking in through the men's room exits at that level. Some fans were getting upset when they saw people "cutting in line," they said. The $1.6 billion stadium was the site of a challenging first season of weather, Lamping said, with four separate evacuations as a result of inclement conditions, such as lightning or high winds. "I asked around about how many times that had happened at Giants Stadium [in 34 seasons]," Lamping said. "It happened once. So we've learned about how this building works with weather, so we're putting in some canopies at the 300 level to provide additional rain protection." Another area of complaint from fans in the upper level was the length of time it took to leave the stadium when games ended. "What we're getting to — but we're not there yet — is a balance between the different ways for people to get from one spot of the stadium to another," Lamping said. "There are some stairwells that don't get used at all that can get you out of the building in less than five minutes from top to bottom. But the ramps get overloaded, so sometimes it takes as much as 15 or 16 minutes. It's just a matter of getting the crowd properly dispersed by getting the exit opportunities properly balanced." Fans in the upper level last season paid $85 and $95 per game plus a $1,000 one-time personal seat license fee for Giants games, or $95 and $105 with no PSL for Jets games.
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They are not adding more bathrooms for sure, I heard they are switching the mens and ladies bathrooms since the ladies are larger, blow out some walls and make a lot more urinals. Probaby have to crap in the sink or garbage can unless you have a credit card for a stall.
the ONE time i ventured to the bathroom in the upper deck, I missed an entire quarter just trying to fight my way through the crowds. more bathrooms are DEFINITELY needed.
It sounds like they're fianlly addressing some of the UD concerns. They need to work on the escalator turnaround situation too, but it's all a step in the right direction. More bathrooms, canopies to shield rain, giving the UDers the option of going to Yellow, moving people to better seats. All of this helps. IMMENSELY. I may eventually have to stop whining like a little bitch.
